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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Canadian Hindi-language television channel}}<br />
{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = Zee Cinema<br />
| logo = Zee Cinema New Logo.png<br />
| logo_caption = '''Zee Cinema logo'''<br />
| logo_size = 200px<br />
| launch_date = {{Launch date and age|2012|7}}<br />
| picture_format = [[480i]] ([[SDTV]])<br />
| network =<br />
| owner = Ethnic Channels Group<br><small>(name licensed by [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]])</small><br />
| sister_channels = [[Zee TV Canada]]<br />
| country = [[Canada]]<br />
| area = National<br />
| headquarters = [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]<br />
| former_names = <br />
| website = [http://www.ethnicchannels.com/category/country/india-country Zee Cinema]<br />
| sat_serv_1 = [[Bell Satellite TV]]<br />
| sat_chan_1 = Channel TBA<br />
| cable_serv_1 = [[Cogeco]]<br />
| cable_chan_1 = Channel 1065<br />
| cable_serv_2 = [[Rogers Cable]]<br />
| cable_chan_2 = Channel 826<br />
| iptv_serv_1 = [[Bell Fibe TV]]<br />
| iptv_chan_1 = Channel 785<br />
| iptv_serv_2 = [[Telus TV|Optik TV]]<br />
| iptv_chan_2 = Channel 2392<br />
| iptv_serv_3 = [[SaskTel]]<br />
| iptv_chan_3 = Channel 253 <br />
}}<br />
'''Zee Cinema''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Category B services|Category B]] [[Hindi language]] [[specialty channel]] and is owned by Ethnic Channels Group.<br />
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Zee Cinema broadcasts programming primarily from the library of Zee Cinema a [[Bollywood]] film channel from [[India]]. Programming includes classic and contemporary films and film-related television series.<br />
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==History==<br />
On March 2, 2012, Ethnic Channels Group was granted approval from the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''Bollywood SD – Hindi Movie Channel'', described as "a national, niche third-language ethnic specialty Category B service devoted predominantly to Hindi movies and targeted to the Hindi-speaking community in Canada."<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-129.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-129] CRTC 2012-03-02</ref><br />
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Previous to Bollywood SD – Hindi Movie Channel launching, the Zee Cinema brand existed in Canada since 2005 through a partnership with [[Asian Television Network]] and a subsidiary of [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises]], who launched a Canadian version of Zee Cinema called ATN Zee Cinema.<ref>[http://www.asiantelevision.com/pr/New%20Channel%20Launch%20and%20Cricket%202005.pdf ATN launches four more digital television channels and acquires more cricket] ATN press release</ref><br />
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ATN Zee Cinema was renamed [[ATN Movies OK]] on July 25, 2012. That same month after the rebrand, Bollywood SD – Hindi Movie Channel was launched as '''Zee Cinema''' through a newly formed licensing partnership between Ethnic Channels Group and a subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises.<ref>[http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k12/aug/aug62.php Ethnic Channels Group to distribute Zee Cinema in Canada] IndianTelevision.com 2012-08-08</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.ethnicchannels.com/country/india/ Zee Cinema Canada]<br />
* [http://www.zeetvusa.com/zeecinema/ Zee Cinema]<br />
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{{Ethnic Channels Group}}<br />
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[[Category:Digital cable television networks in Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2012]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language television in Canada]]<br />
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