Utsav Gold

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Utsav Gold
Utsav Gold Logo.jpg
CountryIndia
Broadcast area Europe
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Programming
Language(s)Audio:
Hindi
Subtitles:
English
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Disney Star
Sister channels Utsav Bharat
Utsav Plus
History
Launched22 January 2021;17 months ago (2021-01-22)
Replaced Star Gold

Utsav Gold is a European Hindi pay television movie channel broadcasting across Europe and is owned by Disney Star which is part of Disney India. The channel telecasts mainstream Bollywood movies. Its programming is in Hindi and subtitled in English.

History

The channel launched as Star Gold in September 2000 as a Hindi movie channel. [1] On 6 December 2017 it launched its HD channel in the UK. [2]

On 30 December 2020, Disney announced that the Star branding will be replaced with Utsav across Europe from 22 January 2021. [3]

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References

  1. Menka Shivdasani (25 September 2000). "The Gold Rush". The Hindu Business Line.
  2. Raj Baddhan (6 December 2017). "Star Gold HD launches in UK on Sky". Biz Asia.
  3. "Disney Renaming Star Channels in the Netherlands | What's on Disney Plus". 30 December 2020.