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	'''Colors TV''' is an Indian entertainment [[pay television]] channel owned by [[JioStar]], a joint venture between [[Reliance Industries]], [[Viacom18]] and [[Disney India]]. Its programming consists of [[Soap opera\|family dramas]], [[fantasy\|fantasy shows]], [[romance\|romantic dramas]], [[Comedy\|comedies]], [[Reality television\|reality shows]] and [[crime\|crime shows]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Colors TV Website: Colors TV Shows, Colors Videos, Photos, News, Live Colors TV\|url=http://www.aapkacolors.com/\|website=ColorsTv\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-05-05\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606132643/http://www.aapkacolors.com/\|archive-date=6 June 2012\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>		'''Colors TV''' is an Indian entertainment [[pay television]] channel owned by [[JioStar]] (a joint venture between [[Reliance Industries]], [[Viacom18]] and [[Disney India]]). Its programming consists of [[Soap opera\|family dramas]], [[fantasy\|fantasy shows]], [[romance\|romantic dramas]], [[Comedy\|comedies]], [[Reality television\|reality shows]] and [[crime\|crime shows]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Colors TV Website: Colors TV Shows, Colors Videos, Photos, News, Live Colors TV\|url=http://www.aapkacolors.com/\|website=ColorsTv\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-05-05\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606132643/http://www.aapkacolors.com/\|archive-date=6 June 2012\|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	~~[[File:Colors TV logo old.svg\|thumb\|left\|Logo from 2008-2016.]]~~
	It was launched on 21 July 2008 by [[Viacom18]] under CEO Rajesh Kamat.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Colors Gets A New Nayak\|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Colors-Gets-A-New-Nayak/08-11-2014-57607\|last=Singh\|first=Gurbir\|work=BW [[Businessworld]]\|language=en\|access-date=2020-05-09\|archive-date=24 September 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924113654/http://www.businessworld.in/article/Colors-Gets-A-New-Nayak/08-11-2014-57607/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2011, Raj Nayak was appointed CEO, replacing Rajesh Kamat, who left to join CA Media.<ref name =ceo2011>{{Cite web\|title=Raj Nayak is new CEO of Colors\|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/management/leadership/raj-nayak-appointed-new-ceo-of-colors/story/14857.html\|website=www.businesstoday.in\|date=18 April 2011 \|language=en\|access-date=2020-05-09\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210170642/http://www.businesstoday.in/management/leadership/raj-nayak-appointed-new-ceo-of-colors/story/14857.html\|archive-date=10 February 2018\|url-status=live}}</ref>		It was launched on 21 July 2008 by [[Viacom18]] under CEO Rajesh Kamat.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Colors Gets A New Nayak\|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Colors-Gets-A-New-Nayak/08-11-2014-57607\|last=Singh\|first=Gurbir\|work=BW [[Businessworld]]\|language=en\|access-date=2020-05-09\|archive-date=24 September 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924113654/http://www.businessworld.in/article/Colors-Gets-A-New-Nayak/08-11-2014-57607/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2011, Raj Nayak was appointed CEO, replacing Rajesh Kamat, who left to join CA Media.<ref name =ceo2011>{{Cite web\|title=Raj Nayak is new CEO of Colors\|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/management/leadership/raj-nayak-appointed-new-ceo-of-colors/story/14857.html\|website=www.businesstoday.in\|date=18 April 2011 \|language=en\|access-date=2020-05-09\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210170642/http://www.businesstoday.in/management/leadership/raj-nayak-appointed-new-ceo-of-colors/story/14857.html\|archive-date=10 February 2018\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	~~{{Portal\|Television}}~~
	* {{official}}		* {{official}}

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{{short description|Indian general entertainment television channel}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Colors TV
| logo = Colors tv2017.png
| logo_size =
| logo_alt =
| launch_date = {{Launch date and age|df=y|2008|7|21}}
| owner = [[Viacom 18]]
| headquarters = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| replaced =
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]] (downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]]/[[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| slogan = ''Television for you''
| sister_channels = {{Collapsible list
| list_style = text-align:left;
| 1 = [[MTV India|MTV]] [[VH1 India|VH1]] [[Comedy Central (India)|Comedy Central]] [[Colors Rishtey]] [[Rishtey Cineplex]] [[Colors Marathi]] [[Colors Gujarati]] [[Colors Gujarati Cinema]] [[Colors Bangla]] [[Colors Bangla Cinema]] [[Colors Kannada]] [[Colors Kannada Cinema]] [[Colors Odia]] [[Colors Odia Cinema]] [[News18 Urdu]] [[News18 India]] [[News18 Bihar-Jharkhand]] [[News18 Bangla]] [[Nickelodeon India|Nick]] [[Nick Jr India|Nick Jr]] [[Teen Nick India|Teen Nick]] [[Sonic-Nickelodeon]] [[MTV Indies]] [[CNN-News18]] [[Colors Infinity]] [[Colors Cineplex]] [[Colors Cineplex Bollywood]] [[Colors Super]] [[Colors Tamil]] [[Colors Tamil Cinema]] [[Colors Malayalam]] [[Colors Malayalam Cinema]] [[Colors Telugu]] [[Colors Telugu Cinema]] [[Colors Punjabi]]
}}
| web = [http://colorstv.com colorstv.com]
| sat_serv_1 = [[Airtel digital TV]]
| sat_chan_1 = Channel 116 (SD) Channel 117 (HD)
| sat_serv_2 = [[Tata Sky]]
| sat_chan_2 = Channel 149 (SD) Channel 147 (HD)
| sat_serv_3 = [[Dish TV]]
| sat_chan_3 = Channel 121 (SD) Channel 120 (HD)
| sat_serv_4 = [[d2h]]
| sat_chan_4 = Channel 105 (SD) Channel 904 (HD)
| sat_serv_5 = [[Sky (United Kingdom)|Sky]] {{small|([[United Kingdom|UK]] & [[Ireland]])}}
| sat_chan_5 = Channel 706 (HD) Channel 884 (SD)
| sat_serv_6 = [[Sun Direct]]
| sat_chan_6 = Channel 304 (SD) Channel 904 (HD)
| sat_serv_7 = [[Astro (television)|Astro]]
| sat_chan_7 = Channel 116 (HD)
| sat_serv_8 = [[Sky (New Zealand)|Sky]] {{small|(New Zealand)}}
| sat_chan_8 = Channel 151 (SD)
| iptv_serv_1 = [[Unifi TV]]
| iptv_chan_1 = Channel 341 (SD)
| cable_serv_1 = [[Hathway]]
| cable_chan_1 = Channel 4 (SD) Channel 371 (HD)
| cable_serv_2 = [[Asianet Digital]]
| cable_chan_2 = Channel 502 (SD) Channel 850 (HD)
| cable_serv_3 = [[Kerala Vision Digital TV]]
| cable_chan_3 = Channel 203 (SD) Channel 827 (HD)
| cable_serv_4 = [[DEN Networks|DEN]]
| cable_chan_4 = Channel 103 (SD)
| cable_serv_5 = [[Virgin Media]] {{small|([[United Kingdom|UK]])}}
| cable_chan_5 = Channel 826 (SD & HD)
| online_serv_1 = [[Voot]]
| online_chan_1 = ([[India]])
}}
'''Colors TV''' is an [[India]]n [[general entertainment]] broadcast network owned by [[Viacom 18]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Raj Nayak is new CEO of Colors|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/management/leadership/raj-nayak-appointed-new-ceo-of-colors/story/14857.html|website=www.businesstoday.in|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210170642/http://www.businesstoday.in/management/leadership/raj-nayak-appointed-new-ceo-of-colors/story/14857.html|archive-date=10 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The network's programming consists of [[Soap opera|family dramas]], comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and [[television film]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colors TV Website: Colors TV Shows, Colors Videos, Photos, News, Live Colors TV|url=https://archive.is/nx2W3|website=ColorsTv|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606132643/http://www.aapkacolors.com/|archive-date=6 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
It was launched on 21 July 2008 by [[Viacom 18]] under then Chief Executive Officer Rajesh Kamat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colors Gets A New Nayak|url=http://businessworld.in/article/Colors-Gets-A-New-Nayak/08-11-2014-57607|last=Singh|first=Gurbir|website=BW Businessworld|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>

On 15 July 2019, The Channel went through a graphic package change.

==Reception==
In less than a year, series like ''[[Balika Vadhu]]'', ''[[Uttaran]]'', ''[[Bigg Boss (Hindi season 2)|Bigg Boss 2]]''and ''[[Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi]]'' helped the channel to pass the decade-old market-leader [[StarPlus]] in weekly Gross Rating Points (GRPs).<ref>{{Cite web|title=How 'Colors' jumped into the top league|url=https://www.rediff.com/money/2009/jul/24inter-how-colors-jumped-into-the-top-league.htm|website=Rediff|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727010004/http://www.rediff.com/money/2009/jul/24inter-how-colors-jumped-into-the-top-league.htm|archive-date=27 July 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=TV channel Colors touches a new high|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/colors-success-story-311087.html|date=2009-03-14|website=News18|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>

==Programming==
{{main|List of programs broadcast by Colors}}

==Colors HD==

Colors HD was added on 24 October 2011 by various MSO & DTH Operators in India and Nepal including Dish Home (Nepal), [[Asianet Digital TV]], [[DishTV]], [[Airtel digital TV]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.airtel.in/digital-tv/buy-hd-connection|title=Airtel DTH HD Connection Online, Buy Digital TV HD Connection|website=www.airtel.in|access-date=9 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507090229/https://www.airtel.in/digital-tv/buy-hd-connection|archive-date=7 May 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Videocon d2h]] and [[Tata Sky]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tatasky.com/channel-packages.html|title=Tata Sky DTH packages, digital TV, DTH India|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020155722/http://www.tatasky.com/channel-packages.html|archive-date=20 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hathway]] digital cable also provides Colors HD.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Viacom18 launches Colors HD in the UK|url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/02/21/viacom18-launches-colors-hd-in-the-uk/|date=2017-02-21|website=Broadband TV News|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715222004/http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/02/21/viacom18-launches-colors-hd-in-the-uk|archive-date=15 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 15 July 2019, Colors (SD + HD) went through a graphic package change

==International==
On 21 January 2010, Colors became available on [[Dish Network]] in the U.S. and Canada, where it is called Aapka Colors (Your Colors)that gives English subtitles on every show and to avoid confusion with now-defunct Colours TV.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330233210/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2009/12/colors_to_launc.php|title=Colors to launch on U.S.' Dish Network; UK next|publisher=Biz Asia|date=2009-12-03|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330233210/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2009/12/colors_to_launc.php|archive-date=30 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Viacom18's AAPKA COLORS Launches in the United States|url=https://ir.dish.com/news-releases/news-release-details/viacom18s-aapka-colors-launches-united-states|website=Dish|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>[[Amitabh Bachchan]] served as brand ambassador for the UK and USA launches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072202/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/01/colors_ropes_in.php|title=Colors ropes in Big B to endorse UK/USA launch|publisher=Biz Asia|date=2010-01-14|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072202/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/01/colors_ropes_in.php|archive-date=8 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Colors launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on [[Sky (UK & Ireland)|Sky]] on 25 January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072235/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/01/colors_to_launc_1.php|title=Colors to launch on Monday on Sky Digital|publisher=Biz Asia|date=2010-01-19|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072235/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/01/colors_to_launc_1.php|archive-date=8 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Channel profile: Colors TV|url=https://www.skymedia.co.uk/channels/colors-tv/|website=Sky Media|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723142938/https://www.skymedia.co.uk/channels/colors-tv/|archive-date=23 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> On 9 December 2009, [[INX Network|INX Media]] confirmed that Colors had bought [[9XM]]'s Sky EPG slot on channel 829 and on 5 January 2010, Colors secured a deal to join the ViewAsia subscription package.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909124056/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2009/12/exclusive_color.php|title=EXCLUSIVE: Colors to replace 9XM on Sky|publisher=Biz Asia|date=2009-12-09|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909124056/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2009/12/exclusive_color.php|archive-date=9 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072254/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/01/exclusive_color_1.php|title=EXCLUSIVE: Colors joins VIEWASIA package|publisher=Biz Asia|date=2010-01-05|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072254/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/01/exclusive_color_1.php|archive-date=8 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially the channel was available free-to-air and then subsequently was added to the ViewAsia package on 19 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072322/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/04/exclusive_date.php|title=EXCLUSIVE: Date confirmed for Colors encryption|publisher=Biz Asia|date=2010-04-07|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072322/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2010/04/exclusive_date.php|archive-date=8 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Colors was added to [[Virgin Media]] on 1 April 2011, as a part of the Asian Mela pack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072450/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2011/03/colors_sunrise.php|title=Colors & Sunrise Radio launch on Virgin Media|publisher=Biz Asia|date=2011-03-29|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308072450/http://media247.co.uk/bizasia/newsarchive/2011/03/colors_sunrise.php|archive-date=8 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> On 2 September 2013, Colors left the ViewAsia package and became free-to-air on satellite again, as well as moving to Virgin's basic package.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910171158/http://www.media247.co.uk/bizasia/colors-goes-free-to-air-on-sky-digital-in-uk|title=Colors goes free-to-air on Sky Digital in UK|publisher=Biz Asia|date=2013-09-02|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910171158/http://www.media247.co.uk/bizasia/colors-goes-free-to-air-on-sky-digital-in-uk|archive-date=10 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 15 July 2019, All Colors TV Feeds Including International Ones Went Through a grahpic package change.

==Golden Petal Awards==
Golden Petal Awards is an award function to honour personalities a reward for their contribution to the Colors TV channel.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.aapkacolors.com/shows/golden-petal-awards/amp/| title= Colors Golden Petal Awards |work=colors| access-date=26 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="Golden Petal Awards 2017">{{cite news|title=Colors Golden Petal Awards 2017 Winners: Complete list of winners|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/tv-awards/colors-golden-petal-awards/2017/116|access-date=26 April 2021|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Television}}
* {{official}}

{{Network 18}}
{{Colors Programmes}}
{{Balaji Telefilms}}

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[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2008]]
[[Category:Television stations in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Hindi-language television channels in India]]
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[[Category:2008 establishments in Maharashtra]]

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