Zee ETC Bollywood

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Zee ETC Bollywood
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Country India
Broadcast areaWorldwide
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s) English, Hindi
Picture format 576i SDTV
1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Sister channels Zee Live, Zee Tv
History
Launched11 September 1999;24 years ago (1999-09-11)
Closed17 October 2020;3 years ago (2020-10-17)
Links
Website www.etc.in

Zee ETC Bollywood Channel was a Bollywood trade television channel. The channel caters to audiences in the Asia Pacific region and has shows that are hosted in English and Hindi. The channel features reviews, previews, box office collections, details of new and upcoming releases, trade speculations of Hindi films. Talks with Bollywood actors, trade pundits, directors, producers, distributors and film marketers etc. give audiences the insights about a particular film from a business perspective. Well known film critic, Komal Nahta stepped into film critic Taran Adarsh's shoes as a host of one of the most prominent shows of the channel, [1] B Biz Reviews in April 2010.

ETC is an India-based satellite television channel based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, [2] ETC was a 24-hour Indian Music Channel. [3]

ZEEL India decided to close the broadcast operations of ZEE ETC Bollywood from 17 October 2020 at 12:00 M.N. onwards from all leading DTH & MSO platforms. ZETC Will Be continue the IPTV Providers In the U.S.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Komal Nahta confirmed as new host for ZEE show". Biz Asia. 26 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. "Contact Us – ETC Bollywood Business". etc.in. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  3. "About ETC Channel". ekikrat.in. 7 August 2008.