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Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Limited
TypeJoint venture
IndustryTelevision
FoundedNovember 2007; 13 years ago (2007-11)
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
Key people
Rahul Joshi (CEO)
OwnersNetwork18 Group (51%)
ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA (49%)
SubsidiariesViacom18 US
Viacom18 Media
Roptanol
The Indian Film Company[2]
Viacom18 Studios
WebsiteViacom18.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]

TV Channels[edit]

On Air Channels[edit]

Channel Language Category SD/HD availability Notes
Colors TV Hindi General Entertainment SD+HD
Colors Rishtey SD
Rishtey Cineplex Movies
Colors Cineplex SD+HD
Colors Cineplex Bollywood SD [7][8]
Colors Infinity English General Entertainment SD+HD
Comedy Central
MTV Hindi Youth
MTV Beats Music
VH1 English
Nickelodeon Hindi
Tamil
Telugu
Malayalam
Bengali
Marathi
Gujarati
Kannada 		Kids SD
Nickelodeon Sonic
Nick Jr. Hindi
English
Nick HD+ HD
Colors Bangla Bengali General Entertainment SD+HD
Colors Bangla Cinema Movies SD
Colors Gujarati Gujarati General Entertainment
Colors Gujarati Cinema Movies
Colors Kannada Kannada General Entertainment SD+HD
Colors Super SD
Colors Kannada Cinema Movies
Colors Marathi Marathi General Entertainment SD+HD
Colors Odia Odia SD
Colors Tamil Tamil SD+HD
Colors Telugu Telugu SD Only on VOOT

Digital[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd". Viacom18.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ "TV18 Broadcast Ltd (CRD)" (PDF). BSEIndia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Corporate restructure complete for India's Network18". rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Beefing Up The Bouquet". business.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Viacom18 launches its new channel 'sonic' in India". India Infoline. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  6. ^ "TV18 to increase stake to 51% in Viacom18, the JV with Viacom Inc". Viacom18. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Viacom18 expands its Hindi Movies cluster with the launch of COLORS Cineplex Bollywood". viacom18. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Viacom18 gears up for launch of COLORS Cineplex Bollywood on April 1 – Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

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