The channel was launched on March 15, 2000 as Zee Movies. In October, 2000, Zee entered into a joint venture with MGM and the channel was rebranded Zee MGM. After MGM was bought by Sony, the channel name was changed to Zee Movie Zone (ZMZ) on October 1, 2004. On March 27, 2005, as part of Zee Network's revamp, it was renamed Zee Studio.