ETV Bal Bharat is a children's pay television channel owned by the Hyderabad-based ETV Network airing animated programming.[1] The network was launched on 27 April 2021, initially with channels in twelve distinct languages.[2]
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| Country | India |
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| Broadcast area | India |
| Network | ETV Network |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for SDTV feeds) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ramoji Group |
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| History | |
| Launched | April 27, 2021 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Tata Play (India) sun direct (India) | SD |
ETV Bal Bharat is the network's first television channel dedicated to children, and is the only one to include audio tracks in multiple languages, including eleven Indian ones and even English.[3] However, it was announced that the Tamil, Punjabi, Odia, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, and Assamese regional channels of Bal Bharat would cease operations by 1 April 2022, leaving their audio feeds to remain with the other six languages on the main channel.[4]
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edit- ^ "Eenadu Television set to venture into kids genre". Exchange4media.com. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "ETV Bal Bharat in 11 Indian languages". The Hindu. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Exclusive: ETV gears up to launch its kids' channel 'Bal Bharat' in 12 Indian languages on 27 April". AnimationXpress. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ Bhadra, Soham (8 January 2022). "Six ETV Bal Bharat regional channels to close down in April". DreamDTH. Retrieved 26 March 2022.