Star Bharat

Star Bharat is an Indian pay television channel owned by Disney Star which is a part of The Walt Disney Company India.[1] It telecasts dramas, crime and comedy shows. The channel was launched on 28 August 2017 replacing Life OK.

This article is about the Hindi television channel. For the English-language channel formerly known as Star Bharat, see Star World. For the streaming service in Latin America, see Star+. For the European counterpart, see Utsav Bharat.

Star Bharat
CountryIndia
Broadcast areaWorldwide (except UK)
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Programming
Language(s)Hindi
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerDisney Star
Sister channelsAsianet and other Star group channels
History
Launched28 August 2017 (2017-08-28)
ReplacedLife OK
Replaced byUtsav Bharat (UK)
Links
Websitehttp://www.hotstar.com/channels/star-bharat
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel slots vary in each city
Streaming media
Disney+ Hotstar(India)

History

The channel was first launched as Star One, an Indian subscription-television youth channel that primarily broadcast in Hindi on 1 November 2004. Part of News Corporation's Star TV network in Asia and distributed internationally by Fox International Channels. In November 2006, Star One, along with Star Gold, launched in the UK on Sky.

Star One was rebranded as Life OK on 18 December 2011. It was then rebranded again on 28 August 2017 as Star Bharat.[2]

On 30 December 2020, Disney announced that the Star branding would be replaced with the Utsav branding from 22 January 2021. On 22 January 2021, Star Bharat became Utsav Bharat, and this change is currently effective in parts of Europe.[3]

Programming
Main article: List of programs broadcast by Star Bharat

The current broadcast of Star Bharat include RadhaKrishn, Tera Mera Saath Rahe, Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki,Woh Toh Hai Albelaa, and Gud Se Meetha Ishq

References
  1. "Star India launches new channel, STAR BHARAT - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. "Life Ok rebranded as Star Bharat, may start from 15 August". Indian Television. 21 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Disney Renaming Star Channels in the Netherlands | What's on Disney Plus". 30 December 2020.
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