Zee Café
 All eyes on new | |
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Zee Entertainment Enterprises |
| Sister channels | See list of channels owned by ZEEL |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 March 2000 |
| Former names | Zee English (2000-2005) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability - Available on all major Indian DTH & Cables. | |
| Terrestrial | |
| DVB-T2 (India) | Check local frequencies |
| Streaming media | |
| ZEE5 | SD & HD |
| Jio TV | SD & HD |
Zee Café is an Indian pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel mainly syndicates popular American and British television shows to appeal to the English-speaking population of India.
History
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Zee English was launched in the Indian subcontinent on 15 March 2000, as competition to Star World. Initially free-to-air, the channel was later encrypted as part of the Zee pay-television bouquet.[4] The launch came when Zee TV started opting for digital signals to provide better signal clarity. It launched alongside Zee Movies; ZEEL had signed agreements with MGM, Pearson, Fremantle, Carlton and Passport International.[5]
The channel underwent a rebranding on 28 March 2005 and was renamed as Zee Café, along with a new logo and promotion deals.[6]
The channel's high-definition feed was launched on 23 September 2015, for a bench test in limited markets and nationwide on 21 November 2015.[7]
International distribution
[edit]Zee Café launched on Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 15 July 2010. The channel originally served as the Zee's network hybrid channel, used to broadcast shows from a number of its existing channels in India.[8]
On 11 September 2012, it was repositioned as a classics channel, airing re-runs of old Zee TV programming, covering cookery, dramas, horror and mythology. At the same time the channel became free-to-air.[9]
On 10 June 2013, Zee Café UK was replaced by Zee Lamhe, another free-to-air classics channel from Zee.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Channels". Akash Digital TV. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Changing Channels: The Bhutanese Middle Path Approach to Television". Digital Collections. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ "PEO TV - Channels". PEO TV. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Zee English and Movies launched".
- ^ "Zee embraces Hollywood", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 26, August-October 2000
- ^ "Zee dons a New Look". 28 March 2005.
- ^ "Zee Café to launch Zee Café-HD". 20 November 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lamhe replaces ZEE Cafe in UK". BizAsia. 10 June 2013.