Star Vijay is an Indian

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channel owned by

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(formerly Star India), a subsidiary of

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. The channel's headquarters is in

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. Star Vijay changed hands several times before being partly acquired by the Star India in 2001. The channel telecasts Tamil language programmes such as serials, reality shows and Tamil films.

History

The channel was first launched by

N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar was an Indian industrialist and a close associate of MG Ramachandran. He owned Mohan Breweries and Distilleries, first liquor manufacturer when state lifted liquor ban. In 1985, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, first priva ...

on 24 November 1994, as Golden Eagle Communication (GEC).

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acquired the channel in 1995 and renamed it as Vijay TV. The UTV Group bought the controlling interest from United Breweries Group in 1999 for million. In 2001,

Star India 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 ...

took over the channel and rebranded it as ''Star Vijay.'' Star acquired 51 percent stake in Vijay TV with UTV holding the remaining 49 percent. In 2004, UTV Software Communications offloaded its entire 44 percent stake in Vijay TV to Star India for ₹31 crores. This channel, along with

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, was launched in

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in 2007. The high-definition feed, Star Vijay HD, was launched on 29 May 2016. On 25 August 2016, its sibling channel

Star Vijay Super Star Vijay Super, (formerly Vijay Super), is an Indian Tamil-Language Movie channel, operated by Disney Star. Star Vijay Super offers movies in Kollywood, Hollywood, Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly ...

was launched, which airs non-stop films and legacy television shows and later got revamped into a full movie channel. On 25 June 2017, Star Vijay revamped its logo and branding to match its sister channels under

with a tagline "Edhilum Pudhumai Tamizhin Perumai". Now the channel is owned by

, a subsidiary of

that has control over the

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and

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language channels of the company. On 4 October 2020, it launched a music channel named Star Vijay Music. On 23 October 2022, Star Vijay revamped it's on-air graphics with a brand new tag line "Maarum Pudhumai Maaradha Perumai".

Logos

File:Star Vijay.png, Logo from 2001 to 2017. The old logo was discontinued before telecasting the Bigg Boss Tamil Season 1 Grand Launch File:Star Vijay logo 2017.png, Logo since 2017–present

Programming

Sister channels

Star Vijay Super

'', also known as ''Vijay Super'', is an Indian

movie genre television channel, operated by

. The channel has been officially launched on 25 August 2016.

Star Vijay Takkar

''Star Vijay Takkar'' (formerly ''Star Vijay Music'') is a 24×7 Indian

youth oriented entertainment television channel that has been launched on 10 October 2022, replacing former channel ''Star Vijay Music''. It is the second youth centric channel in Tamil after the ''Sun Life'' by

Sun Network Sun TV Network is an Indian mass media company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is one of Asia's largest TV networks. Established on 14 April 1992 by Kalanithi Maran, it owns a variety of television c ...

Star Vijay Music

''Star Vijay Music'' or ''Vijay Music'' was a 24×7 Indian

music channel that was launched on 4 October 2020 during the grand launch of Bigg Boss season 4 by

Kamal Haasan Kamal Haasan (born 7 November 1954) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, playback singer, television presenter and politician who works mainly in Tamil cinema and has also appeared in some Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali l ...

. The channel was replaced and rebranded as ''Star Vijay Takkar'' from 10 October 2022 onwards.

Reception

When Star India took over the channel from UTV Communications, the channel's revenue, shares and advertising rates increased. A revamp in 2017 brought with it a new logo and the launch of ''Bigg Boss Tamil Season 1'', after which the audience share of the channel—which had been 10%-15%—increased by 10%, being the second most-watched Tamil television channel. In week 48 of 2020, Star Vijay became the most watched Tamil GEC in prime time for the first time while being the second most watched Tamil GEC overall after Sun TV. In week 50, it garnered its highest viewership ratings of 7,14,002 AMAs (average minute audience (in hundreds)) being the fifth most watched Indian television channel.

References

External links

* {{Fox Entertainment Group Tamil-language television channels Television channels and stations established in 1994 Television stations in Chennai Disney Star