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Indian TV channels:
how to watch them live

Star Plus, Colors, Zee TV, Sony TV and Aaj Tak: the official apps, at home and abroad.

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Channel by channel

Indian TV channels live online: one by one

Each big Indian TV group has its own streaming app. Abroad, the apps are sold in some countries and not in others.

The full list

Indian TV channels list: live at home and abroad

Where each channel streams live at home, and what happens abroad.

Star PlusEntertainment · live on JioHotstar · JioHotstar Abroad: Partly: UK, Canada, Singapore
Zee TVEntertainment · live on ZEE5 · ZEE5 Abroad: Yes: ZEE5 Global
Sony TVEntertainment · live on Sony LIV · Sony LIV (shows on demand) Abroad: Partly: live in the US on DISH
Colors TVEntertainment · live on JioHotstar · JioHotstar Abroad: Partly: UK, Canada, Singapore; DISH in the US
Aaj TakNews · live on aajtak.in live TV · Free live stream Abroad: Yes: website and YouTube
Star SportsSport · live on JioHotstar · JioHotstar (India) Abroad: No: JioHotstar abroad has no live sport
Every channel

All Indian TV channels: 383 more

These Indian channels do not have a full guide yet. Where we found one on Wikipedia, we list what it is, its official website and its article; the rest are names only for now. Where to watch them live, and whether that works abroad, is not checked yet. From Wikipedia, Wikidata and our own research (3 November 2026); we opened every official website the same day.

Cartoon NetworkKidsWikipedia
Zee NewsNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
CNN-News18NewsWikipedia
NickelodeonKidsOfficial site · Wikipedia
&TVEntertainmentWikipedia
ABP NewsNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
Sony SABEntertainmentWikipedia
Disney ChannelKidsOfficial site · Wikipedia
NDTVNewsWikipedia
Republic TVNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
DD NationalEntertainmentOfficial site · Wikipedia
Star JalshaEntertainmentWikipedia
Zee BanglaEntertainmentWikipedia
DD NewsNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
Zee TeluguEntertainmentOfficial site · Wikipedia
National Geographic IndiaPay TVWikipedia
Sony YAY!KidsWikipedia
Sahara OneEntertainmentWikipedia
ABP AnandaNewsWikipedia
ETV NetworkOfficial site · Wikipedia
Sony BBC EarthPay TVWikipedia
DD UrduFree-to-airWikipedia
Bhakthi TVReligionWikipedia
Sony MaxFilmsWikipedia
India TodayNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
Sony PixFilmsWikipedia
Animal PlanetPay TVWikipedia
CNBC TV18NewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
DD SahyadriWikipedia
DD TamilPublic TVWikipedia
Big MagicFree-to-airWikipedia
DangalEntertainmentWikipedia
News Nation TVNewsWikipedia
News18 IndiaNewsWikipedia
Discovery KidsKidsWikipedia
History TV18DocumentaryOfficial site · Wikipedia
Super HungamaKidsWikipedia
ETV (Telugu)EntertainmentWikipedia
Star MaaEntertainmentOfficial site · Wikipedia
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TV9 TeluguNewsWikipedia
Aakash AathOfficial site · Wikipedia
DD BanglaFree-to-airWikipedia
Discovery ChannelDocumentaryWikipedia
DD ChandanaPublic TVWikipedia
DD KisanPublic TVOfficial site · Wikipedia
DD SportsSportWikipedia
SVBCReligionOfficial site · Wikipedia
Colors CineplexFilmsWikipedia
Republic BharatNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
Sony PalWikipedia
Sony WahEntertainmentWikipedia
TV9 BharatvarshNewsWikipedia
Zee AnmolWikipedia
Zee BharatNewsWikipedia
ZingEntertainmentWikipedia
ZoomEntertainmentOfficial site · Wikipedia
Colors BanglaEntertainmentWikipedia
Kolkata TVNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
News Time BanglaNewsWikipedia
Ruposhi BanglaEntertainmentWikipedia
Sun BanglaEntertainmentOfficial site · Wikipedia
DD AssamPublic TVWikipedia
DD YadagiriPublic TVWikipedia
News JNewsWikipedia
Prag NewsNewsWikipedia
NTVNewsWikipedia
Sanskar TVReligionWikipedia
Bharat ExpressNewsWikipedia
Epic BharatEntertainmentWikipedia
Epic TVDocumentaryWikipedia
Disney International HDKidsWikipedia
Disney Jr.KidsOfficial site · Wikipedia
Movies NowFilmsWikipedia
TV5NewsWikipedia
Dhoom MusicMusicWikipedia
High NewsNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
Khushboo BanglaFilmsWikipedia
News18 BanglaNewsWikipedia
Republic BanglaNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
Sony AathEntertainmentWikipedia
Pratidin TimeNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
RengoniEntertainmentWikipedia
Colors RishteyEntertainmentWikipedia
Food FoodLifestyleWikipedia
Good News TodayNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
ABN Andhra JyothiNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
Jai Telangana TVNewsWikipedia
Prime9 NewsNewsWikipedia
Sakshi TVNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
V6 NewsNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
Zee 24 GantaluNewsWikipedia
Desher BartaRegionalWikipedia
DD CoimbatoreWikipedia
Prarthana LifeReligionWikipedia
Best Deal TVShoppingWikipedia
Bharat SamacharNewsOfficial site · Wikipedia
News18 RajasthanNewsWikipedia
News18 Uttar Pradesh UttarakhandNewsWikipedia
S1NewsWikipedia
Discovery ScienceDocumentaryWikipedia
TLCPay TVWikipedia
6TV TelanganaNewsWikipedia
Mercy TVReligionWikipedia
News18 UrduNewsWikipedia
Studio NNewsWikipedia

More Indian channels: names only

Channels we know of that have no details here yet: no website, nothing checked.

24 NewsNews7X MusicMusic9X Jalwa9X Jhakaas9X MusicMusic9X Tashan9XMAaseervathamAasthaAastha BhajanABP AsmitaABP GangaABP MajhaAmritha TVANB NewsNewsAnd ExplorerAnd FlixAnd PicturesAngel TVAnimal Planet TamilAPN NewsNewsArihantAsianetAsianet MoviesFilmsAsianet NewsNewsAsianet PlusB4U KadakB4U MoviesFilmsB4U MusicMusicBalle BalleBox CinemaFilmsBTVChardikla Time TVChutti TVCineplexCNBC AwaazBusinessCNBC BazarBusinessColors GujaratiColors Gujarati CinemaFilmsColors Kannada MoviesFilmsColors MarathiColors SuperCVR HealthCVR NewsNewsDabanggDarshana TVDD BiharDD IndiaDD MalayalamDD MPDD PunjabiDD RajasthanDD SaptagiriDD UPDheeran TVDighvijay NewsNewsDivya TVEnter 10 MoviesFilmsET NowETV Cinema TeluguFilms
Show 211 more names
ETV LifeETV PlusFakht MarathiGangaGemini ComedyComedyGemini MoviesFilmsGemini MusicMusicGemini TVGoodness TVGSTVGSTV NewsNewsHamdard TVHare KrishnaHindi KhabarHousefull ActionHungamaHungama Bol HadippaHungama Dil DeHungama Kadak HitsMusicHungama KidsKidsHungama NazranaHungama Pop PatakaIBC24NewsImayam TVIndia NewsNewsIndia News GujaratNewsIndia News HaryanaNewsIndia News MPNewsIndia News RajasthanNewsIndia News UPNewsIndia TVIndia VoiceIsai AruviIshwar TVITV GoldJ MoviesFilmsJaihind TVJanam TVJaya MaxJaya PlusJaya TVJeevan TVKairali NewsNewsKairali People TVKairali TVKappa TVKartavya TVKasturi TVKaumudyKerala VisionKhabar FastKnews IndiaNewsKochu TVKrishna VaniKTVKushi TVKVTVKVTV NewsNewsKVTV PlusLakshya TVLiving FoodzLiving India NewsNewsMadha TVMadhimugham TVMaha MoviesFilmsMaiboliMalai Murasu SeithikalManorama NewsNewsManoranjan TVMantavya NewsNewsMastiiMathrubhumi NewsNewsMazavil ManoramaMedia OneMH One NewsNewsMH One PrimeNewsMH One ShraddhaMirror NowMN PlusMNXMoon TVMovie HouseFilmsNambikkaiNat Geo WildDocumentaryNat Geo Wild TamilDocumentaryNational GeographicNational Geographic TamilNational Geographic TeluguNDTV GoodtimesNDTV ProfitNews 18 KannadaNewsNews 18 KeralaNewsNews 18 Punjab HaryanaNewsNews 18 Tamil NaduNewsNews StateNewsNews State UPNewsNews18 PunjabiNewsOM ShantiParas TVPeppers TVPitaara TVPogoPolimer NewsNewsPower VisionPrarthana BhawanPTC ChakdePTC GoldPTC MusicMusicPTC NewsNewsPTC PunjabiPTC Punjabi GoldPublic MoviesFilmsPublic TVPuthiya ThalaimuraiRaj Digital PlusRaj Music KannadaMusicRaj MusixRaj NewsNewsRaj News KannadaNewsRaj News MalayalamNewsRaj TVReporter TVRepublic NewsNewsSada TVSadhna Prime NewsNewsSafari TVSahanaSai TVSairam TVSandesh NewsNewsSangeet MarathiSankara TVSathiyam TVSatsang TVShalini TVShemaroo TVSholam TVShowboxShubh TVSirippoli TVSony MarathiStar BharatStar GoldStar Gold 2Star Maa GoldStar Maa MoviesFilmsStar PravahStar Sports 1SportStar Sports 1 HindiSportStar Sports 2SportStar Sports 3SportStar Sports KannadaSportStar Sports Select 1SportStar Sports Select 2SportStar Sports TamilSportStar SuvarnaStar UtsavStar VijaySTV Haryana NewsNewsSudarshan NewsNewsSun Life TamilSun MusicMusicSun News TamilNewsSurya MoviesFilmsSurya MusicMusicSurya TVSuvarna NewsNewsSVBC 2Tamilan TVThanthi TVTimes Now NavbharatTravelxpTV5 NewsNewsTV9 KannadaTV9 Telugu NewsNewsUdaya ComedyComedyUdaya MoviesFilmsUdaya MusicMusicUdaya TVVaanavil TVValicham PlusVanitha TVVasanth TVVedic TVVendhar TVVijay MusicMusicVijay SuperVTV NewsNewsWin NewsNewsZEE 24 TaasNewsZEE ActionZEE Anmol CinemaFilmsZEE BusinessBusinessZEE CinemaluFilmsZEE ClassicZEE Delhi NCR HaryanaZEE HindustanZEE KannadaZEE KeralamZEE MarathiZEE News BiharNewsZEE News MP & CHNewsZEE News UPNewsZEE Punjab HaryanaZEE PunjabiZEE Punjabi NewsNewsZEE RajasthanZEE TalkiesZEE TamilZEE ThiraiZEE Yuva
The basics

Indian TV online: how it works

Star Plus, Colors TV and Star Sports belong to JioStar and stream on JioHotstar; live sport needs a paid plan. Zee TV streams on ZEE5. Sony TV's shows are on demand on Sony LIV, which stopped streaming live channels in August 2023. News channels such as Aaj Tak stream free on their websites and YouTube.

Abroad

How to watch Indian TV abroad

JioHotstar launched in the UK, Canada and Singapore in September 2026; in the UK, the serials stream at the same time as on TV. Since October 2026 it is also a section of the STARZPLAY app in the Middle East and North Africa. It is not sold in the US.

ZEE5 sells ZEE5 Global in 190+ countries, and Sony LIV, with Sony TV's shows on demand, is sold in the UK and the US. In the US, DISH carries Indian channels such as Colors and Sony Entertainment Television in its Hindi packs.

Country by country

Indian TV in the USA, the UK, Australia and more

Indian TV in the USA

  • Zee TV: ZEE5 Global
  • Sony TV: DISH Hindi packs (US), Sony LIV (UK and US) (not the channel itself)
  • Colors TV: DISH Hindi packs (US)
  • Aaj Tak: Aaj Tak live TV, DISH Hindi packs (US)

No official way that we found for Star Plus and Star Sports.

Indian TV in the UK

No official way that we found for Star Sports.

Indian TV in Australia and Germany

No official way that we found for Star Plus, Sony TV, Colors TV and Star Sports.

Indian TV in the UAE (Dubai)

No official way that we found for Sony TV and Star Sports.

Indian TV in the USA: what works, channel by channel

Indian TV in Australia: what works, channel by channel

Indian TV in the UK: what works, channel by channel

Indian TV in Canada: what works, channel by channel

Questions

Indian TV: common questions

Can I watch Star Plus abroad?

In the UK, Canada and Singapore, on JioHotstar. Not in the US, where JioHotstar is not sold.

Can I watch Zee TV outside India?

Yes, with ZEE5 Global, sold in 190+ countries.

Which Indian channel is free to watch abroad?

News channels such as Aaj Tak stream free on their websites and official YouTube channels.

Can I watch Indian TV on a Firestick?

Yes for Zee TV: its official app is on Amazon Fire TV. Each channel page says where the app works.

Which apps carry Indian TV channels?

JioHotstar (India, UK, Canada, Singapore): Star Plus and Colors TV. ZEE5 (India; ZEE5 Global in 190+ countries): Zee TV. Sony LIV (India, UK, US; shows on demand only): Sony TV. Aaj Tak (worldwide): Aaj Tak. JioHotstar (India, live sport): Star Sports.

Can I watch Indian TV in the USA?

Partly. Zee TV: ZEE5 Global. Sony TV: DISH Hindi packs (US), Sony LIV (UK and US) (not the channel itself). Colors TV: DISH Hindi packs (US). Aaj Tak: Aaj Tak live TV, DISH Hindi packs (US). No official way that we found for Star Plus and Star Sports.