This is a list of English language television channels aired in India.
Government-owned channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
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|DD India
|1995
|rowspan="2"|Free
|rowspan="2"|SD+HD
|rowspan="2"|Doordarshan
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|DD Sports
|1998
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General entertainment
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!Channel
!Launch
!Fresh Content
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
|-
|Colors Infinity
|2015
|rowspan="2"|No
|rowspan="2"|Paid
|SD+HD
|rowspan="2"|JioStar
|-
|Disney International HD
|2017
|HD
|}
Defunct channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Defunct
!Owner
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|Star World
|1991
|2023
|rowspan="5"|JioStar
|-
|FX
|2007
|2017
|-
|Fox Crime
|2012
|2015
|-
|Star World Premiere HD
|2013
|2023
|-
|Comedy Central
|2012
|2025
|-
|BBC Entertainment
|2007
|2012
|BBC
|-
|Big CBS Spark
|rowspan="2"|2010
|rowspan="3"|2013
|rowspan="3"|Reliance Broadcast Network Limited and CBS Studios International
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|Big CBS Prime
|-
|Big CBS Love
|2011
|-
|Big RTL Thrill
|2012
|2014
|Reliance Broadcast Network Limited and RTL Group
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|AXN
|1999
|2020
|Culver Max Entertainment
|-
|Zone Reality
|2003
|2011
|CBS
|-
|ITV Choice
|2012
|2016
|ITV plc
|-
|Woman TV
|2023
|2024
|Media Worldwide Limited
|}
Movies
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!Channel
!Launch
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
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|Star Movies
|1994
|rowspan="7"|Paid
|rowspan="4"|SD+HD
|rowspan="2"|JioStar
|-
|Star Movies Select
|2015
|-
|Sony Pix
|2006
|Culver Max Entertainment
|-
|Movies Now
|2010
|rowspan="4"|Times Network
|-
|Romedy Now
|2013
|SD
|-
|MNX
|2017
|SD+HD
|-
|MN +
|2015
|HD
|}
Defunct channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Defunct
!Owner
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|Zee Studio
|2000
|2018
|rowspan="2"|Zee Entertainment Enterprises
|-
|&privé HD
|2017
|2026
|-
|Sony Le Plex HD
|2016
|2018
|Culver Max Entertainment
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|Turner Classic Movies
|1994
|2012
|rowspan="6"|Warner Bros. Discovery India
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|HBO India
|2000
|rowspan="2"|2020
|-
|WB Channel
|2009
|-
|HBO Hits
|rowspan="2"|2013
|rowspan="2"|2015
|-
|HBO Defined
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|Lumiere Movies
|2009
|2012
|-
|Fox Action Movies
|2012
|2013
|rowspan="3"|JioStar
|-
|Star Movies Action
|2013
|2017
|-
|UTV World Movies
|2008
|2014
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|MGM
|2008
|2015
|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
|}
Kids
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!Channel
!Launch
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
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|Super Hungama
|2004
| rowspan="9" |Paid
| rowspan="2" |SD
| rowspan="5" |JioStar
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|Disney Junior
|2012
|-
|Disney
Channel HD
|2023
| rowspan="2" |HD
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|Nick HD+
|2015
|-
|Nick Jr.
|2012
|SD
|-
|Cartoon network HD+
|2018
|HD
|Warner Bros.Discovery
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|Cbeebies
|2020
|SD
|BBC Studios
|}
Defunct channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Defunct
!Owner
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|Jetix
|2007
|2009
|rowspan="4"|JioStar
|-
|Disney XD
|2009
|2019
|-
|Marvel HQ
|2019
|2022
|-
|BabyTV
|2006
|2023
|-
|Animax India
|2004
|2017
|Culver Max Entertainment
|-
|Spacetoon India
|2005
|2011
|Spacetoon International
|-
|Toonami
|2015
|2018
|Warner Bros. Discovery India
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|Da Vinci Learning HD
|2015
|rowspan="2"|2017
|Da Vinci Media GmBH and The Quint
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|ZeeQ
|2010
|Zee Entertainment Enterprises
|}
Audio tracks
- ETV Bal Bharat (Formerly)
- Gubbare(Sometimes in place of Malayalam)
- Nickelodeon (Formerly)
- Pogo (Formerly)
- Cartoon network (Formerly)
- Discovery Kids (Formerly)
- Disney Channel (Formerly)
- SONY YAY! (Formerly)
- Nickelodeon Sonic (Formerly)
Infotainment & lifestyle
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!Channel
!Launch
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
|-
|Discovery Channel
|1995
|rowspan="14"|Paid
|rowspan="3"|SD+HD
|rowspan="6"|Warner Bros. Discovery India
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|Animal Planet
|1999
|-
|TLC
|2004
|-
|Discovery Science
|rowspan="2"|2010
|rowspan="2"|SD
|-
|Discovery Turbo
|-
|Investigation Discovery
|2020
|SD+HD
|-
|National Geographic
|1998
|rowspan="4"|SD+HD
|rowspan="2"|JioStar
|-
|Nat Geo Wild
|2009
|-
|History TV18
|2011
|Network18 Group
|-
|Sony BBC Earth
|2017
|BBC Studios & Culver Max Entertainment
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|Good Times
|2007
|SD
|Lifestyle and Media Broadcasting Limited
|-
|Zee Zest
|2010
|rowspan="2"|SD+HD
|Zee Entertainment Enterprises
|-
|Travelxp
|2011
|rowspan="2"|Celebrities Management Private Limited
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|Foodxp
|2022
|SD
|-
|FashionTV
|1997
|Free
|SD+HD
|Michel Adam Lisowski
|}
Defunct channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Defunct
!Owner
|-
|StarLife
|2008
|2025
|rowspan="2"|JioStar
|-
|Nat Geo People
|2014
|2021
|-
|Zee Trendz
|2003
|2014
|rowspan="3"|Zee Entertainment Enterprises
|-
|Living Foodz
|2015
|2020
|-
|Living Travelz
|2017
|2017
|-
|Green TV India
|2014
|2021
|Nomad Films Ltd
|-
|Travel Trendz
|2007
|2016
|Agri Gold Group
|}
Music
Defunct channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Defunct
!Owner
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|9XO
|2012
|2020
|9X Media
|-
|Nat Geo Music
|2007
|2019
|rowspan="2"|JioStar
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|VH1
|2005
|2025
|}
News & Business
National News channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
|-
|NDTV 24x7
|2003
|rowspan="8"|Paid
|SD+HD
|rowspan="2"|NDTV
|-
|NDTV World
|2024
|SD
|-
|Times Now
|2006
|SD+HD
|rowspan="2"|The Times Group
|-
|Times Now World
|2019
|SD
|-
|CNN-News18
|2005
|SD+HD
|Network18 and Warner Bros. Discovery India
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|India Today
|2003
|rowspan="5"|SD
|Living Media India
|-
|NewsX
|2008
|rowspan="2"|ITV Network
|-
|NewsX World
|2025
|-
|Republic TV
|2017
|Free
|Republic Media Network
|-
|WION
|2016
|Paid
|Zee Entertainment Enterprises
|}
Domestic channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
|-
|North East Live
|2013
|Free
|SD
|Pride East Entertainment Private Limited
|}
International News channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
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|BBC World News
|1995
|Paid
|rowspan="3"|SD
|BBC Studios
|-
|RT
|2005
|rowspan="2"|Free
|ANO TV-Novosti
|-
|France 24
|2006
|France Médias Monde
|}
- ABC Australia
- Al Jazeera English
- Bloomberg Television
- CNA
- CNN
- Deutsche Welle
- NHK World
Business News Channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
|-
|CNBC TV18
|1999
|rowspan="3"|Paid
|SD+HD
|Network18
|-
|NDTV Profit
|2005
|rowspan="2"|SD
|NDTV
|-
|ET Now
|2009
|The Times Group
|}
Defunct channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Defunct
!Owner
|-
|BTVi
|2008
|2019
|Business Broadcast News Pvt. Ltd
|-
|Magicbricks Now
|2015
|2017
|rowspan="2"|The Times Group
|-
|Mirror Now
|2017
|2025
|-
|Tiranga TV
|2019
|2019
|Veecon Media and Broadcasting Pvt Ltd
|-
|News9
|2024
|2026
|Associated Broadcasting Company Pvt Ltd
|}
Sports
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!Channel
!Launch
!Paid/Free
!Video
!Owner
|-
|Sony Sports Ten 1
|2002
|rowspan="9"|Paid
|rowspan="9"|SD+HD
|rowspan="3"|Culver Max Entertainment
|-
|Sony Sports Ten 2
|2006
|-
|Sony Sports Ten 5
|2012
|-
|Star Sports 1
|1996
|rowspan="4"|JioStar
|-
|Star Sports 2
|2013
|-
|Star Sports Select 1
|rowspan="2"|2016
|-
|Star Sports Select 2
|-
|Eurosport
|2017
|Warner Bros. Discovery India
|-
|&flix
|2018
|Zee Entertainment Enterprises
|}
Defunct channels
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!Channel
!Launch
!Defunct
!Owner
|-
|Zee Sports
|2005
|2010
|Zee Entertainment Enterprises
|-
|Neo Sports
|2006
|2018
|rowspan="3"|Nimbus Communications
|-
|Neo Cricket
|2008
|2012
|-
|Neo Prime
|2012
|2018
|-
|Sports18 1
|2022
|rowspan="3"|2025
|rowspan="3"|Viacom18
|-
|Sports18 2
|rowspan="2"|2023
|-
|Sports18 3
|-
|Sony ESPN
|rowspan="2"|2015
|2020
|Culver Max Entertainment & ESPN
|-
|Sony Ten Golf HD
|2018
|Culver Max Entertainment
|}
Defunct
- Boomerang
- CGTN
- Fox Sports News
- Star Sports 4
- Trace Sports
See also
- List of HD channels in India