Super Hungama is an Indian

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channel owned by

Disney Star Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Disney Star network runs more than 70 TV channels in eight languages, reac ...

, a wholly owned subsidiary of

The Walt Disney Company India The Walt Disney Company India Private Limited, known simply as Disney India, is the Indian subsidiary of the Indo Pacific region of the American media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharasht ...

. It airs primarily children's animated series and is a direct sister channel to

Hungama TV Hungama TV is an Indian television channel aimed at children, mainly showcasing Japanese and Indian animated series. It was launched on 26 September 2004. The Hindi word "hungama" means 'ruckus' in English. It is owned by Disney Star. The chann ...

. It was launched as Marvel HQ on 20 January 2019, replacing the Indian feed of

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, and was later rebranded to Super Hungama on 1 March 2022, after several delays. Other predecessors of this channel date to 2004.

History

In December 2004,

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launched two television channels in India—

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and

Toon Disney Toon Disney was an American multinational pay television channel owned by Disney Channels Worldwide, a subsidiary of Disney-ABC Television Group. The channel's target audience was children ages 2–11, and children ages 6–13 during the Jetix ...

—as a part of expanding their South Asian market. Both channels broadcast in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Toon Disney initially broadcast in English, Tamil, and Telugu, with a Hindi-language audio track being added on 1 September 2005. Toon Disney carried the

Jetix Jetix (stylized as JETIX) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action/adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated from the S ...

block in India. In 2009, Disney XD replaced Toon Disney. Marvel HQ logo

Super Hungama was launched on 20 January 2019 as Marvel HQ, replacing the Indian version of

. Disney India noted that Marvel was a "pop-culture phenomenon" worthy of a dedicated Marvel channel. The channel targeted pre-teens, teens and young adults aged 6–17 with action-adventure animation and live action programming. At launch, the main Marvel programming would consist of four animated shows and 40 percent of the total schedule, with additional Marvel animated series added or seasons started in March 2019. However, over time, other non-Marvel animated series were added, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. On 18 October 2021, Disney announced that Marvel HQ would be rebranded as Super Hungama on 1 December. At the last minute on 30 November, it was delayed due to issues involving the implementation of the

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's New Tariff Order 2.0. It was then delayed to 1 March 2022.

Programming

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History

Programming

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