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Zee Tv
Channel Name: Zee
Tv
Launched:
2 October 1992
Owned by:
Essel Group
Country:
India
Broadcast area: India
Network:
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Headquarters:
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Sister channels:
Zee Cinema, Zee Next, Zee Action, Zee Premiere, TEN Sports, Zing, etc, etc
Punjabi, Zee Photography, Zee Smile, Zee Trendz, Zee News, Zee Jagran, 9X, Zee
Telugu, Zee Classic, Zee Studio, Zee Café, Zee 24 Ghante Chhattisgarh, Zee News
UP, Zee Business, Zee Salaam, Zee Punjabi, Zee Drama, Zee Bangla, Zee 24
Ghantalu, Zee Marathi, Zee Talkies, Zee 24 Taas, Zee Kannada, Zee Tamil, Zee
Aflam, Zee Alwan, TEN Action+
Language: Hindi
Website:
www.zeetv.com
Zee TV is an India-based satellite
television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai,
Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional
languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South
and East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australasia and North America.
It is a part of the Essel Group.
It
is the first Hindi-language cable channel of India.
History:
Zee TV was founded by Subhash Chandra and was launched in India on 1 October
1992, becoming the country's first Hindi satellite channel. Zee formerly had a
partnership with STAR TV. However, STAR TV ended their partnership with [ZEE
TV] when Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation acquired STAR TV. Zee TV was launched
in the UK in March 1995, which acquired TV Asia,[3] the first Asian channel to
be launched in the UK and Europe. Zee TV was launched in the USA on 15 July
1998. In the USA, some of Zee TV programmes are subtitled in English and some
commercials are in English. An HD feed first became available in India, Zee TV
HD launched in the US on September 5, 2012 on Dish Network. Zee TV HD became
the first South Asian Channel to launch in HD in the USA and left Sony, Star
and Colors far behind.
In
December 1994, Zee TV also launched a sister channel called El TV. It was an
entertainment channel initially. However it could not gain much popularity and
around 1997-98, it was converted into a General Entertainment cum political
News based channel called Zee India TV which in turn was converted into the
24-hour News channel (Zee News) around 1998-99.
Popularity &
Competition: Zee TV is a popular channel in India. At present, Zee
TV broadcasts popular shows like Pavitra Rishta, Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke,
Qubool Hai, etc. It is considered to be a tough competitor of Sony TV &
Colors. The Channel has also been no. 1 GEC in several weeks.
Zee TV Today:
Like Star Plus, Zee production and the official company decided to make it full
on HD. Ten HD had already launched in 2011, Company had also launched Zee TV
HD, Zee Studio HD and Zee Cinema HD in 2012.
Controversy:
Navin Jindal accused Zee TV of trying to extort 100 crores from him for not
airing stories against his company in Coal Scam. Zee refuted the charges and
made counter charges of Jindal offering them 25 crores to halt their
investigations against Jindal steel in the coal scam.....More >>
Zee TV Logos (1992-2000)
