Zee World is an Indian broadcaster Zee’s English entertainment channel for sub-Saharan Africa. It shows Zee TV soaps in English. It is one of the most popular TV channels in Africa by viewership.[1][2][3] In response to Zee World’s success, competing Indian TV network Star launched Star Life in August 2018.
A sister channel, Zee One, was launched on 1 November 2021 on South Africa’s free-to-air OpenView platform.
2015–2017
Zee World was launched on 3 February 2015.
2017
On 1 January 2017, the gap in the top right corner of the Z was closed and the swoosh within it was modified. This was also done by all other Zee channels and properties.
2017–present
2017–2018
On 15 October 2017, the channel introduced a new logo along with all other Zee channels. The logo colours are similar to those in Zee Marathi’s new logo.
2018–present
On 1 January 2018, the logo colours were changed from yellow-orange to pink.
Logo with tagline.
2025–present
BETTER LOGO NEEDED
Competing Indian TV network Star’s channel for African audiences, Star Life, was launched on 27 August 2018. It is available in HD on DStv in South Africa, and in SD elsewhere in Africa. In response, Zee World was converted into an HD channel on DStv in November 2018.[4] As with Star Life, the HD feed is restricted to South African DStv customers; other platforms across the continent carry the channel in SD (standard definition).
