Six ETV Bal Bharat regional channels to close down in April
The Telugu broadcaster has placed six of its non-South Indian ETV Bal Bharat regional-language channels on the chopping block, but the language feeds on the main channel will continue.
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Disney-Star exiting English GEC space, retiring UTV brand: Analysis
After years of suffering, Star World and Star World Premiere HD will be killed off. Meanwhile UTV-branded channels will be replaced by Star Gold-branded ones. An SD feed for Star Movies Select will also be launched.
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Disney-Star launching new kids’ channels in December, shutting down BabyTV HD and Bindass
HD feeds will be launched for Disney Channel and Hungama, while Marvel HQ will become Super Hungama, and BabyTV HD and Bindass will bid farewell from Indian TV.
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Disney-Star launching new regional channels including Pravah Picture and Star Kirano: Analysis
A number of regional movie and sports channels are being launched, including the Marathi movie channel Pravah Picture. But the most noteworthy launch is perhaps Star Kirano, a new Odia GEC launching in January 2022.
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Disney-Star to launch 16 channels, shut down 11 in December 2021 and January 2022
Disney-Star’s new channels are largely in regional languages in the sports and movie genres, as well as a number of kids’ channels. On the other hand, a number of English channels and many of Disney’s channels before its acquisition of Star will go off air.
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Star gets licence for Pravah Picture and Pravah Picture HD; Sony Marathi HD licence cancelled
Disney-Star will finally have a Marathi movie channel, which was its only missing regional movie market. Meanwhile Sony has a long history of shutting down niche channels.
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How Disney-Star became the king of the Hindi movie genre — and what the rest can do
An aggressive acquisition spree combined with proper scheduling and rotation of movies across its channels has given Disney-Star the lead in the Hindi movie genre. However, the impending Zee-Sony merger, Goldmines Telefilms’ Dhinchaak and a rapidly growing Viacom18 could pose a stiff challenge.
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Unboxing and initial impressions of Dish D2H Zing Super FTA box
This DishNXT model DCH-2090S set top box is manufactured by Paget Electronics and made in India.