Utsav Gold

Utsav Gold

Country	India
Broadcast area	Europe
Headquarters	Mumbai, India
Programming
Language(s)	Audio: Hindi Subtitles: English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	JioStar
Sister channels	Utsav Bharat Utsav Plus
History
Launched	22 January 2021; 3 years ago (2021-01-22)
Replaced	Star Gold

Utsav Gold is a European Hindi pay television movie channel broadcasting across Europe and is owned by JioStar which is part of Disney India. The channel telecasts mainstream Bollywood movies. Its programming is in Hindi and subtitled in English.

History

The channel launched as Star Gold in September 2000 as a Hindi movie channel.^[1] On 6 December 2017 it launched its HD channel in the UK.^[2]

On 30 December 2020, Disney announced that the Star branding will be replaced with Utsav across Europe from 22 January 2021.^[3]

References

1. Menka Shivdasani (25 September 2000). "The Gold Rush". The Hindu Business Line.
2. Raj Baddhan (6 December 2017). "Star Gold HD launches in UK on Sky". Biz Asia.
3. "Disney Renaming Star Channels in the Netherlands | What's on Disney Plus". 30 December 2020.