9X Media is the largest Indian music broadcaster operating 4

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channels and a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

news portal – www.spotboye.com. The four music channels are

9XM 9XM is an Indian Hindi free-to-air music TV channel based in Mumbai. The channel is owned by 9X Media, an Indian television business. 9XM's programming is focused on Hindi-language music videos. The channel is available on all major dth platfor ...

(Latest Bollywood),

9X Jalwa 9x Jalwa is an Indian classic Hindi music television channel, broadcast in India. The channel is owned by 9X Media. 9x Jalwa is India's Classic Channel, and Plays 1990s to 2010s Music in India. It was launched in 2012. 9x Jalwa is part of 9X Me ...

(Evergreen Hindi), 9X Jhakaas (Marathi) and

9X Tashan 9X Tashan is a Punjabi language music channel operated by 9X Media. Channel was launched on 31 August 2011 and is now available on major DTH and cable operators across India including Asianet Digital, Airtel digital TV, Tata Play, Sun Direct, ...

(Punjabi).

History

The company was founded by Indrani Mukerjea in 2007 through two companies,

INX Media 9X Media is the largest Indian music broadcaster operating 4 music television channels and a Bollywood news portal – www.spotboye.com. The four music channels are 9XM (Latest Bollywood), 9X Jalwa (Evergreen Hindi), 9X Jhakaas (Marathi) and ...

Pvt Ltd and INX News Pvt Ltd. In March 2009, chairman & Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)

Peter Mukerjea Peter Mukerjea (born 21 November 1956) is a British retired television executive. From 1997 to 2007 he was the CEO of STAR India. In 2007 he joined INX Media as chief strategy officer. He quit the company in 2009 and retired to Bristol. In No ...

and founder & CEO Indrani Mukerjea left their management roles at INX Media. In August 2010, INX Media renamed itself 9X Media as part of a restructuring process. It was planned to be acquired by Zee Entertainment Enterprises in October 2017 for the cost of 160

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, however the plan fell through in March 2018. In June 2020, the company shut down its English music network

9XO 9XO was an Indian English music television channel, broadcast in India based in Mumbai. The channel was owned by 9X Media, an Indian television broadcaster, owned by a consortium of private equity fund investors. It was launched in 2012. As of ...

Current stations

: is the flagship channel of 9X Media. Since its launch in 2007, 9XM has been a prominent Bollywood music channel. 9XM airs the latest Bollywood songs interspersed with rib-tickling animation. Its popular animation characters include Bade Chote, Bheegi Billi and Betel Nuts. Bade Chote of Bakwaas Bandh Kar fame entertain viewers with their jokes and funny messages. *

: IT airs Forever Young Bollywood music songs. The Channel also features Bollywood movie trivia through a series of short format shows and vignettes. *

: is the Punjabi Music Channel and a category leader since its launch in 2011. 9X Tashan, is targeted at free-spirited Punjabi viewers who take pride in everything related to Punjab. * 9X Jhakaas: is First Marathi Music Channel. Targeted at the confident and go-getter Marathi Music lovers, 9X Jhakaas airs Marathi film & non-film songs.

Former stations

* 9X A general entertainment channel bought by ZEE and later shut down. *

: The company's contemporary English & International music channel. It ceased broadcasting on 1 June 2020.

News portal

SpotboyE: A Bollywood News portal. The website celebrates Bollywood and is the destination for news, features and stories of Bollywood movies, stars and people associated with Bollywood.

Controversies

References

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