Utsav Bharat (formerly known as Star Bharat UK) is a European Hindi
pay television
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channel owned by
Disney Star which is a part of
Walt Disney Company India. It telecasts family dramas,
mythological,
historical,
crime
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,
romantic and
comedy
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shows. Its programming is in
Hindi
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and automated
subtitled in
English
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.
History
In November 2006, Star One, along with
Star Gold
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 ...
, launched in the UK on Sky. The channel was an Indian subscription-television youth channel that
Star One was rebranded as
Star Life OK on May 2012. It was then rebranded again on 28 August 2017 as Star Bharat.
On 30 December 2020, Disney announced that the ‘Star’ branding would be replaced with ‘Utsav’ in 2021. This was done to avoid confusion with Disney's then upcoming service
STAR on Disney+.
On 11 January 2021, Star TV UK/Europe revealed the new logo identity.
On 22 January 2021, Star Bharat rebranded to Utsav Bharat, and this change is currently effective in parts of UK/Europe.
Programming
The channel line-up consists of family dramas, mythological, historical, crime, romantic, comedy shows and television films. It also broadcast shows which are exclusive to Utsav Bharat viewers, Hindi Bollywood movies and movies dubbed in Hindi.
The channel Launched a programming block: Star Zaika.
The programming Of ‘Star Zaika’ consists of cooking shows which are aired during different times of the day on both Utsav Bharat and
Utsav Plus
Utsav Plus (formerly known as Star Plus UK) is a European Hindi general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, ...
.
Its programming is in Hindi and automated subtitles in English.
Current Broadcast
*Utsav Bharat Originals
Utsav Bharat UK exclusives
References
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Hindi-language television channels in India
Television stations in Mumbai
Television channels and stations established in 2021
Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom
Disney Star