UTV World Movies

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UTV World Movies
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Country India
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra
Programming
Picture format 4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerUTV Software Communications
Sister channels Bindass
Bloomberg UTV
UTV Action
UTV Movies
UTV Stars
History
Launched3 December 2007
Closed5 October 2014
Links
WebsiteOfficial website name is now defunct.

UTV World Movies was an Indian television channel dedicated to world cinema and was part of the UTV Software Communications network. It broadcast films of several languages along with English subtitles. UTV World Movies was launched on 22 February 2008 at the same time as UTV Movies which was dedicated to Bollywood films. [1]

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