Channel V India

The correct title of this article is Channel [V] India. The omission of any brackets is due to technical restrictions.

Channel [V] India was an Indian television channel affiliated to the international Channel [V] launched on 27 May 1994, as Channel [V] South Beam on the AsiaSat 2 satellite. The channel owned by STAR India and 21st Century Fox broadcasts a mix of music and original fiction programs.^[3] It went from an international music channel in its early days to a music driven one to a youth-oriented entertainment one.^[3][4]

Channel [V] India

Country	India
Broadcast area	South Asia and the Middle East
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s)	English Hindi
Picture format	576i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Disney Star
Sister channels	STAR One
History
Launched	27 May 1994; 30 years ago (1994-05-27) (as Channel [V] South)[1]
Closed	15 September 2018; 6 years ago (2018-09-15)[2]
Replaced by	Star Sports 3
Links
Website	www.channelv.in

On 1 July 2012, Channel [V] India discontinued music programming. However, Channel [V] International continue to air music programming in India for those with C/Ku band satellite dishes until its cessation on 1 October 2021. It started focusing on original content through fiction dailies and studio formats that addressed youth issues.^[5] However On 30 June 2016, the channel discontinued fiction dailies and studio formats and reverted to a 24-hour music-channel format.^[6]

On 1 August 2016, the channel changed its look and logo and continued music programming which plays the latest Indian and International hits catering to the Indian youth.^[7] The channel was shut down on 15 September 2018 and Star Sports relaunched Star Sports 3 for the first time in 2013.^[2]

Programming

• Artist Tree^[8]
• Axe Ur Ex^[9]
• Best Friends Forever?
• The Buddy Project
• Cabaret^[10]
• Catch 22^[10]
• Channel V Freedom Express^[11]
• Channel V Presents Bollywood Nonsensex^[12]
• Coke V Popstars^[9]
• Confessions of an Indian Teenager
• Crazy Stupid Ishq
• D4^[13]
• Dance with V^[7]
• Dare 2 Date^[14][9]
• Dil Dosti Dance^[15][11]
• Friends: Conditions apply
• Get Gorgeous^[9]
• Gumrah: End of Innocence^[9]
• Hit Machine^[7]
• Humse Hai Liife^[15][11]
• Ishq Unplugged^[9]
• It's Complicated – Relationships Ka Naya Status^[16]
• Jhalli Anjali Ke Tootey Dil Ki Amazing Story^[17]
• The Juice^[10]
• Late Night V^[7]
• Mastaangi
• Meri Life Meri Choice^[16]
• Million Dollar Girl^[16]
• Most Wanted^[7]
• O Gujariya: Badlein Chal Duniya
• Paanch 5 Wrongs Make A Right
• PS I hate you
• Roomies^[18]
• Sadda Haq
• Secret Diaries^[19]
• Simpoo^[20]
• Stay Tuned^[9]
• Suvreen Guggal – Topper of The Year^[11]
• Swim Team
• Tony B Show^[21]
• Twist Wala Love^[22]
• The Udham Singh Show^[23]
• V Day Trippin with the Stars
• V Distraction^[24]
• V Hangover^[7]
• V International^[7][9]
• V Non-Stop^[7]
• V The Player^[25]
• V Rush^[7]
• V The Serial
• V Shuffle^[7]
• Videocon Flashback^[26]
• Winner Mangta Hai^[26]
• Ye Parindey^[27]
• Yeh Jawani Ta Ra Ri Ri

Notable VJs

• Ruby Bhatia^[28]
• Vekeana Dhillon
• Vikram Dhillon
• Aditya Roy Kapoor^[9]
• Laila Rouass
• Anuradha Menon (Lola Kutty)^[29][9]
• Sarah-Jane Dias
• Meghna Reddy
• Nina Manuel
• Anushka Manchanda
• Juhi Pande
• Shruti Seth^[9]
• Gaurav Kapur^[9]
• Ranvir Shorey
• Vinay Pathak
• Suchitra Pillai
• VJ Andy^[14]
• Luke Kenny^[29]
• VJ Yudhistir^[29]
• Manish Makhija (Udham Singh)^[14]
• Purab Kohli^[14]
• Sophiya Haque^[14]
• V Bai^[11]
• VJ Nonie^[14]
• Kim Jagtiani^{[citation needed]}
• Jaaved Jaaferi^[30]

See also

• MTV India
• VH1

References

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21. "Channel [V] to launch twisted talk show 'Tony B Show'". 9 September 2008. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
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24. "V Distraction's funniest moments". The Times of India. 3 March 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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26. "The Tribune...Sunday Reading". www.tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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28. "The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum – Consumer rights". www.tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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30. "Johny come lately". India Today. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

External links

• Channel V shows Streaming on Hotstar
• Channel V India Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine