Breaking Viacom18 Channels Licence Transferred to Star India Private Limited by MIB

[Aksgr]

No FirstPost is part of TV18 not Viacom18 it still under News channels.

Ya im aware its not part of viacom but i believe its wholly owned by RIL

 

[SarFa]

Something is written in the last line "Subject to conditions laid by Competition Commission of India."
What are these Conditions? Some channels going to Shut down?

These haven’t been revealed yet but we’ll come to know soon enough

As per my Understanding after reading all the various merger news on many News Websites from past few weeks, The CCI has said 7-8 Channels of Viacom18 & Star India which are overlapping in some markets because of high market value to either sell those or shutdown it to get the final nod upon which Viacom18 can't use those channels licence nor they can transfer it to Star India They've to sell it to some other network or shutdown.

 

[dinesh daruvuru]

Will both Star and Colors channels get rebranding after Merger (like Star channels logo changes and Colors channels complete logo nd graphic changes)

 

[Navneet_27]

Colors channel will be completely rebranded. Star Plus logo will remain the same, only the graphics will change a little, but the name of Colors channel will also change with the new logo. After the rebrand, it will be named Star Colors and its new logo will be with the star

 

[Aneesh Bal]

Star Colors TV
Star Colors Rishtey
Star Colors Cineplex
Star Colors Cineplex Bollywood
Star Colors Cineplex Superhits
MTV
MTV Beats
VH1
Star Colors Infinity
Star Comedy Central
Star Sports18 1
Star Sports18 2
Star Sports18 3
Star Sports18 Khel
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon Sonic
Nick Jr.
Nick HD+
Star Colors Tamil
Star Colors Kannada
Star Colors Super
Star Colors Kannada Cinema
Star Colors Marathi
Star Colors Bangla
Star Colors Bangla Cinema
Star Odia
Star Colors Odia
Star Colors Gujarati
Star Colors Gujarati Cinema

 

[Rajpatil98]

With the merger nearly complete, i must say, "The long standing rivalry between Star Plus and Colors, the biggest in Indian broadcasting has come to an end." Star Plus Vs Colors was indeed the biggest rivalry in the Indian TV industry. When Colors launched in 2008, it quickly toppled the undisputed No.1 channel Star Plus, just a few months after its debut. From that point on, their rivalry intensified. In my opinion, Star Plus wasnt happy that this newcomer had overtaken them despite Star Plus having been in the industry for so long.

One of the first major incidents in this rivalry was when Star Plus ousted its most popular leading actress, Giaa Manek from the popular show Saathiya because she participated in Colors reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. After that, Star Plus signed contracts with actors to prevent them from participating in shows on other channels. (This wasnt something we saw in the 2000s when actors frequently appeared on multiple channels.)

Although Star Plus remained No.1 most of the time, Colors posed a constant threat, keeping Star Plus on its toes. With shows like Bigg Boss, Balika Vadhu, Naagin and Comedy Nights with Kapil, Colors consistently challenged Star Plus.

In 2014, after the success of Mahabharat, Star Plus was planning a big budget historical show on Ashoka with Swastik Productions. However, Colors launched the teaser for Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, intensifying the rivalry. Since then, whenever Star Plus plans a major historical show, they launch a pilot teaser months or even years before its premiere, during the research phase. Siya Ke Ram is one such example.

Later, Star Plus attempted to acquire Naagin from Colors but Colors refused to provide the NOC. Similarly, Star's sister channel, Life OK, tried to snatch Bigg Boss from Colors but it didnt succeed.

To this day, these two channels are fierce competitors. If Star Plus introduces an early or late night slot, Colors will quickly follow suit to provide tough competition. Even now, when Star Plus experimented with 20 minute programming, Colors instantly followed, despite the fact that their parent companies are merging.

Its not just Star Plus and Colors but even their parent companies have been tough competitors, especially after JioCinema snatched IPL digital rights and several major English show properties from Hotstar.

Honestly, it still feels unreal to imagine Colors or Viacom18 programs streaming on Hotstar especially Bigg Boss Hindi.

Star never had such intense rivalries with its decade old competitors like Zee and Sony. Zee, Sony and Star are the oldest players in the Indian broadcasting sector and i always felt like there was mutual respect between them. They never played dirty with each other but that was not the case with Star Plus and Colors. These two were always at each others throats.

Now that both are coming under the same broadcasting network umbrella, i hope this rivalry ends and they can strengthen each other where they currently lack.

 

[SarFa]

Bindass Will shutdown. But i hope they should have retained it n rebranded it as MTV Bindass with old Channel V & Bindass Contents n its new Seasons.

 

[Aiscat]

Finally Viacom18 is history.

 

[ash123]

Bindass Will shutdown. But i hope they should have retained it n rebranded it as MTV Bindass with old Channel V & Bindass Contents n its new Seasons.

Apart From Bindass What Are The Other Channels That Will Shutdown After The Merger.

 

[mgparmar18plus]

These two were always at each others throats.

Right,
In Colors's comedy show, they makes fun of word "STAR" in many different ways.

Now waiting for them to cut those funny scenes after complete murger of networks.

Because when Disney acquired Star&Fox they removed Some scenes/part of their show making fun of Disney Channel.