Colors Infinity

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Colors Infinity
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CountryIndia
Broadcast area
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Viacom 18
Sister channels
List
History
Launched31 July 2015;8 years ago (2015-07-31)
Links
Website colorsinfinity.com

Colors Infinity is an Indian pay television channel owned by Viacom18. It primarily airs popular shows from the United States and the United Kingdom along with a few original shows to appeal to the English-speaking population of India, most of South Asia and Southeast Asia. [1] [2] [3] The channel was co-curated by Karan Johar and Alia Bhatt.

Contents

Original programming

Along with airing syndicated TV series, it also started producing its own original series. Till date it has produced four original series.

Current programming

Former programming

Comedy-Drama

Drama

Reality

Sitcoms

Science fiction

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