STAR World
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| STAR World | |
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| Launched | 1992 from STAR Plus |
| Owned by | STAR Group, Ltd. |
| Sister channel(s) | STAR Plus |
| Website | Official Site |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Astro Malaysia | Channel 70 |
| now TV Hong-Kong | Channel 528 |
| Tata Sky India | Channel 201 |
| True Visions Thailand | Channel 34 Digital (Analogue 57) |
| Astro Indonesia | Channel 44 |
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| SkyCable Philippines | Channel 48 |
| StarHub Singapore | Channel 18 |
| Cablelink Philippines | Channel 35 |
STAR World is STAR Group's premiere English-language Entertainment TV-channel which is shown in the Asian region. The channel was the successor of STAR Plus, which is now the Hindi-language Entertainment Channel. The channel carries many of the shows from the US to appeal to the expatriate community in South East Asia.
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[edit] History
Before STAR World, STAR Plus was STAR's English-language entertainment channel which has started its operations on 1992 and its Hindi counterpart is ZEE TV. But after STAR ended their partnership with ZEE TV (now ZEE Telefilms, Ltd.), STAR Plus has been changed to Hindi-language and had launched STAR World.
All of the shows are Canned and mostly coming from the United States, but they also show programs from United Kingdom.
[edit] Operating Channels
Although the channel shows the same programming, they mostly differ when it comes to showtimes.
- STAR World Asia - (Broadcast times - HK/SIN and WIB/Thai) simulcast with the Middle-east feed at 24:00 to 06:00 (SIN/HK)
- STAR World India - (Broadcast times - IND)
- STAR World Middle-East - (Broadcast times - KSA, UAE and PAK)
- STAR World Philippines - same programming with Asia feed, but without the Middle-east simulcast.
[edit] Availablility
[edit] Bangladesh
- STAR World is carried by most of the nationwide cable operators
[edit] Hong-Kong
- STAR World is exclusively available on Now TV, starting January 26th, 2006.
[edit] India
- STAR World is available in Digital via DTH operators Dish TV and Tata Sky, which is also a STAR TV asset.
- STAR World is also available on local cable
[edit] Malaysia
- STAR World is available in Astro (Satellite TV)
[edit] Indonesia
- STAR World is available in Astro, Indovision, Kablevision and TelkonVision.
[edit] Israel
- STAR World is available in Matav, Golden Channel and Tevel.
[edit] Middle East
- STAR World is shown in STAR Select in different languages.
[edit] Pakistan
- STAR World is available on local cable
[edit] Philippines
- STAR World is available only in SkyCable, Dream Satellite TV and Cablelink in Metro Manila.
- But it is also available in Most Provincial Cable Companies.
[edit] Singapore
- STAR World is available only through subscription to Starhub Cable TV.
[edit] Thailand
- STAR World is available in True Visions.
[edit] Vietnam
- STAR World is available in Ho Chi Minh City (through HTVC & SCTV) and Ha Noi (through VCTV).
[edit] Station IDs
- When the channel was re-launched for the 3rd time in 2005, the song that was played on their SIDs was Let's Get It Started by Black Eyed Peas.
- On 11th December 2006, the song has been changed to Come Rain, Come Shine by Tata Young.
