Star Vijay

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Star Vijay (ஸ்டார் விஜய்)
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Type Television channel
Country India
Broadcast areaInternational
Network Asianet Star Communications
Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Programming
Language(s) Tamil
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Asianet Star Communications
Key people
  • Krishnan Kutty
    (EVP & Channel Head)
  • Balachandran Rathinavel
    (Business Head)
  • Pradeep Milroy Peter
    (Programming Head)
Sister channels Disney Star Channels
History
Launched24 November 1994;28 years ago (1994-11-24)
Former names
  • Golden Eagle Communication (GEC)
    (until 1995)
  • Vijay TV
    (1995–2001, 2021–present, International Feed only)
  • Star Vijay
    (2001–present, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Brunei)
Links
Website Star Vijay on Disney+ Hotstar
Availability
Streaming media
Disney+ Hotstar India

Star Vijay (also known as Vijay TV) is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Asianet Star Communications, which is wholly owned by Disney Star. Star Vijay changed hands several times before being partly acquired by the Star India in 2001. The channel telecasts Tamil language programmes such as serials, reality shows, Tamil films and Tamil songs.

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History

The channel was first launched by N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar on 24 November 1994, as Golden Eagle Communication (GEC). [1] [2] United Breweries Group acquired the channel in 1995 and renamed it as Vijay TV. [3] The UTV Group bought the controlling interest from United Breweries Group in 1999 for ₹ 180 million. [4] [5] In 2001, Star India took over the channel and rebranded it as Star Vijay. [6] Star acquired 51 percent stake in Vijay TV with UTV holding the remaining 49 percent. [7] In 2004, UTV Software Communications offloaded its entire 44 percent stake in Vijay TV to Star India for ₹31 crores. [6] [8]

This channel, along with Star One, was launched in Hong Kong in 2007. [9]

The High-Definition feed, Star Vijay HD, was launched on 29 May 2016. [10]

On 25 August 2016, its sibling channel Star Vijay Super was launched, which airs non-stop films and legacy television shows and later got revamped into a full movie channel with a tagline "Dhool Cinema Dhinam Dhinam". [11]

On 25 June 2017, Star Vijay revamped its logo and branding to match its sister channels under Star India with a tagline "Edhilum Pudhumai Tamizhin Perumai". Now the channel is owned by Disney Star Asianet (previously known as Asianet Star communications), a subsidiary of Disney Star that has control over the Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil language channels of the company.

On 4 October 2020, it launched a music channel named Star Vijay Music. [12] [13]

On 10 October 2022, Star Vijay Music was rebranded it as a youth oriented entertainment television channel named Star Vijay Takkar.

On 23 October 2022, Star Vijay revamped it's on-air graphics with a brand new tagline "Maarum Pudhumai Maaradha Perumai".

Logos

Programming

Sister channels

Star Vijay has three sister channels, Star Vijay Super, Star Vijay Takkar and Star Vijay Music.

Current channels

Star Vijay Super

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Star Vijay Super (formerly Vijay Super) is an Indian Tamil language movie pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company India. which is owned by The Walt Disney Company.

Star Vijay Takkar

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Star Vijay Takkar is an Indian Tamil youth oriented entertainment pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company India. which is owned by The Walt Disney Company India. that has been launched on 10 October 2022 replacing former channel Star Vijay Music.

Former channel

Star Vijay Music

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Star Vijay Music was a 24×7 Indian Tamil language music pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company India. a wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company. that was launched on 4 October 2020 during the grand launch of Bigg Boss season 4 by Kamal Haasan. The channel was replaced and rebranded as Star Vijay Takkar from 10 October 2022 onwards. [14]


Reception

When Star India took over the channel from UTV Communications, the channel's revenue, shares and advertising rates increased. [15] A revamp in 2017 brought with it a new logo and launched Bigg Boss Tamil Season 1, after which the audience share of the channel—which had been 10%-15%—increased by 10%, being the second most-watched Tamil television channel. [16]

In week 48 of 2020, Star Vijay became the most watched Tamil GEC in prime time while being the second most watched Tamil GEC overall after Sun TV. [17] In week 50, it garnered its highest viewership ratings of 7,14,002 AMAs (average minute audience (in hundreds)) being the fifth most watched Indian television channel. [18]

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References

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  3. ↑ G. C. SHEKHAR (15 February 1996). "New satellite channels exploit public fixation in Tamil Nadu". India Today.
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  5. ↑ "Vijay TV relaunch date fixed". Indian Television.
  6. 1 2 "Star India buys out UTV's stake in Vijay TV". The Economic Times.
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  8. ↑ "UTV sells Vijay TV pie to Star". Rediff.
  9. ↑ "STAR launches Star One and Vijay in Hong Kong". Live Mint. 16 March 2007.
  10. ↑ "Star Vijay launches Vijay HD". The Times of India. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Vijay Super to be revamped as Tamil movie channel". Television Post.
  12. ↑ "Broadcasters see value in new channel launches despite covid". Live Mint. 23 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ "Bigg Boss Tamil Season 4 premiere: Kamal Haasan adds some color to grim 2020". India Today.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ Editorial (6 October 2020). "Star Vijay launches Tamil Music Channel "Vijay Music" on 4th October". MediaNews4U. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Vijay Tv Revenues Increase Post-Star Alliance". Business Standard India. 29 July 2002.
  16. ↑ Kandavel, Sangeetha; Vijayakumar, Sanjay (9 August 2017). "Vijay TV gets a 'Bigg' viewership bump". The Hindu.
  17. ↑ "Hindi GEC viewership dips due as IPL 2020 begins". The Economic Times. 6 October 2020. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  18. ↑ "WEEK 50 – DATA: Saturday, 12th December 2020 To Friday, 18th December 2020". Broadcast Audience Research Council . Archived from the original on 31 December 2020.
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