Viacom18 announces to convert it's FTA channels to pay channels

Viacom18 has announced that it will convert Colors Cineplex Bollywood and Colors Cineplex Superhits, its two Hindi movie channels from Free To Air (FTA) to pay channels. This will be effective from February 1, 2023.

The channels will be priced at Rs 0.10. The broadcaster’s distribution arm IndiaCast published revised pricing on its website. The broadcaster had converted Colors Cineplex Superhits to FTA from pay in August this year. 

In the new RIO which will be effective from February 1, 2023, broadcasters will be discontinuing several bouquets and introducing some new ones. IndiaCast also published the new pricing of some channels which includes CNBC Awaz priced at Rs 0.10, Sports18 1 priced at Rs 8, Sports18 HD priced at Rs 10, Colors Bangla at Rs 7, Colors Odia at Rs 6, Colors Tamil at Rs 3, Colors Gujarati at Rs 6 and Colors Kannada Cinema at Rs 3.

However, Colors Cineplex Bollywood and Colors Cineplex Superhits will not be pulled out of Free Dish.