Indian Television industry is huge. It has its own dedicated audience. We see several new TV shows coming and going every year. But, have you realized that some channels go off-air too? Competition in TV industry is very high. The competition even gets higher, all because of the monopoly of some major players in the industry.
Some channels could not handle the competition and shut down. Whereas, sometimes owners of the channels just replace that particular channel with a new one. In order to get the idea of these situations in Indian Television industry, we are going to take a look at 10 TV Channels That Had To Shut Down Abruptly.
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Zindagi Channel
Zindagi Channel was a television channel, which aired mostly Pakistani shows. But due to political situation between India and Pakistan, the channel had to face the burnt. After Indian did surgical strike in Pakistan, the channel went off-air. It was a big blow for the people, who used to love watching Pakistani show.
Imagine Showbiz
Imagine Showbiz could survive the competition from several other show biz channels. Finally, the owner decided to pull the plug.
Life OK
Life Ok was a pretty decent channel on the TV. It had a good mix of shows from daily soap to drama to comedy. There were various shows, which has a good fan following. But the owner of the channel decided to re-brand the channel itself. It is now replaced with Star Bharat. The channel went off air very recently.
BBC Entertainment
BBC Entertainment went off-air in the year 2012. Reportedly, it was done because of internal decisions. We can’t rule out the possibility of soaring competition.
Star One
Star One was a very popular channel during the 90s. The channel has given us some of the best shows in the history of television. The channel was re branded as Life OK in 2011.
NDTV Imagine
NDTV Imagine was mainly known for its most popular show Ramayan. The channel has given break to multiple TV personalities. It seems that the channel couldn’t survive the competition, it also went off-air in 2012.
9X
The channel is not very popular, as it came and went within no time. Now, it seems that 9XM is doing work for that channel.
M Tunes
M Tunes was a very good music channel. It offered a very good and awesome music experience to the viewers. The music shown on the channel was also very good. It didn’t last for long. The channel eventually shuts down leaving its fans disappointed.
Cbeebies BBC
Cbeebies BBC was mostly for games and activities. It didn’t do any good in the country. it also went off-air due to lack of popularity.
Zee Gujarati
Zee Gujarati was a regional channel, which used to offer lots of singing and drama shows. The channel could not hold on it. It seems that the lack of popularity was the main reason behind this channel going off-air.
Tell Us, which was your favorite channel among them.
