Colors Bangla Explained

Colors Bangla
Launch Date: (SD channel)
(HD channel)
Owner:Viacom18
Country:India
Area:India
Bangladesh
North America
Language:Bengali
Headquarters:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Replaced:ETV Bangla (2000–2015)
Online Chan 1:Internet Protocol television

Colors Bangla (previously known as ETV Bangla) is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel broadcasting in Bengali language.[1] It was launched in 2000 as ETV Bangla, owned by the Hyderabad-based ETV Network. It was later sold to TV18 and was rebranded under the Colors moniker.[2]

History

The channel aired the Filmfare Awards East 2017.[3] The channel was re-branded under the Viacom18 Colors franchise on 1 April 2015.[4] Colors Bangla started their HD channel from 2 May 2016 along with the HD versions of Colors Kannada and Colors Marathi. On 30 August 2021 6:30 PM IST, on account of Janmashtami it rebranded and introduced new graphics after almost years, where it is not only pink colour, but also with violet swoosh, and the wordmark 'Bangla' is now of white colour instead of red colour and the red colour is bordering the 'Bangla' wordmark. The channel changed its tagline to 'Notun Shopner Rong'.

Currently broadcasts

Drama series

Formerly broadcasts

Drama series

TitlePremiere dateLast aired
Binni Dhaner Khoi31 August 200916 March 2013
Byomkesh20 November 201414 November 2015
Shubho Drishti1 January 201812 January 2019
Jaahanara3 September 201830 August 2019
Nishir Daak3 December 201821 March 2020
Chirodini Ami Je Tomar29 July 201921 March 2020
Dutta and Bouma30 August 202123 January 2022
Mon Mane Na5 June 2022
Sona Roder Gaan24 January 202227 November 2022
Tumpa Autowali16 May 202231 March 2024
Tumii Je Amar Maa6 June 20224 February 2024
Indrani18 July 20229 April 2023
Nayika No.16 March 20232 December 2023

Dubbed series

Reality shows

Sister channel

Colors Bangla Cinema

Colors Bangla Cinema is an Indian pay television movie channel broadcasting in Bengali language owned by Viacom18. It was launched in February 2019.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Colors to take over ETV Bangla. The Times of India. 21 Sep 2012. 31 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180831013121/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Colors-takes-over-ETV-Bangla/articleshow/16490006.cms. live.
  2. Web site: ETV re-branding to Colors. 23 June 2022. 28 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210928121135/https://bestmediainfo.com/2015/03/viacom18-extends-colors-franchise-with-5-new-regional-avatars/. live.
  3. News: Full coverage: Jio Filmfare Awards East 2017. The Times of India. 27 Feb 2017. 7 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170307023721/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/full-coverage-jio-filmfare-awards-east-2017/articleshow/57377057.cms. live.
  4. Web site: Dina . Arzoo . 2015-03-04 . Viacom 18 extends Colors branding to regional ETV channels . 2023-06-10 . mint . en.
  5. Web site: DDF Exclusive - Viacom 18 To Launch Soon "Colors Bangla Cinema" by Rename "The Office" Channel. DreamDTH - Technology Discussion Forums. en-US. 2019-03-18.
  6. Web site: Colors Bangla Cinema.