Mumbai, September 29, 2015: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), India’s leading Media & Entertainment company has announced the launch of yet another exciting new television channel, Zee Magic.
Zee Magic is a completely customized general entertainment channel for French audiences in Africa, showcasing French dubbed Indian movies, series, food, reality shows and much more. The channel will be available on the Canal Plus Overseas platform on #51 from 1st October 2015.
“Our corporate philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ meaning ‘The world is my family’ is at the forefront of bringing authentic and entertaining content to our fast growing audiences across the globe”, says Essel Group & ZEEL Chairman, Dr. Subhash Chandra.
“Zee Magic is a dedicated French offering from ZEE for Francophone Africa. All content has undergone extensive research and we are very excited to be the first to offer Bollywood in French to our viewers,” says Harish Goyal, CEO Africas.
This comes after ZEEL successfully launched Zee World an English language general entertainment channel showcasing the best of Indian content for viewers in Sub Saharan Africa early this year.
With a strong worldwide presence, boasting over 36 international channels which entertains 959+ million viewers across 169 countries, ZEEL first ventured into Africa 19 years ago as the brand’s first international territory. Its widely acclaimed flagship channel ZEE TV has been present on DSTV since 1996 & Canal Plus since 2006.
Zee Magic will launch with three award winning series, REMARIAGE, LA PROMESSE, LIEN SACRE and Blockbuster Bollywood movies.
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About Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL):
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited is one of India’s leading television media and entertainment companies. It is amongst the largest producers and aggregators of Hindi programming in the world, with an extensive library housing over 210,000 hours of television content. With rights to more than 3,500 movie titles from foremost studios and of iconic film stars, ZEE houses the world’s largest Hindi film library. Through its strong presence worldwide, ZEE entertains over 959 million viewers across 169 countries. ZEE has been selected Business Superbrands 2010-11, Industry Validated.
Pioneer of television entertainment industry in India, ZEE’s well-known brands include Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee Anmol, Zee Smile, &TV, Zee Action, Zee Classic, &pictures, Zee Salaam, Zee Cafe, Zee Studio, Zee ETC Bollywood, Zindagi, Zing, Living Foodz, Ten Sports, Ten Cricket, Ten Action, Ten Golf and Zee Q. The company also has a strong offering in the regional language domain with channels such as Zee Marathi, Zee Talkies, Zee Bangla, Zee Bangla Cinema, Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada and Zee Tamizh. The company’s recently launched HD offerings include Zee TV HD, Zee Cinema HD, Zee Studio HD, &pictures HD, &TV HD and Ten HD.
ZEE and its affiliate companies have leading presence across the media value chain including television broadcasting, cable distribution, direct-to-home satellite services, digital media and print media amongst others. More information about ZEE and its businesses is available on www.zeetelevision.com