Viacom18
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.
Type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Television |
Founded | November 2007 |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1] |
Key people | Rahul Joshi (CEO) |
Owners | Network18 Group (51%) ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA (49%) |
Subsidiaries | Viacom18 US Viacom18 Media Roptanol The Indian Film Company[2] Viacom18 Studios |
Website | Viacom18.com |
In January 2010, Viacom 18 went international with the launch of Colors in the 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.
Brands
Channels
Channel | Language | Category | SD/HD | Notes |
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Colors TV | Hindi | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
Colors Rishtey | SD only | |||
Rishtey Cineplex | Movies | |||
Colors Cineplex | SD+HD | |||
Colors Infinity | English | General Entertainment | ||
Comedy Central | General Entertainment, Comedy | |||
MTV | Hindi, English | Youth, reality | ||
MTV Beats | Hindi | Music | ||
VH1 | English | |||
Nickelodeon | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam | Kids | SD | Only airs local content |
Nickelodeon Sonic | ||||
Nick Jr. | Hindi, English | Kids, pre-schoolers | ||
Nick HD+ | Kids | HD | Airs original animated content from the US | |
Colors Bangla | Bengali | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
Colors Bangla Cinema | Movies | SD only | ||
Colors Gujarati | Gujarati | General Entertainment | ||
Colors Gujarati Cinema | Movies | |||
Colors Kannada | Kannada | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
Colors Super | SD only | |||
Colors Kannada Cinema | Movies | |||
Colors Marathi | Marathi | General Entertainment | SD+HD | |
Colors Odia | Odia | SD Only | ||
Colors Tamil | Tamil | SD+HD | ||
Colors Telugu | Telugu | Only launched on Voot | ||
Colors Punjabi | Punjabi | Launching soon in 2021 | ||
Colors Malayalam | Malayalam |
Digital
References
- "Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd". Viacom18.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- http://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachHis/TV18_Broadcast_Ltd1_100214.pdf
- "Corporate restructure complete for India's Network18". rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- "Beefing Up The Bouquet". business.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- "Viacom18 launches its new channel 'sonic' in India". India Infoline. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- "TV18 to increase stake to 51% in Viacom18, the JV with Viacom Inc". Viacom18. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.