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Revision as of 04:27, 28 September 2021
Company type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Television |
Founded | November 2007 |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1] |
Key people | Rahul Joshi (CEO) |
Owners | Network18 Group (51%) ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA (49%) |
Subsidiaries | Viacom18 US Viacom18 Media Roptanol The Indian Film Company[2] Viacom18 Studios |
Website | Viacom18.com |
Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Limited is an Indian joint venture operation between TV18 and ViacomCBS based in Mumbai.[3] It was founded in November 2007 and owns various channels of ViacomCBS, as well as various consumer products in India.
In January 2010, Viacom 18 went international with the launch of Colors in United States. The channel is called Aapka Colors. In July 2010, it got into 50/50 distribution joint venture with Sun Network to form Sun 18.[4] In December 2018, Viacom 18 launched Nickelodeon Sonic, targeting young adults.[5] The company also owns Viacom18 Studios. On 31 January 2018, TV18 announced its acquisition of Viacom's majority in the joint venture, taking operational control and leaving Viacom with minority interest.[6] On 1 October 2019, Viacom 18 launched Colors HD in Malaysia on Astro Malaysia; every serial will be served with Malay and English subtitles.[citation needed]
Channels and platforms
Following are the distribution channels available from Viacom18:[7]
Channel | Launched | Language | Category | SD/HD availability | Notes |
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Colors TV | 2008 | Hindi | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
Colors Rishtey | 2014 | SD | |||
Colors Cineplex | 2016 | Movies | SD+HD | ||
Rishtey Cineplex | 2020 | SD | |||
Colors Cineplex Bollywood | 2021 | ||||
MTV | 1996 | Youth | SD+HD | ||
MTV Beats | 2014 | Music | |||
Colors Infinity | 2015 | English | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
Comedy Central | 2012 | ||||
VH1 | 2005 | Music | |||
Nickelodeon | 1999 | Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam Bengali Marathi Gujarati Kannada |
Kids | SD | |
Nickelodeon Sonic | 2011 | ||||
Nick Jr. | 2012 | Hindi English |
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Nick HD+ | 2015 | HD | |||
Colors Bangla | 1999 | Bengali | General Entertainment | SD+HD | Previously known as ETV Bangla |
Colors Bangla Cinema | 2019 | Movies | SD | ||
Colors Gujarati | 2002 | Gujarati | General Entertainment | Previously known as ETV Gujarati | |
Colors Gujarati Cinema | 2019 | Movies | |||
Colors Kannada | 2000 | Kannada | General Entertainment | SD+HD | Previously known as ETV Kannada |
Colors Super | 2016 | SD | |||
Colors Kannada Cinema | 2018 | Movies | |||
Colors Marathi | 2000 | Marathi | General Entertainment | SD+HD | Previously known as ETV Marathi |
Colors Odia | 2002 | Odia | SD | Previously known as ETV Odia | |
Colors Tamil | 2018 | Tamil | SD+HD | ||
Colors Telugu | 2018 | Telugu | HD | Exclusively available on Voot |
See also
References
- ^ "Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd". Viacom18.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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timestamp mismatch; 23 October 2011 suggested (help) - ^ "TV18 Broadcast Ltd (CRD)" (PDF). BSEIndia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Corporate restructure complete for India's Network18". rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Beefing Up The Bouquet". business.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Viacom18 launches its new channel 'sonic' in India". India Infoline. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ "TV18 to increase stake to 51% in Viacom18, the JV with Viacom Inc". Viacom18. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Our Channels - On Air". viacom18.com.
External links
- Viacom 18
- Television stations in Mumbai
- Mass media companies based in Mumbai
- Network18 Group
- ViacomCBS Networks International
- Television production companies of India
- Mass media companies established in 2007
- Indian companies established in 2007
- Multinational joint-venture companies
- Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies
- 2007 establishments in Maharashtra
- Indian television stubs