| Hungama TV | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 2004 |
| Owned by | The Walt Disney Company India |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Sister channel(s) | Disney Channel India Disney XD (India) |
| Website | Official Website |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Tata Sky | Channel 601 |
| Airtel digital TV | Channel 357 |
Hungama TV is a TV channel for kids in India based in Mumbai. Originally a subsidiary of UTV Software Communications launched in 2004, the channel was sold to Disney in 2006.[1] The channel retained its own identity and is helping to increase Disney's presence in India. Hungama is now an operating unit of Disney Channel Worldwide.
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The only local kids' 17 hours Hindi Entertainment channel in India, Hungama TV has been on high heels since its inception and now it has reached the second position in kids channel genre. It hosts two of the most popular comedy shows of Japan, Doraemon and Shinchan, which is, probably, the key to its popularity. It has also introduced language feeds in Telugu and Tamil.
As a kids' channel, Hungama TV once received a number of complaints about one of its shows, Shinchan, which is actually meant as an adult show in Japan. Several sources say that guardians complained against hosting this program, because, according to their claim, children learned bad habit and abusing words from this serial.
As a result, the said program, Shinchan, was stopped telecasting. This, in turn, turned the fans of Shinchan disappointed towards Hungama TV and wanted a re-telecast of Shinchan. The period when Shinchan was stopped was utilized to remove scenes and languages that would probably be harmful to children. This program was again telecast on Hungama TV. Thus the channel remained as popular as before.
Hungama TV schedule change every week.Timings of shows are not stable. Just some programs are fixed. For the latest schedule visit Sulekha site
The official website of Hungama TV has a background of the Shin Chan film Action Kamen v/s Haigure Rakshas and the website has some animated objects which operate when the mouse pointer is moved over it. There are some games based on the current programming of the channel which is kids anime. There are very few videos available on the website. The program schedule for the present month is available. Information available on its website about its shows are very limited and outdated. Though it has a feedback section, but feedbacks posted are hardly paid any heed by the channel.