Star Suvarna
Star Suvarna, is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily telecast programmes such as serials, reality shows & Kannada films.
History
It was launched on 17 June 2007 by Jupiter Entertainment Venture as Asianet Suvarna owned by Asianet Communications Limited.Star Suvarna is also the first channel in India to give importance to Tulu language programming during the year 2010 despite the channel being known for Kannada language programming.
In 2013, Star India acquired Asianet Communications excluding the news channels from their parent company. Suvarna Plus was launched on 14 August 2013. On 25 July 2016, the channel was rebranded as Star Suvarna along with its sister channel Star Suvarna Plus.
Star Suvarna launched its own high-definition simulcast, with HD visuals and Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 sound quality on 15 July 2017.