Colors Cineplex
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| Country | India |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Viacom 18 |
| Key people | Rockteem Bhattacharjee |
| Sister channels | List
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| History | |
| Launched | 8 May 2016 in India 29 September 2016 in UK |
| Replaced | UTV Movies |
| Former names | Rishtey Cineplex (Original) |
Colors Cineplex is an Indian pay television channel owned by Viacom 18. It was launched on 29 March 2016.[1][2]
In June 2016 Viacom18 decided to launch the channel in the UK as Rishtey Cineplex.[3] It launched on 29 September 2016 on Sky, replacing UMP Movies.[4]
The channel was launched on Freeview on 17 January 2017.[5] However, it was later removed on 1 July 2017.[6]
On 3 October 2017, the channel launched on Virgin Media.[7]
On 1 March 2019, Rishtey Cineplex was rebranded as Colors Cineplex.[8]
Viacom18 launched another channel with the name Rishtey Cineplex on 5 June 2020 on DD Free Dish.
Original shows
- A Cricket Tournament - Road Safety World Series is a T20 cricket competition organised by the Road Safety Cell of Maharashtra to raise awareness about road safety.[9][10] In the Road safety world series, Cricket world Legends will match against each other for a noble cause. It will be a series of 11 matches that will be played in the T20 format. The series features some big names in cricket from India, Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies and South Africa like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, etc.[11] and Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar is the commissioner of the series.[12] The series was aired from 7 to 22 March 2020 on Colors Cineplex at 6pm. Mr Ravi Gaikwad,Chief of RTO,Thane(Konkan Range),Government of Maharashtra, is the founder of the Road Safety World Series, who integrated concept of Road Safety with sports to save lives on Indian roads and across the globe.[13][14][15][16]
The man who has been supporting for the cause of road safety is Mr Ravi Gaikwad, Senior Member of Road Safety Cell, Government of Maharashtra.[17][18][19][20][21]
Ravi Gaikwad, Chairman of Shant Bharat Surakshit Bharat appreciated Yohan Blake's visit to India and his efforts for road safety campaign, which required the need to educate the people and make them aware of their responsibilities so as to save as many lives as possible on Indian roads.[22]
References
- ^ Shah, Gouri (24 February 2016). "Viacom18 to launch Hindi movie channel Rishtey Cineplex". live mint. Mumbai. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "Viacom 18 decides to launch Rishtey Cineplex". BizAsia. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "UK to replace existing film channel". BizAsia. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Baddhan, Raj (29 September 2016). "Rishtey Cineplex makes launch on Sky platform". BizAsia. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Baddhan, Raj (16 January 2017). "Rishtey Cineplex set for launch on Freeview". BizAsia. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Baddhan, Raj (1 July 2017). "Rishtey Cineplex leaves Freeview line-up". BizAsia. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Baddhan, Raj (3 October 2017). "Rishtey Cineplex & MTV Beats officially launch on Virgin Media". BizAsia. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Rishtey Cineplex and Rishtey get rechristened as 'Colors Cineplex' & 'Colors Rishtey'". www.adgully.com. Adgully Bureau.
- ^ Safety World Series cricket 01-30-2020
- ^ Tendulkar versus Lara in Road Safety World Series opener 02-13-2020
- ^ Road Safety World Series 2020 02-18-2020
- ^ Tendulkar, Lara to face each other in Road Safety World Series opening match 02-13-2020
- ^ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/ravi-gaikwad-man-with-a-mission/articleshow/71846517.cms
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/colorscineplex/videos/2739811636069736/
- ^ https://worldseriest20.com
- ^ https://newsable.asianetnews.com/cricket-sports/road-safety-world-series-how-cricketers-drove-home-point-road-safety-before-coronavirus-lockdown-q8yzsx
- ^ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/ravi-gaikwad-man-with-a-mission/articleshow/71846517.cms
- ^ https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/cricket/road-safety-cricket-series-gets-boost
- ^ https://khabar.ndtv.com/video/show/news/special-conversation-with-ravi-gaikwad-who-connects-cricket-with-road-safety-campaign-530137
- ^ https://twitter.com/TimesNow/status/1201692050439061504?s=20
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/colorscineplex/videos/2739811636069736/
- ^ "Yohan Blake to promote road safety in India". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
