UTV Action

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UTV Action
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CountryIndia
Network The Walt Disney Company India
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra
Programming
Picture format 4:3 576i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner The Walt Disney Company India
Sister channels Disney Star Channels
History
Launched1 January 2010;14 years ago (2010-01-01)
Closed15 March 2023;9 months ago (2023-03-15)
Replaced by Star Gold Thrills
Former namesBindass Movies

UTV Action (formerly Bindass Movies) was an Indian pay television movie channel that featured American animated and live-action Hollywood movies in Hindi dub. It also often aired some other country's films. It was based partly in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Initially launched as Bindass Movies, a youth-oriented Hindi movie channel, it was later rebranded as UTV Action in 2010. [1]

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Sister channels

UTV HD

UTV HD was an Indian Hindi-language pay television movie channel owned by Disney Star. [2] The channel showcased Hindi dubbed international movies. [3]

UTV HD
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CountryIndia
Network Disney Star
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Picture format 16:9 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner The Walt Disney Company India
Sister channelsUTV Action

UTV Movies

Bindass
History
Launched21 October 2018;5 years ago (2018-10-21)
Closed15 March 2023 (2023-03-15)
Replaced byStar Gold 2 HD

UTV Action Telugu

UTV Action Telugu was an Indian Telugu Hindi movie channel UTV Action that showed Hollywood movies dubbed into Telugu. It was launched on 26 June 2011 and closed down on 30 November 2012. [4]

UTV Action Telugu
CountryIndia
Network Disney Star
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra
Programming
Picture format 4:3 576i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner The Walt Disney Company India
History
Launched26 June 2011;12 years ago (2011-06-26)
Closed30 November 2012

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References

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