Star Gold Network is a group of Indian

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24×7 movie channels, owned by

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, which premiere

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movies. With a total of eight channels, including high-definition (HD) feeds, Star Gold broadcasts Hindi cinema and occasional sporting events in Hindi audio feed.

History

Star Gold was launched by Star India in 1999, as a part of Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate, 21st Century Fox. It was created to cater to the growing demand for Bollywood films on television. Star Gold is launched as a classic Hindi movie channel, airing a mix of old and new films. Star Gold rebrands to a mainstream Bollywood channel, focusing on recent blockbusters and popular stars.Star Gold becomes the most-watched Hindi movie channel in India. In 2011, Star Gold launches its HD feed. In 2012, Star Gold launches its first international feed, Star Gold UK. Star India launches a new movies channel Star Gold Select in 2017. The Walt Disney Company acquires 21st Century Fox, including Star India. Later, MoviesOK was rebranded to Star Gold 2. Star Gold is rebranded as Utsav Gold in Europe. In 2023, Star Gold Romance focuses on Romantic Movies. UTV Movies was replaced with this channel and

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was replaced with Star Gold Thrills on 15 March 2023.

Channels

Star Gold

''Star Gold'' is an Indian Hindi language movie pay

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owned by Disney India which primarily telecasts

and

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films.

Star Gold 2

''Star Gold 2'' is an Indian

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movie pay television channel wholly owned by

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which serves as a sister channel to Star Gold. While its SD feed was launched first as a replacement for ''Movies OK'', its HD feed has replaced '' UTV HD''.

Star Gold Select

''Star Gold Select'' is an Indian Hindi language movie pay

. It Replaced Star Movies Action wholly owned by

which primarily telecasts critically acclaimed movies.

Star Gold Thrills

''Star Gold Thrills'' is an Indian Hindi language Free movie

wholly owned by

which primarily telecasts American

, South Indian Regional Language (originally From Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada) action-based movies, dubbed in Hindi. Also telecasting Hindi Language Movies which genres of Action, Suspense, Thriller and Horror Theme Movie from Disney Star (as Star Studios). It replaced

Star Gold Romance

''Star Gold Romance'' is an Indian Hindi language movie pay

wholly owned by

which primarily telecasts romantic movies. It replaced UTV Movies.

Star Gold Comedy

''Star Gold Comedy'' is an upcoming

movie channel, which will show comedy films.

References

{{Television in India Television stations in Mumbai Hindi-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1999 Hindi-language television channels in India Disney Star Indian companies established in 1999