Star India has virtually stopped acquiring Hindi movies due to exorbitant prices and has strategically scaled down the exposure of South Indian films on its movie channels.
Star Gold, the flagship Hindi movie channel from Star India network, has stopped acquiring South Indian movies. This is part of the channel’s strategy to cut down on airing South India movies dubbed in Hindi. “We have stopped acquiring dubbed South Indian movies to a great extent,” Star Gold and Movies OK EVP and GM Hemal Jhaveri told TelevisionPost.com. While South Indian movies dubbed in Hindi have been doing well on Hindi movie channels, Jhaveri said it cannot be a long-term strategy as not every dubbed South Indian movie is of good quality.

He also stated that Star has virtually stopped acquiring Hindi movies due to unrealistic price escalation by producers. Star can manage without acquiring movies as it has a long-term deal with two big stars, Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn, which, along with other acquisitions, ensures a regular slate of new movies for the broadcaster.
He also added that there are no plans to launch HD feed of Movies OK.
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Star Gold, the flagship Hindi movie channel from Star India network, has stopped acquiring South Indian movies. This is part of the channel’s strategy to cut down on airing South India movies dubbed in Hindi. “We have stopped acquiring dubbed South Indian movies to a great extent,” Star Gold and Movies OK EVP and GM Hemal Jhaveri told TelevisionPost.com. While South Indian movies dubbed in Hindi have been doing well on Hindi movie channels, Jhaveri said it cannot be a long-term strategy as not every dubbed South Indian movie is of good quality.

He also stated that Star has virtually stopped acquiring Hindi movies due to unrealistic price escalation by producers. Star can manage without acquiring movies as it has a long-term deal with two big stars, Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn, which, along with other acquisitions, ensures a regular slate of new movies for the broadcaster.
He also added that there are no plans to launch HD feed of Movies OK.
Read more at: http://www.televisionpost.com/television/stars-movie-acquisition-strategy/ | TelevisionPost.com