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STAR One is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n television channel that primarily broadcasts Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 entertainment based in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. Launched on 1 November 2004 with its show, Remix, the channel gained in popularity with television shows such as Remix, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
The Great Indian Laughter Challenge is one of the very successful reality shows on Indian television. It is a competition of stand up comedians that is presented on STAR One...

, Nach Baliye
Nach Baliye
Nach Baliye is a dance, reality-television series on the Indian STAR Plus channel. The contestants are couples who are television stars. The first and second season aired on Star One and then shifted to Star Plus. Its name in Punjabi is inspired by a song from the Bollywood film Bunty Aur Babli .-...

, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
Sarabhai vs sarabhai
Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is a 2005 sitcom set in a quintessential upper class family in Mumbai aired on channel STAR One in India. The show had one of the best TRPs for an Indian comedy show....

, Instant Khichdi
Instant Khichdi
Instant Khichdi is an Indian sitcom aired on STAR One. The series is the sequel to the show Khichdi, which aired on STAR Plus channel. The serial has been made into a movie Khichdi - The Movie.-Plot:...

, Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai
Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai
Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai is a Hindi suspense/thriller show that airs on STAR One every Friday and Saturday at 10:00 P.M. IST. The series is the sequel to Ssshhhh...Koi Hai, a horror series earlier aired on STAR Plus channel.-Plot:...

, Dill Mill Gayye, Miley Jab Hum Tum
Miley Jab Hum Tum
Miley Jab Hum Tum is a teen-oriented television series that aired on Indian television channel STAR One. It premiered on September 22, 2008 and ran for two years successfully covering two seasons before ending on November 19, 2010...

, Rang Badalti Odhani,Geet Hui Sabse Parayi
Geet (TV series)
Geet - Hui Sabse Parayi is an Indian soap opera which currently airs on STAR One every Monday to Friday at 9:30 pm. The show premiered on April 5, 2010, the first episodes of the show got an instant hit beating its rival Rang Badalti Odhani, which also premiered on the same day/week.- Plot :Geet is...

and most recently Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani
Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani
Pyaar Ki Ye Ek Kahaani is an Indian Supernatural television series that airs on STAR One every Monday to Friday at 8:30. Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani premiered on October 18, 2010. The show is based on the Twilight series and Vampire diaries but show is following their own story...

. Part of News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...

's STAR TV
STAR TV (Asia)
Satellite Television Asian Region is an Asian TV service owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.In 2009, News Corporation restructured STAR Asia into four units – STAR India, STAR Greater China, STAR Select and Fox International Channels....

 network in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, STAR One is one of India's most popular general entertainment channels, which, in addition to sister network STAR Plus
STAR Plus
STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...

, also include Colors, Zee TV
Zee TV
Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...

, Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television (India)
This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...

, Imagine TV, SAB
SAB TV
SAB TV is an Indian general entertainment television channel that is owned by Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was launched on April 23, 2000 by Sri Adhikari Brothers as a general entertainment channel. In 2003, it was repositioned as a comedy-centric channel...

 and Sahara One
Sahara One
Sahara One is an Indian Hindi general entertainment channel based in Mumbai. It is operated by Sahara India Pariwar, a company formed by Subrato Roy Sahara who is a managing worker and chairman of the Sahara India Pariwar....

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STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts over 60 television services in 13 languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR and its joint venture channels cover all genres including general entertainment, news and current affairs.

Star One Will undergo a revamp as Star Desh from ( 1st week of January 2012 )

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