Zee Café
| Zee Café | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 15 March 2000 |
| Owned by |
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Parent: (Essel Group) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | India , Nepal |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Sister channel(s) |
Zee Studio Zee TV |
| Website |
www |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Airtel digital TV |
Channel 150(SD) Channel 151(HD) |
| Dish TV |
Channel 450(SD) Channel 35(HD) |
| Reliance Digital TV | Channel 254(SD) |
| Sun Direct | Channel 260(SD) |
| Tata Sky |
Channel 208(SD) Channel 207(HD) |
| Videocon d2h | Channel 181(SD) |
| Dish Home | Channel TBA |
| Cable | |
| Available on most cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
| Hathway | Channel 30 |
| You Scod18 | Channel 353 |
| Kerala Vision | Channel 222 |
Zee Café, formerly Zee English, is an Indian English-Hindi language cable and satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, a subsidiary of the Essel Group. It was launched on 15 March 2000 as Zee English and is known as a general entertainment channel (GEC).[1] On 27 March 2005, it was renamed Zee Café.[2] The channel mainly syndicates popular American television shows to appeal to the English-speaking population of India.
Current programming
The channel airs a range of different shows including dramas, sitcoms and reality shows.
Sitcom
Drama
- Desperate Housewives
- House of Cards
- Gotham
- Pretty Little Liars
- Criminal Minds
- Grey's Anatomy
- The Originals
- The Vampire Diaries
- Switched at Birth
- The Following
- Rizzoli & Isles
Other
- America's Funniest Home Videos
- This Is Switzerland
- American Idol
- Just for Laughs: Gags
- America's Got Talent
- Miss Universe
- Miss World
- Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
- Miss Diva Universe
- Look Who's Talking With Niranjan
International distribution
Zee Café launched on Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 15 July 2010.[3] The channel originally served as Zee's network hybrid channel, which used to broadcast shows from a number of its existing channels in India. On 11 September 2012, it was repositioned as a classics channel, airing re-runs of old Zee TV programming,[4] covering cookery, dramas, horror and mythology. At the same time the channel became free-to-air.[5] On 10 June 2013, the British version of Zee Café closed and was replaced by Lamhe, another free-to-air classics channel from Zee.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Indiantelevision.com's television industry headlines". Us.indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ↑ "Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > Dish TV goes mobile, Zee dons new look". Us.indiantelevision.com. 28 March 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ↑ "ZEE Cafe launches on Sky Digital EPG". BizAsia. 15 July 2010. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010.
- ↑ "ZEE Cafe set to reposition as classics channel". BizAsia. 6 September 2012.
- ↑ "Change Log: Zee Café". KingOfSat. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ↑ "Lamhe replaces ZEE Cafe in UK". BizAsia. 10 June 2013.