yes stars
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| Launched | March 14, 2008 |
| Owned by | yes (Israel's satellite television provider) |
| Slogan | Greater Than Life TV Shows Experience (Free translation) |
| Country |  Israel |
| Formerly called | yesWeekend (2004-2006) yesSTARS (2006-2007) yes stars 123 (2007-2008) |
| Website | yes stars Official Website (Hebrew) |
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| Satellite | |
| yes | Channel 12 |
| yes | Channel 13 |
| yes | Channel 14 |
| yes | Channel 15 |
| yesHD | Channel 501 |
Carried by the Israeli satellite television provider - yes, yes stars is an Israeli group of television channels which broadcasts American, British and Israeli television shows. The channel began under this trademark on March 14, 2008 with the new slogan - Greater Than Life TV Shows Experience. This has happened a year after re-branding yesSTARS from 2006 as yes stars 123 on March 4, 2007.
The new brand of yes stars has the same 3 yes stars channels which launched on March 4, 2007 - yes stars 1, yes stars 2 and yes stars 3, but with new logos. In addition, the Israeli television shows and movies channel - yesIsraeli moved from channel 5 to channel 15, and changed its name to yes stars Israeli. On March 25, 2008 the HD version of yes stars channels - yes stars HD - began airing. The channel broadcasts selected shows from the yes stars channels in High Definition.
All the channels air new episodes of shows in the weeknights (Sundays - Thursdays).
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[edit] History
[edit] Summer Nights
In 2003, yes aired a channel called Summer Nights, that featured shows in the nights of the summer of 2003. The channel was cancelled at the end of the summer.
[edit] yesREAL
In the summer 2004, yes decided to air a channel called yesREAL, with reality shows, such as Survivor and The Amazing Race. Due to the success of the channel, yes ran this channel again.
[edit] yesWeekend
On October 22, 2004, yes launced the channel yesWeekend, which broadcast American and British television shows from the beginning, in the weekends (From Thursday night at 22:00 until Sunday morning at 06:00). Later in the days, of yesWeekend, the channel moved to broadcast only on Fridays and Saturdays, and in the weeknights it carried the shows that already aired on yesWeekend in syndication. In the last two months of the channel, the channel began showing re-runs on weekdays of the shows broadcast in the weekend, as a pilot for yesSTARS. On March 4, 2006 yesWeekend was cancelled.
[edit] yesSTARS
Under a massive campaign under the name: The Revolution is Coming, which began on February 9, 2006, yes launched on March 5, 2006 yesSTARS, with new episodes of shows broadcast on yesWeekend, and new shows that began the 2005/6 season. The shows aired on weeknights (Sundays - Thursdays), and the re-runs of the shows were in the weekdays and the weekends (Fridays - Saturdays).
On January 16, 2007, it was promoted in print and digital media that yesSTARS will expand to 3 channels - yes stars 1, yes stars 2 and yes stars 3 - on channels 12, 13 and 14 on yes. On February 11, 2007, yes launched an official promotional to the new group of channels stating the launch date to March 4, 2007. On March 3, 2007 yesSTARS has been cancelled. On March 4, 2007, the channel became yes stars 2.
[edit] yes stars 123
As part of the television shows channels re-brand on yes, yesSTARS expanded to 3 channels on March 4, 2007:
- yes stars 1 (channel 12) - The channel replaced the most veteran television shows channel on yes - yes+ which aired between September 3, 2000 and March 3, 2007.
- yes stars 2 (channel 13) - Replaced the original yesSTARS channel.
- yes stars 3 (channel 14) - Replaced channel 3 which aired on channel 30 on yes.
The three channels carried the slogan - "To Fall in Love, to Get Devoted, to Get Addicted".
[edit] Broadcasting Formats
yes stars channels air shows in 3 formats:
- Normal (4:3)
- Letterbox (4:3)
- Widescreen (16:9)
In order to watch widescreen (16:9) shows on a 4:3 TV, there are 3 options to see the picture:
- 4:3 Letterbox (Widescreen with black bars - Original Aspect Ratio)
- 16:9 (Anamorphic Widescreen)
- 4:3 (Pan & scan)
Choosing the format of the picture is in the digital set-top box setup. The setup does not affect shows which are not broadcasted in Widescreen.
[edit] yes stars HD
yes stars HD broadcasts shows in High Definition at a resolution of 1080i50 with an original aspect ratio of 16:9 (widescreen) using H.264/MPEG-4 compression format. The channel available only to the HD consumers of yes, using yes' HD set-top box.
