UTV Movies (Canada)

UTV Movies
Launched December 2, 2011 (original channel)
July 17, 2014 (re-launched)
Closed December 2012 (original channel)
Owned by Asian Television Network
SoundView Entertainment
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Country Canada
Broadcast area National
Headquarters Mississauga, Ontario
Sister channel(s) Filmy

UTV Movies was a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel that was owned by Between Asian Television Network and SoundView Entertainment. It broadcast programming from UTV Movies and Canadian content.

UTV Movies broadcast Bollywood films from various genres from the UTV library and other studios. It also aired other film related content such as interviews with actors and documentaries.

History

In February 2010, SoundView Entertainment Inc. was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch UTV Movies, described at the time as "a national niche third-language ethnic Category 2 specialty programming service devoted to feature films, made-for-TV movies, actor interviews, documentaries and similar movie-related programming."[1]

The channel launched on December 2, 2011, initially on Rogers Cable. The channel was subsequently stopped broadcasting in December 2012 in Canada.

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2010-109 CRTC 2010-02-24


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