Colors Cineplex

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Colors Cineplex
CountryIndia
SloganFilmein Must Hain
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerViacom 18
Key peopleRockteem Bhattacharjee
Sister channels
History
Launched8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) in India
29 September 2016 (2016-09-29) in UK
ReplacedUTV Movies
Former namesRishtey Cineplex (Original)
Links
Websitecolorscineplex.com
Availability
Cable
HathwayMumbai:
Channel 109 (SD)
In DigitalChannel 200 (SD)
Sim TV
(Nepal)
Channel TBA
Virgin Media (UK)Channel 828 (SD)
Asianet DigitalChannel 574
Satellite
Airtel digital TVChannel 229 (HD)
Channel 219 (SD)
Tata SkyChannel 358 (HD)
Channel 359 (SD)
Dish TVChannel 312 (HD)
Channel 313 (SD)
d2hChannel 221 (SD)
Reliance Digital TVChannel 318 (SD)
Sky (UK & Ireland)Channel 714 (SD)
Dish Network (US)Channel 730
Sun DirectChannel 886 (HD)
Channel 339 (SD)
Zuku TV (Africa)Channel 913
IPTV
Sling TV (US)IPTV
Unifi TV (Malaysia)Channel 333 (SD)

Colors Cineplex (formerly Rishtey Cineplex from 2016 to 2019 in SD and the HD version formerly known as Cineplex HD from 2017-19) is an Indian pay television channel owned by Viacom18. It was launched on 29 March 2016.[1][2]

In June 2016 Viacom18 decided to launch the channel in the UK as Rishtey Cineplex.[3] It launched on 29 September 2016 on Sky, replacing UMP Movies.[4]

The channel was launched on Freeview on 17 January 2017.[5] However, it was later removed on 1 July 2017.[6]

In 2017, Viacom18 launched HD movie channel Cineplex HD and it was rebranded as Colors Cineplex HD in 2019.

In October 2017, the channel was launched in Virgin Media.[7]

On 1 March 2019, Rishtey Cineplex was rebranded as Colors Cineplex and Cineplex HD as Colors Cineplex HD.[8]

Viacom18 launched another channel with the name Rishtey Cineplex on 5 June 2020 on DD Free Dish. Viacom18 launched another Hindi movie channel Colors Cineplex Bollywood on 1 April 2021.[9] The channel will broadcast only Bollywood movies.

Original shows[edit]

  • A Cricket Tournament - Road Safety World Series is a T20 cricket competition organised by the Road Safety Cell of Maharashtra to raise awareness about road safety.[10][11] In the Road safety world series, Cricket world Legends will match against each other for a noble cause. It will be a series of 11 matches that will be played in the T20 format. The series features some big names in cricket from India, Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies and South Africa like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, etc.[12] and Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar is the commissioner of the series.[13] The series was aired from 7 to 22 March 2020 on Colors Cineplex at 6pm. Mr Ravi Gaikwad, Chief of RTO,Thane(Konkan Range),Government of Maharashtra, is the founder of the Road Safety World Series, who integrated concept of Road Safety with sports to save lives on Indian roads and across the globe.[14][15][16]

The man who has been supporting for the cause of road safety is Mr Ravi Gaikwad, Senior Member of Road Safety Cell, Government of Maharashtra.[14][17][18][19][15]

Ravi Gaikwad, Chairman of Shant Bharat Surakshit Bharat appreciated Yohan Blake's visit to India and his efforts for road safety campaign, which required the need to educate the people and make them aware of their responsibilities so as to save as many lives as possible on Indian roads.[20]

References[edit]

  1. "Viacom18 to launch Hindi movie channel Rishtey Cineplex". live mint. Mumbai. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. "Viacom 18 decides to launch Rishtey Cineplex". BizAsia. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. "UK to replace existing film channel". BizAsia. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. "Rishtey Cineplex makes launch on Sky platform". BizAsia. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. Baddhan, Raj (16 January 2017). "Rishtey Cineplex set for launch on Freeview". BizAsia. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. "Rishtey Cineplex leaves Freeview line-up". BizAsia. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  7. Baddhan, Raj (3 October 2017). "Rishtey Cineplex & MTV Beats officially launch on Virgin Media". BizAsia. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  8. "Rishtey Cineplex and Rishtey get rechristened as 'Colors Cineplex' & 'Colors Rishtey'". www.adgully.com. Adgully Bureau.
  9. "Viacom18 to launch Colors Cineplex Bollywood". The Hindu BusinessLine. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. Safety World Series cricket 01-30-2020
  11. Tendulkar versus Lara in Road Safety World Series opener 02-13-2020
  12. Road Safety World Series 2020 02-18-2020
  13. Tendulkar, Lara to face each other in Road Safety World Series opening match 02-13-2020
  14. 14.0 14.1 "Ravi Gaikwad: Man with a mission" – via The Economic Times.
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Colors Cineplex on Facebook Watch" – via www.facebook.com.
  16. "Road Safety World Series: Here's how cricketers drove home the point on road safety before COVID-19 lockdown". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd.
  17. "Road Safety Cricket series gets boost". Free Press Journal.
  18. "Special conversation with Ravi Gaikwad, who connects cricket with road safety campaign - रोड सेफ्टी मुहिम के लिए सचिन फिर उठाएंगे बल्ला वीडियो - हिन्दी न्यूज़ वीडियो एनडीटीवी ख़बर". khabar.ndtv.com.
  19. "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  20. "Yohan Blake to promote road safety in India". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 18 August 2020.