UTV Action
UTV Action (formerly Bindass Movies) is an Indian pay television movie channel that features American animated and live-action Hollywood movies in Hindi dubbed. It also often airs some other country's films. It is based partly in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Initially created as UTV Bindass Movies, a youth-oriented Hindi movie channel, it was later re-branded UTV Action in 2010.[1]
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| Country | India |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 4:3 576i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Disney Star (Disney India) The Walt Disney Company India |
| Sister channels | Bindass Disney Channel Disney International HD Disney Junior Hungama TV Super Hungama UTV Movies UTV HD India |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 January 2010 |
| Former names | Bindass Movies |
The channel earlier telecasted Bollywood, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu action films dubbed in Hindi, but now it doesn't air them and it telecasts only American films.
Other versions
UTV HD
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| Country | India |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Disney Star (Disney India) |
| Sister channels | UTV Action Bindass |
| History | |
| Launched | 21 October 2018 |
UTV HD India is a Hindi-language movie channel owned by Disney Star.[2] The channel showcase Hindi dubbed international movies.[3]
UTV Action Telugu
| Country | India |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 4:3 576i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Disney Star (Disney India) |
| History | |
| Launched | 26 June 2011 |
| Closed | 30 November 2012 |
UTV Action Telugu was a Telugu version of the Hindi movie channel UTV Action that showed Hollywood movies dubbed into Telugu. It was launched on 26 June 2011 and closed down on 30 November 2012.[4]
References
- "UTV launches India's First Action Channel". www.indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- "Disney India launches HD Hindi Movie Channel". ficci. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- "Walt Disney buys 21st Century Fox: What it means for Star India". businesstoday. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- "UTV launches UTV Action Telugu | Media". Campaign India. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

