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Star Gold Network is a group of Indian
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, 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 ...
, which premiere
Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
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
UTV Action UTV Action (formerly Bindass Movies) is an Indian pay television movie channel that features American animated and live-action Hollywood movies in Hindi dubbed. It also often airs some other country's films. It is based partly in Mumbai, Mahar ...
was replaced with Star Gold Thrills on 15 March 2023.


Channels


Star Gold

''Star Gold'' is an Indian Hindi language
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owned by
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which primarily telecasts
Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
and
Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywoo ...
films.


Star Gold 2

''Star Gold 2'' is an Indian
Hindi language Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has bee ...
movie A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
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 A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
pay Pay may refer to: *A wage or salary earned for work *The process of payment Places *Pay-e Borj, a village in Lorestan Province of Iran * Pay-e Kal-e Garab, a village in Ilam Province of Iran * Pay-e Rah, a village in Khuzestan Province of Iran * ...
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. It Replaced
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wholly owned by
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which primarily telecasts critically acclaimed movies.


Star Gold Thrills

''Star Gold Thrills'' is an Indian Hindi language Free
movie A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
television channel A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, wit ...
wholly owned by
The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Stud ...
which primarily telecasts American
Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywoo ...
, 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
UTV Action UTV Action (formerly Bindass Movies) is an Indian pay television movie channel that features American animated and live-action Hollywood movies in Hindi dubbed. It also often airs some other country's films. It is based partly in Mumbai, Mahar ...
.


Star Gold Romance

''Star Gold Romance'' is an Indian Hindi language
movie A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
pay Pay may refer to: *A wage or salary earned for work *The process of payment Places *Pay-e Borj, a village in Lorestan Province of Iran * Pay-e Kal-e Garab, a village in Ilam Province of Iran * Pay-e Rah, a village in Khuzestan Province of Iran * ...
television channel A television channel is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the terrestrial or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, wit ...
wholly owned by
The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Stud ...
which primarily telecasts romantic movies. It replaced UTV Movies.


Star Gold Comedy

''Star Gold Comedy'' is an upcoming
Hindi-language Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been d ...
movie channel, which will show comedy films.


References

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