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Star Life (African TV Channel)
Star Life Africa is an English Bollywood channel launched by Disney Star, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India on 27 August 2018. The channel showcases programming from the Star India library including series, films, and variety programming. It broadcasts in both English and Hindi with English subtitles. Programming Star Life airs series daily from 6pm to 11pm. Reruns of older shows air every weekday from 3pm to 6pm. Bollywood movies are broadcast weekends. Every month, a new movie is telecasted. Current Programming Availability The channel is available on OpenView, DStv, GOtv and StarTimes. Sister Channel Star Select is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel launched by Disney Star, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India, on April 6, 2023. The channel showcases programming from Disney Star, including series, films, and variety programming. It broadcasts in Hindi with English subtitles. It's available only on South Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney India
The Walt Disney Company India Private Limited, known simply as Disney India, is the Indian subsidiary of the Indo Pacific region of the American media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. In March 2019, after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, which included Indian TV giant Star India, Disney India became India's biggest television broadcaster. History Joint venture Walt Disney India was formed in August 1993 with a licensing agreement as a joint venture partnership between The Walt Disney Company and Modi Enterprises. Disney filed in October 2001 with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board to create a wholly owned subsidiary company to launch the Disney Channel in India. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion granted Disney an initial approval for the subsidiary but with Modi protesting because of similarities to their joint venture. When the 10 year licensing agreement ended, Modi and Disney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faltu (TV Series)
''Faltu'' ( ''Useless'') is an Indian Hindi language drama television series produced under Boyhood Productions, starring Niharika Chouksey and Aakash Ahuja. It premiered on 2 November 2022 on StarPlus and digitally streams on Disney+ Hotstar. Plot The story revolves around an unwanted girl, Faltu, named ''useless'' after her parents' frustration at the birth of a third girl and a stillborn twin son. She grew up in a feudal family of rural Rajasthan, being ill treated and disregarded by everyone except her father and cousin Pratap for her gender, birth order and passions. Rejecting the traditional role of a meek and homemaking woman, Faltu harbours a love for cricket, playing with various improvised bats like sticks and brooms, further drawing the mockery of the village while she fights against the stigma trying to make her family proud. Things change when she crosses paths with Ayaan Mittal, who is the son of a wealthy CEO and a proficient cricketer despite swearing off the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara
''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara'' is an Indian drama television series produced by Rajshri Productions. It aired from 18 June 2012 to 1 November 2014 on Star Plus. It starred Disha Parmar and Nakuul Mehta as Pankhuri Gupta Kumar and Aditya Kumar. Plot Pankhuri Gupta is a small town simple girl from Kullu. Aditya Kumar, a rich boy in Mumbai has grown up cynical about relationships having seen his parents Avantika and Harish separated for 20 years. Purushottam Deewan (Aditya's maternal grandfather), a wealthy business tycoon, visits the Guptas in Kullu, determining to get Pankhuri married to Aditya. Instead, Avantika fixes Aditya's engagement to the Mumbai-based Latika Bafna who only wants the Deewans money. Latika frames Aditya for taking advantage of her but Pankhuri saves him. Aditya and Pankhuri become best friends. Anuj and Sheela fix Pankhuri's marriage to Shivam Mehta. Latika tries to ruin the wedding prompting Shivam to leave. Aditya steps in and marries P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amrit Manthan
''Amrit Manthan'' ( ''The Changes of Amrit'') is an Indian television soap opera, which premiered on 26 February 2012 and ran through 2 August 2013 on Life Ok. It is the story of two sisters who become each other's enemiesThis show was also broadcast as ''Bari Behna'' on Star Utsav. The show took a seven years leap in February 2013 and a nine years leap in April 2013. Plot ''Amrit Manthan'' is the story of two sisters Amrit and Nimrit. Starting off as best friends, fate leads them to turn into enemies. Nimrit survives as Amrit attempts to kill her. But her face is ruined and changed by plastic surgery and she returns as Natasha Oberoi to seize everything that Amrit has taken from her. A lookalike of Nimrit (later revealed to be her long lost twin), named Shivangi, comes to town and helps Nimrit in her battle against Amrit and succeeds. Shivangi then leaves to pursue her career and marries a superstar. After a series of events, Nimrit thinks that her husband, Agam and Amrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dill Mill Gayye
''Dill Mill Gayye'' ( ''Hearts Have Met'') is an Indian medical drama television series that aired on Star One from 20 August 2007 to 29 October 2010. It was a sequel to the Star Plus series '' Sanjivani - A Medical Boon''. The series is available digitally on Disney+ Hotstar. The show focuses on a new generation of medical interns with the crux being the love story between Dr. Armaan Malik, portrayed by Karan Singh Grover and Dr. Riddhima Gupta which was originally portrayed by Shilpa Anand, who was later replaced by Sukirti Kandpal and then Jennifer Winget. Plot Season 1 The show follows the lives of surgical interns and resident doctors of Sanjeevani hospital. It deals with the pressures, drama, romance, interpersonal relationships and humour in their lives. At the start of the show, the interns are Dr Anjali Gupta, Dr Armaan Malik, Dr Riddhima Gupta, Dr Atul Joshi, and Dr Sapna Shah. Dr Shashank Gupta is the head of the hospital and the father of Anjali and Riddhima. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May I Come In Madam?
May I Come In Madam? is a Hindi-language Indian sitcom television series which premiered on 7 March 2016 on Life OK. The series ended on 25 August 2017 as the channel got closed. Plot Season 1 A young man, Sajan Agarwal, is dejected after being constantly henpecked by his wife. However, he is smitten by his good-looking boss Sanjana and seeks her attention. Sajan Agarwal is mentally tortured by his mother-in-law and Bhupesh. Slowy, Sajan Falls in Love with Sanjana and His Friend Khiloni Knows it. It Shows how Sajan is Stuck between His Office Love and Wife. Cast *Sandeep Anand as Sajan Agarwal * Neha Pendse as Sanjana Hiteshi, Madam *Sapna Sikarwar as Kashmira Agarwal and the possessed Dadi * Shoma Rathod as Ramvati, Sajan's mother-in-law. * Anup Upadhyay as Mr.Chedilal Hiteshi, the chairman of Use Me Advertising and Peon Chedi without glasses * Melissa Pais as TV Program Presenter Kaamini * Deepesh Bhan as Bhupesh, Sajan's brother-in-law * Vaibhav Mathur as Rajkishore, Saj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiji Maa
''Jiji Maa'' is an Indian drama television series produced by Jay Productions which aired on Star Bharat from 9 October 2017 to 18 February 2019. Adapted from the Telugu soap opera '' Lakshmi Kalyanam'', it starred Tanvi Dogra, Dishank Arora, Bhavika Sharma and Shubhashish Jha. The story of the series is set in Jaipur, revolving around two sisters. Plot Falguni and Niyati Purohit are sisters from a poor household supported by their mother. Their mother dies and leaves Niyati in Falguni's care telling her that she is now Niyati's Jiji Maa (Sister Mother). Falguni works to fund Niyati's education, remaining illiterate herself. Years later A grown-up Falguni and Niyati meet Uttara Devi Rawat, a bad-tempered and arrogant woman who hates poor people. Falguni gets into a fight with Uttara and later apologises to her driver Suresh. A humiliated Uttara vows to take revenge from the sisters. Suresh, who is in fact Uttara's elder son Suyash, falls in love with Falguni. Niyati tries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pay Television
Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, but also increasingly via Digital terrestrial television, digital terrestrial, and streaming television. In the United States, subscription television began in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the form of encrypted analog over-the-air broadcast television which could be decrypted with special equipment. The concept rapidly expanded through the multi-channel transition and into the post-network era. Other parts of the world beyond the United States, such as Television in France, France and Latin America have also offered encrypted analog terrestrial signals available for subscription. The term is most synonymous with premium entertainment services focused on films or general entertainment programming such as, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StarTimes
StarTimes is a Chinese electronics and media company with strong presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. StarTimes offers digital terrestrial television and satellite television services to consumers, and provides technologies to countries and broadcasters that are switching from analog to digital television. , StarTimes operates in 30 countries, serving 13 million DVB subscribers and 20 million OTT users. History StarTimes Group was founded in 1988 by Chinese engineer Pang Xinxing, who is also the company's current chairman. In 2002, StarTimes began to expand its business to Africa. In 2007, it became the first digital television operator licensed by Rwanda. Since then, StarTimes has established subsidiaries in 30 African countries. In 2009, StarTimes and the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation formed a joint venture to roll out digital migration. In February 2016, StarTimes was awarded a DTH license in Ivory Coast. Operations began in October 2016. On 23 November 2016, StarT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GOtv Africa
GOtv Africa is a pay television terrestrial service in sub-Saharan Africa owned by broadcaster MultiChoice. It mainly consists of African and international programming. History The terrestrial TV service was founded in October 2011 by MultiChoice. It features news channels such as the BBC, Al Jazeera and CNN, sports channels such as SuperSport and ESPN, local & international content from Africa Magic and M-Net Movies among others, including free-to-air channels. It is currently available in countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, Namibia, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Uganda. The current director general of the company is John Ugbe John Ugbe is a Nigerian business executive. He is the chief executive officer at MultiChoice Nigeria and chairman of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria. Education He studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Federal University of .... References External links Official websiteOfficial website for Nigeria 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DStv
Digital Satellite Television, commonly abbreviated to DStv, is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice and based in Randburg, South Africa. Launched on 6 October 1995, the service provides multiple audio, radio and television channels and services to subscribers, mostly in South Africa and Nigeria. DStv formerly had operations in Thailand under United Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), which is now TrueVisions. History In 1986, pay-television came to South Africa when a single-channel analogue service, M-Net, was launched by Naspers and local businesses/companies. For almost seven years, all of M-Net's operations were handled by a single dedicated company until 1995 when a second subsidiary company, MultiChoice, was launched. This company would take over the operations of M-Net including decoder sales, subscriber services (which were also available in local shops) and account management. MultiChoice would also embark on establishing pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
