Star Gold Network
 | |
| Type | Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Broadcast area | Indian subcontinent |
| Network | Disney Star |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Disney India |
| Sister channels | Disney Star Channels |
| History | |
| Launched | 1999 |
| Links | |
| Website | hotstar |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Disney+ Hotstar | India, |
Star Gold Network is a group of Indian Hindi-language pay television 24×7 movie channels, owned by Disney Star, which premiere Bollywood movies. With a total of eight channels, including high-definition (HD) feeds, Star Gold broadcasts Hindi cinema and occasional sporting events in Hindi audio feed.
History
Star Gold was launched by Star India in 1999, as a part of Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate, 21st Century Fox. It was created to cater to the growing demand for Bollywood films on television. Star Gold is launched as a classic Hindi movie channel, airing a mix of old and new films.
Star Gold rebrands to a mainstream Bollywood channel, focusing on recent blockbusters and popular stars.Star Gold becomes the most-watched Hindi movie channel in India. In 2011, Star Gold launches its HD feed. In 2012, Star Gold launches its first international feed, Star Gold UK.
Star India launches a new movies channel Star Gold Select in 2017. The Walt Disney Company acquires 21st Century Fox, including Star India. Later, MoviesOK was rebranded to Star Gold 2. Star Gold is rebranded as Utsav Gold in Europe. In 2023, Star Gold Romance focuses on Romantic Movies. UTV Movies was replaced with this channel and UTV Action was replaced with Star Gold Thrills on 15 March 2023.
Channels
Star Gold
Star Gold is an Indian Hindi language movie pay television channel owned by Disney India which primarily telecasts Bollywood and Hollywood films.
Star Gold 2
Star Gold 2 is an Indian Hindi language movie pay television channel wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company which serves as a sister channel to Star Gold. While its SD feed was launched first as a replacement for Movies OK, its HD feed has replaced UTV HD.
Star Gold Select
Star Gold Select is an Indian Hindi language movie pay television channel. It Replaced Star Movies Action wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company which primarily telecasts critically acclaimed movies.
Star Gold Thrills
Star Gold Thrills is an Indian Hindi language Free movie television channel wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company which primarily telecasts American Hollywood, South Indian Regional Language (originally From Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada) action-based movies, dubbed in Hindi. Also telecasting Hindi Language Movies which genres of Action, Suspense, Thriller and Horror Theme Movie from Disney Star (as Star Studios).
It replaced UTV Action.
Star Gold Romance
Star Gold Romance is an Indian Hindi language movie pay television channel wholly owned by The Walt Disney Company which primarily telecasts romantic movies. It replaced UTV Movies.
Star Gold Comedy
Star Gold Comedy is an upcoming Hindi-language movie channel, which will show comedy films.