17 Facts About Star Gold

1.

Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India.

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2.

Disney Star Gold generates more than 30,000 hours of content every year.

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3.

Disney Star Gold is the largest television and entertainment network in India.

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4.

Star Gold TV was founded in 1990 as a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa and Li Ka-Shing.

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5.

In 1990, Star Gold TV started with the first 5 channels included Star Gold Plus, STAR TV Chinese Channel, Prime Sports, MTV and BBC World Service Television.

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6.

Star Gold broadcasting operations were run from Rupert Murdoch's Fox Broadcasting premises.

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7.

In 2009, Star Gold India acquired Trivandrum, India based media conglomerate Asianet Communications Limited which served Malayalam language content.

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8.

In 2012, Star Gold India acquired the BCCI Rights for India cricket for the period 2012 through 2018.

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9.

In 2015, Star Gold India launched its video-on-demand service, Hotstar and forayed into online streaming.

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10.

In 2015, Star Gold India acquired broadcast businesses of Maa Television Pvt.

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11.

On 28 August 2017, Star Gold India replaced its Hindi Entertainment channel Life OK with a free-to-air channel Star Gold Bharat.

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12.

On 5 September 2017, Star Gold India won the global media rights to broadcast Indian Premier League for 5 years beginning in 2018.

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13.

On 27 August 2018, the channel Star Gold Life was launched in Africa in English language offering the English dubbed Indian Hindi series from the Indian star channels.

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14.

On 4 January 2019, Star Gold TV shut down its television operations in USA for the promotion of its digital counterpart, Hotstar.

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15.

On 20 March 2019, Star Gold India became a subsidiary of Disney India as the deal was Open.

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16.

In January 2015, Star Gold India launched Hotstar, a mobile and online entertainment OTT platform owned by its affiliate, Novi Digital Entertainment.

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17.

In January 2019, Star Gold India shut down its linear TV services in South America, United States, North America, and Canada and shifted all services to Hotstar USA.

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