Gill Tv Star Jalsha
As BizAsia exclusively reported earlier this week, Star TV UK will replace ABP News with Bengali entertainment channel, Star Jalsha, here are the full details.
Launched in September 2008 and rebranded in June 2012, Star Jalsha dominates the Bengali television ratings in India as the number one Bengali General Entertainment channel. With the launch of Star Jalsha in the UK ��� the Star Network expands its regional offering to the UK�۪s Bengali community from both India and Bangladesh.
The channel will be available as part of Sky’s Entertainment pack replacing ABP News on Sky Digital. ABP News, which no longer is a Star TV channel, will exit the UK market. Star Jalsha will take EPG 808 from Thursday 22nd November. On Virgin Media, ABP News will be replaced with Star Life Ok.
When BizAsiaKamal raja video songs. contacted Star TV UK on why it chose Star Jalsha to replace ABP News over other Star TV channels like Channel V and Movies Ok, it said, “We will look at Channel V in the future . With regards to Movies Ok, there are already a lot of Hindi language Bollywood movie channels in the UK, including our own network Bollywood channel Star Gold.”
BizAsia also asked Star TV UK how it plans to compete with the large amount of free Bengali channels that are already available in the UK, “The free Bengali channels in the UK largely cater to just the Bangladeshi community. Star Jalsha is the only quality Indian Bengali channel that offers premium family entertainment content with an appeal to both the Indian and Bangladeshi Bengali speaking community in the UK.
Yeshpal Sharma, Sr. Vice President UK & Europe says, ���I share Kevin�۪s enthusiasm and am pleased to be part of history making Star Jalsha the first regional South Asian channel to be available on the Sky Entertainment Pack. We are very excited to bring Star Jalsha to our UK viewers and as always, our commitment to quality broadcasting will be our utmost priority.�
| Star Jalsha | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 8 September 2008 |
| Owned by | Star India |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to letterboxed576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Slogan | চলো পাল্টাই (Let's Change) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Bengali |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Sister channel(s) | Star Gold Star Movies Movies OK Star Sports National Geographic Star Plus Star World Star Vijay Star Suvarna Star Utsav Star Bharat Star Pravah Asianet Jalsha Movies |
| Website | Star Jalsha on Hotstar |
| Satellite | |
| Airtel digital TV | Channel 707 (SD) Channel 708 (HD) |
| Tata Sky | Channel 1311 (HD) Channel 1312 (SD) |
| d2h | Channel 798 (SD) Channel 977 (HD) |
| Dish TV | Channel 1404 (SD) Channel 1403 (HD) |
| Zuku (Africa) | Channel 937 |
| OSN (Middle East) | Channel 297 |
| Cable | |
| Asianet Digital TV | Channel 640 |
| SkyCable(Philippines) | Channel 198 |
| Destiny Cable(Philippines) | Channel 278 |
| IPTV | |
| Singtel TV(Singapore) | Channel 736 |
| Zuku (Kenya) | Channel 387 |
Star Jalsha (স্টার জলসা) is an Indianpay television channel owned by Star India. It broadcasts Bengali-language programming, such as family dramas, comedies, reality shows, crime shows and telefilms. It launched its own HD feed on 14 April 2016.
It is distributed worldwide by Disney Channels Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
History[edit]
Star Jalsha was officially launched on 8 September 2008.
The channel launched its own high-definition feed, along with Jalsha Movies HD, on 29 April 2016. They were the first Bengali-language HD channels in India.[1][2]List of programmes broadcast on Star Jalsha
Programming[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Star to launch HD versions of Bengali channels'.
- ^'Star India to back its Bengali HD launch with aggressive marketing and adequate content'.
External links[edit]
- Official website