List of English-language television channels in India

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This is a list of English language television channels aired in India.[1][2][3][4][5]

Entertainment and lifestyle[edit]

Channel Name Network Genre Category
Animal Planet Discovery Networks Asia Pacific Infotainment Wildlife & Nature
Colors Infinity Viacom18 General Entertainment
Comedy Central Comedy
Discovery Channel Discovery Networks Asia Pacific Infotainment Documentary
Discovery Science Science and technology
Discovery Turbo Automobile
Disney International HD Disney India Media Networks Entertainment Youth
FashionTV Fashion Television Lifestyle Luxury Fashion
Fox Life Star India Adventure & Travel
History TV18 TV18 History
National Geographic Disney India Media Networks Infotainment Factual Documentary
Nat Geo Wild Wildlife & Nature
Nat Geo People Lifestyle People & Culture
NDTV Good Times NDTV Youth Entertainment
Romedy Now The Times Group Entertainment Romantic comedy
Sony BBC Earth Sony Pictures Networks Infotainment Wildlife & Nature
Star World (shutting down on 30 November 2021) Star India Entertainment General Entertainment
Star World Premiere HD (shutting down on 30 November 2021) Premium Entertainment
TLC Discovery Networks Asia Pacific Lifestyle People and Culture
Travel XP Celebrities Management Private Limited Travel
Zee Café Zee Entertainment Entertainment General Entertainment

Kids[edit]

All are multilingual channels.

Movies[edit]

Defunct Channel[edit]

Music[edit]

Defunct Channel[edit]

News[edit]

National Channels[edit]

Channel Network Affiliations
CNN-News18 Network 18 Reliance Industries
DD India Doordarshan Prasar Bharati
India Today TV Today Network Living India Group
Mirror Now The Times Group
NDTV 24x7 NDTV
NewsX ITV Network
Republic TV ARG Outlier Media
Times Now The Times Group
WION Zee Entertainment Enterprises Essel Group
India Ahead India Ahead News Pvt Ltd Andhra Prabha
Ministry Delhi NCR Ciiiiiiiii Logo used by Ministry Delhi NCR (2005-2011)

Domestic[edit]

International[edit]

Business[edit]

Religious[edit]

Sports[edit]

Defunct[edit]

Channel Name Closed Replaced By
Ministry Delhi NCR 2011 -
TV10 India 12 October 2011 -
Lumiere Movies 2012 -
TCM 15 September 2012 -
BBC Entertainment 2014 -
FTO Online 2 June 2014 Full Online TV
Fox Crime 18 April 2015 Star Movies Select HD
MGM 1 August 2015 -
Animax 18 April 2017 Sony Yay
FX (India) 15 June 2017 Star Sports Select 2
Star Movies Action 15 June 2017 Star Gold Select HD
Star Sports 4 28 May 2017 Star Sports Tamil
ZeeQ 1 June 2017 -
NDTV Profit 4 June 2017 -
Da Vinci Learning 30 November 2017 -
Zee Studio 31 May 2018 &flix
Active English 17 June 2018 Tata Sky English in Hindi
36 Diary Hmart 27 August 2018 BNG Ghatta TV
Sony Le Plex HD 31 December 2018 Dish TV Women’s Active
Disney XD 20 January 2019 Marvel HQ
Nat Geo Music 24 May 2019 -
BTVI 31 August 2019 -
Sony ESPN 30 March 2020 Sony 11
Sony ESPN HD 30 March 2020 Sony 11 HD
9XO 31 May 2020 -
AXN 30 June 2020 -
FYI TV18 8 July 2020 -
HBO 15 December 2020 -
WB Channel 15 December 2020 -
Romedy Now HD 1 August 2021 -
Star World 30 November 2021 -
Star World Premiere HD 30 November 2021 -
Halloween 1 November 2022 Karnataka Rajyotsava

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Top five English Movies Channels Week 28: Saturday, 8th July 2017 to Friday, 14th July 2017". BARC India.
  2. "Top five English Entertainment Channels Week 27: Saturday, 8th July 2017 to Friday, 14th July 2017". BARC India.
  3. "Top four English Business News Channels Week 27: Saturday, 8th July 2017 to Friday, 14th July 2017". BARC India.
  4. "Top five English News Channels Week 26: Saturday, 8th July 2017 to Friday, 14th July 2017". BARC India.
  5. "Jio Tv channels list - All languages". MyJioApps.
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