Dangal TV is a
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
general entertainment channel owned by Enterr10 Television Network. It was launched on 2009 as a
Bhojpuri-language movie channel but was converted into a Hindi entertainment channel. Its programming consists of
Soap opera
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fantasy
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The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
romance romantic shows.
History
Dangal TV was launched as a Bhojpuri movie channel in 2010 for India. In 2015, it was converted into a Hindi general entertainment channel by acquiring and aired most of the Hindi television shows from the former defunct entertainment channel
Imagine TV and along with television channels like
DD National
DD National (formerly DD1) is an Indian state-owned entertainment television channel, founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is the flagshi ...
,
Star Plus,
Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television (abbreviated as SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel that was launched in 1995 and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures.
History
This chann ...
,
Zee TV
ZEE TV also known as Z TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 1 October 1992 as the oldest privately owned television channel in India.
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,
Colors TV
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and
Sahara One.
In 2017, Dangal TV made an entry into original content called ''
Crime Alert'' (the first one-hour television show based on real-life crimes in India), ''Bahurani'' (the first original reality show) and ''Shivarjun: Ek Ichhadhari Ki Dastaan'' (the first original soap opera). After making an entry to original space, Dangal TV became the most watched Hindi-language entertainment channel by beating paid television channels.
In 2021, Dangal TV made a deal with
Viacom 18 by streaming their entire shows to their OTT app
Voot. In the same year, they stopped airing acquired shows until October and started airing only original content shows. It was converted into an original entertainment channel, as their acquired shows were moved to the newly launched entertainment channel Dangal 2.
Reception
Dangal TV gained a response from Hindi speaking viewers by acquiring television shows from Hindi television channels, along with original shows like Mann Sundar, Mann Ati Sundar, Nath, Gehna, ''
Crime Alert'', ''
Aye Mere Humsafar'', ''
Pyaar Ki Luka Chuppi
''Pyaar Ki Luka Chuppi'' () is an Indian drama television series. Produced by Rashmi Sharma under Rashmi Sharma Telefilms, premiered on 10 December 2019 on Dangal. It stars Rahul Sharma and Aparna Dixit.
Plot
Srishti and Sarthak are child ...
'', ''
Ranju Ki Betiyaan'', and ''
Prem Bandhan''.
Programming
Current broadcasts
Original programming
Anthology series
Children/teen series
Comedy series
Drama series
Mythological series
Reality/non-scripted programming
References
External links
Official website{{Portal bar, Television, India
Hindi-language television channels in India
Hindi-language television stations
Television stations in New Delhi