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MUMBAI:
San Bruno Municipal Cable TV and STAR, a wholly owned subsidiary
of News Corporation and Asia's leading media and entertainment company,
today announced the launch of three popular Indian television channels,
STAR India PLUS, STAR India GOLD, and STAR ONE on San Bruno Cable's
television platform.
San Bruno Cable customers can now subscribe to the following channels:
Star
India Plus: Channel 233. STAR India PLUS has been the number one
General Entertainment Channel in India for eight consecutive years.
STAR India PLUS regularly features many of the top programs in the
country, week in, week out. Primetime programs on STAR India PLUS
include household-name soap operas such as Sapna Babul Ka
Bidaai
and Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil as well as some of the nation's favorite
reality and game shows including Nach Baliye and STAR Voice of India.
STAR India PLUS is available individually for $12.00 per month or
as a package with the other STAR channels for a discounted rate
of $22.00 per month.
Star
India Gold: Channel 235. Star India GOLD brings to audiences the
best and biggest Bollywood blockbusters. With one of the most formidable
Indian film libraries in the world, Star India GOLD offers a wide
variety of films for the entire family, showcasing Bollywood's hottest
and most legendary stars and filmmakers. Star India Gold is available
individually for $10.00 per month or as a package with the other
Star channels for a discounted rate of $22.00 per month.
Star
One: Channel 234. Unleashing the next generation of Hindi entertainment,
STAR ONE offers an innovative, diverse mix of programming and cutting
edge production values that appeal to urban, upwardly mobile Indian
audiences. Top rating programs on the channel include drama Dill
Mill Gayye and the reality comedy show, The Great Indian Laughter
Challenge. Star One is available individually for $10.00 per month
or as a package with the other Star channels for a discounted rate
of $22.00 per month.
"We're
truly excited to join hands with San Bruno Cable in offering our
top notch Hindi channels to a whole new audience" said David
Wisnia, Star's Senior Vice President for Distribution and Sales
and head of Star's North American and European offices. "I
have full confidence that San Bruno Cable's South Asian viewers
will quickly take to the highly rated dramas, comedies, soaps, Bollywood
movies and reality shows that have made Star India's leading broadcaster."
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