yes stars 3
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| yes stars 3 | |
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| Launched | March 4, 2007 |
| Owned by | yes (Israel's satellite television provider) |
| Country | Israel |
| Website | yes stars 3 Official Website (Hebrew) |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
 yes |
Channel 14 |
yes stars 3 is an Israeli television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider - yes, which broadcasts American and British TV shows. The channel aired on March 4, 2007 and broadcasts the shows' new episodes on weeknights (Sundays - Thursdays), and its re-runs on weekdays and weekends (Fridays - Saturdays).
The channel is a part of re-brand the foreign TV shows channels broadcast on yes. yesSTARS - aired only on March 5, 2006 - expanded to 3 channels: yes stars 1, yes stars 2 and yes stars 3. The 3 channels aired on March 4, 2007. yes+, which was another channel that broadcast American and British TV shows, has been cancelled on March 3, 2007.
Opposed to yes stars 1 and yes stars 2, this channel is actually what was channel 3 - aired on channel 30 on yes. The channel moved to channel 14, changed its name to yes stars 3 and on primetime it airs exclusive shows of yes. At the rest of the day, it broadcasts syndications of shows broadcast exclusively on yes, re-runs of the shows, and common shows which are broadcast both on yes and HOT, like it was before the re-brand.
Because of the channel format, it usually airs yes exclusive shows on weeknights (Sundays-Thursdays) at 22:00.
As of February 3, 2008, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - which aired so far on yes stars 1 - airs on 22:30 and Late Night with Conan O'Brien - which aired so far on yes stars 2 - airs on 23:15.
On March 14, 2008, as part of a re-brand of the television shows channels on yes, yes stars 3 obtained a new logo.
[edit] Broadcasting Formats
yes stars 3 airs shows in two formats:
- Letterbox (4:3)
- Widescreen (16:9)
In order to watch widescreen (16:9) shows on a letterbox 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 decoder setup. The setup does not effect shows that are not broadcast in Widescreen.
[edit] Shows broadcast on yes stars 3
| Series | Season | Broadcast Type | Network |
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| 30 Rock |
1
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Widescreen
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| Dog Bites Man |
1
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Letterbox
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| Extras |
2
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Widescreen
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| Lil' Bush |
1
|
Letterbox
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| Saturday Night Live |
2006/7
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Letterbox
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| The Daily Show |
-
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Letterbox
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| The New Adventures of Old Christine |
2
|
Widescreen
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| The War at Home |
2
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Widescreen
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| 'Til Death |
1
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Widescreen
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| Two and a Half Men |
4
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Widescreen
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