Zing (TV channel)

Zing TV
Launched 1997 (1997) (India)
1999 (1999) (UK)
21 July 2011 (2011-07-21) (United States)
Owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Audience share India:
40% (, BARC[1])
Slogan Ekdum Awesome
Formerly called Music Asia (1997-2000)
Zee Muzic (2000-2009)
Replaced by Zee Youth
Website Official website
Availability
Terrestrial
Oqaab
(Afghanistan)		 Channel 59
Satellite
K Vision Indonesia Channel 155
CanalSat Reunion Channel 144
Tata Sky (India) Channel 671
Sky (UK & Ireland) Channel 710
Dish Network (United States) Channel 717
Videocon d2h (India) Channel 561
CanalSat Maurice Channel 144
MNC Vision Indonesia Channel 271
Cable
F.D.I Digital Cable (India) Channel 304
Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Channel 854
Virgin Media (UK) Channel 813
Ziggo (Netherlands) Channel 764
IPTV
Bouygues Telecom (France) Channel 740
SFR (France) Channel 760
KPN (Netherlands) Channel 114
HyppTV
(Malaysia)		 Channel 351 (Coming Soon)
Streaming media
TVPlayer Watch live (UK only)[2]
Virgin TV Anywhere Watch live (UK only)[3]
Zing logo used from April 2009 until 18 June 2011
Zing logo used from 18 June 2011 until 2014

Zing (formerly known as Zee Muzic and Music Asia) is an Indian pay-, music television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, which carries broadcasts in Hindi and other Indian regional languages. It is also distributed in Southeast Asia and Europe. It was first launched in 1997 as Music Asia, rebranded as Zee Music in 2000 and finally rebranded as Zing in April 2009.[4]

Zing features humour, animation, spoofs and celebrity lifestyle in addition to music. Zing also has Chillax Mornings, a non-stop musical programming block.

In the UK, Zee Muzic was rebranded as Zing on 2 October 2009.[5]

On 21 July 2011, Zing TV was officially launched in North America on the Dish Network platform.[6]

Controversy

Zee Media fired Sonu Nigam after he tweeted in support of politician Dr. Kumar Vishwas.[7][8][9]

Programming

See also

References

  1. ↑ BARC
  2. ↑ Watch live
  3. ↑ Watch live
  4. ↑ "Zee Muzic transforms itself into Zing". 1 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "End of an era: ZEE Muzic replaced with Zing". Biz Asia. 2009-10-02.
  6. ↑ "Apartment TV Provider for Multi-Family Units | DISH Business". Commercial.dishnetwork.com. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  8. ↑ "News18.com: CNN News18 Latest News, Breaking News India, Current News Headlines". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  9. ↑ "Sonu Nigam accuses music company of announcing ban on him". India Today. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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