| Zee Smile | |
|---|---|
| Launched | September 11, 2004[1] |
| Network | Zee Network |
| Owned by | Essel Group |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV 480i SDTV |
| Country | India |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Sister channel(s) | Zee TV Zee Cinema Zee News |
| Website | http://www.zeetelevision.com/ |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Dish TV | Channel ?? |
| Airtel digital TV | Channel ?? |
| Dish Network | Channel 617 |
| Cable | |
| Hathway | Channel 20 |
| Global Destiny Cable | Channel 79 |
| SkyCable Cavite (Cavite Cable TV) | Channel 72 (Note: Moved to Channel 74 Effective: Jan., 2011) |
Zee Smile is an India's first 24 hour comedy television channel that was launched on September 11, 2004.[1] The channel was launched by Zee Network as Smile TV, but on March 28, 2005 as part of Zee Network's revamp, the channel was renamed as Zee Smile.[2][3]
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The channel was established by Essel Group under the stewardship of Ashish Kaul, VP of Corporate Brand Developement[4] and Nitin Vaidya, business head of Smile TV.[5] Along with sitcoms, the channel also broadcast game shows, comedy chat shows, and comedy movies. The channel also acquired various successful globally accepted comic formats as well as Indian formats to generate more revenue.[6]
The channel was mainly launched to compete with rival SAB TV, the only other Indian comedy channel. Presently, with a tough competition in the market and Zee TV being the main focus, Zee Smile has no original (new) shows in its basket. Currently, it only airs reruns of recently ended popular drama series of its sister channel Zee TV along with some television shopping programmes.
Along with airing reruns of previous comedy shows of Zee TV channel, following is a list of original and afresh shows that were broadcast by Zee Smile. Later on, some of these shows have also been reran on Zee TV, a sister channel to Zee Smile.
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