After facing flak from Facebook users, Disney Star has corrected the spelling of Kirano to Kiran, resulting in a slight delay in the channel’s launching date. It was officially launched at an event in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
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Most consumers know that Star has been a part of Disney since 2019. However, the fact that pre-acquisition brands such as Hungama and UTV were sister properties of Star was not so well known until this rebrand.
Originally supposed to have launched on 24 January 2022, Disney Star’s first regional channel outside the big six languages will go on air a few weeks after Marathi movie channel Pravah Picture.
Originally scheduled to have launched on 25 December 2021 and then indefinitely postponed, Pravah Picture has finally been announced and will bring much-needed competition to Zee Talkies.
Dhinchaak, India’s most popular Hindi movie channel, has decided to adopt the branding of its parent company. Meanwhile Viacom18 consolidates its Hindi movie channels under the Colors Cineplex name.
Zee Media Corporation may have shuttered its Odia satellite news channel, but it continues its presence in Odisha with a new digital-only news channel.
Zee Vajwa will go off air on 31 March 2022, and the news channel Zee Odisha will follow suit after two days, on 2 April.
