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Country | India |
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Network | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
Headquarters | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Bhojpuri |
Picture format | 576i(SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
Sister channels | Zee Biskope Big Magic |
History | |
Launched | 14 January 2013 as Big Magic Bihar Jharkhand 15 August 2014 as Big Magic Ganga 14 January 2016 as Big Ganga 20 September 2021 as Zee Ganga |
Replaced | Big Ganga |
Closed | 26 June 2024 |
Replaced by | Zee Anmol Cinema 2 |
Former names | Big Magic Bihar Jharkhand Big Magic Ganga |
Links | |
Website | Zee Ganga |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
D2M | 470-582MHz |
Streaming media | |
DD Free Dish | LCN 16 |
Zee Ganga [1] was a Bhojpuri general entertainment channel. It was launched by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited (RBNL) as Big Ganga in 2013 but later acquired by ZEEL and they rebranded it as Zee Ganga [2] in 2021. It was the only Bhojpuri channel on DD Free Dish which delivers original content for their viewers. [3] [4]
On 14 January 2013, Reliance launched a new Bhojpuri channel called Big Magic Bihar & Jharkhand. [5] Later on 15 August 2014, It was rebranded as Big Magic Ganga. [6] On 1 January 2016, it was again renamed to Big Ganga. [7]
In November 2016, ZEE acquired the two channels of RBNL - Big Magic and Big Ganga. [4] On 20 September 2021, the channel was rebranded as Zee Ganga with introduction of few original Bhojpuri fiction and non-fiction contents. [8]
Zee Biskope is a Bhojpuri free-to-air movie channel launched by Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd. [15] [16]