Star Gold Network

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Star Gold Network
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Type Television Channels
Country India
Broadcast area Indian subcontinent
Network Disney Star
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s) Hindi
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Disney India
Sister channels Disney Star Channels
History
Launched1999;25 years ago (1999)
Links
Website hotstar.com TV Schedule
Availability
Streaming media
Disney+ Hotstar India

Star Gold Network is a group of Indian Hindi-language pay television movie channels, operated by Disney Star a subsidiary of Disney India which premiere Bollywood movies. With a total of eight channels, including high-definition (HD) feeds, Star Gold broadcasts Hindi cinema and occasional sporting events in Hindi audio feed.

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History

Star Gold was launched by Star India in 1999, as a part of Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate, News Corporation. It was created to cater to the growing demand for Bollywood films on television. Star Gold is launched as a classic Hindi movie channel, airing a mix of old and new films.

Star Gold rebrands to a mainstream Bollywood channel, focusing on recent blockbusters and popular stars.Star Gold becomes the most-watched Hindi movie channel in India. In 2011, Star Gold launches its HD feed.

Star India launches a new movies channel Star Gold Select in 2017. The Walt Disney Company acquires 21st Century Fox, including Star India. Later, MoviesOK was rebranded to Star Gold 2. Star Gold is rebranded as Utsav Gold in UK and Europe. In 2023, Star Gold Romance focuses on Romantic Movies. UTV Movies was replaced with this channel and UTV Action was replaced with Star Gold Thrills on 15 March 2023.

Channels

Star Gold

Star Gold is an Indian Hindi language movie pay television channel operated by Disney Star a subsidiary of Disney India which primarily telecasts Bollywood and Hollywood films.

Star Gold 2

Star Gold 2 is an Indian Hindi language movie pay television channel operated by Disney Star a subsidiary of Disney India which serves as a sister channel to Star Gold. While its SD feed was launched first as a replacement for Movies OK, its HD feed has replaced UTV HD . [1]

Star Gold Select

Star Gold Select is an Indian Hindi language movie pay television channel. It Replaced Star Movies Action operated by Disney Star a subsidiary of Disney India which primarily telecasts critically acclaimed movies. [2]

Star Gold Thrills

Star Gold Thrills is an Indian Hindi language Free movie television channel operated by Disney Star a subsidiary of Disney India which primarily telecasts American Hollywood, South Indian Regional Language (originally From Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada) action-based movies, dubbed in Hindi. Also telecasting Hindi Language Movies which genres of Action, Suspense, Thriller and Horror Theme Movie from Disney Star (as Star Studios). It replaced UTV Action. [3]

Star Gold Romance

Star Gold Romance is an Indian Hindi language movie pay television channel operated by Disney Star a subsidiary of Disney India which primarily telecasts romantic movies. It replaced UTV Movies.

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References

  1. www.ETBrandEquity.com. "Star India announces to launch Star Gold 2 - ET BrandEquity". ETBrandEquity.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. "Star India announces launch of Star Gold Select HD". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. Singh Thakur, Tanay. "Star Gold Thrills, Star Gold Romance and Asianet Movies HD Launched in India". telecomtalk.info. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.