Star Bharat
Star Bharat is an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India which is a part of Walt Disney Company India.[1] It telecasts mythological, historical, crime and comedy shows. In 1 November 2004, Star Bharat was Launched as Star One. In 18 December 2011, Star Bharat was Launched as Life OK!. In 28 August 2017, Star Bharat was Launched
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| Country | India |
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| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Slogan | Bhula De Darr, Kuch Alag Kar translation: "Forget fear, do something different." |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed and to letterboxed 576i for India) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Star India |
| Sister channels | List
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| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 2004 (as Star One) 18 December 2011 (as Life OK!) 28 August 2017 (as Star Bharat) |
| Replaced | Life OK |
| Replaced by | Utsav Bharat (Europe) |
| Former names | STAR One (2004-2011) Life OK (2011-2017) |
| Links | |
| Website | Star Bharat on Disney+ hotstar |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel slots vary in each city |
| Cable | |
| Siti Cable | Channel 117 (SD) Channel 1108 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Tata Sky | Channel 122 (SD) Channel 121 (HD) |
| Sun Direct | Channel 318 (SD) Channel 877 (HD) |
| Dish TV | Channel 116 (SD) Channel 115 (HD) |
| D2H | Channel 107 (SD) Channel 905 (HD) |
| Airtel Digital TV | Channel 114 (SD) Channel 115 (HD) |
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 Star Bharat will be replaced with Utsav Bharat across Europefrom 22 January 2021.[3]
Programming
The current series of Star Bharat include Teri Laadli Main, Durga – Mata Ki Chhaya, RadhaKrishn, Amma Ke Babu Ki Baby and Savdhaan India.
References
- "Star India launches new channel, STAR BHARAT - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- "Life Ok rebranded as Star Bharat, may start from 15 August". Indian Television.
- https://whatsondisneyplus.com/disney-renaming-star-channels-in-the-netherlands/