| Star TV | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 26 May 1989 |
| Owned by | Cem Uzan (1989-2004) Ahmet Özal (1989-1992) TMSF (2004-2005) Aydın Doğan (2005-2011) Ferit Şahenk (2011-) |
| Picture format | 4:3 (576i, SDTV) |
| Slogan | "Türkiye'nin ilk özel televizyonu (Turkey's first private television channel)" |
| Country | Turkey |
| Formerly called | Magic Box Star 1 InterStar |
| Sister channel(s) | CNBC-e e2 Kral TV NTV NTV Spor |
| Website | www.startv.com.tr |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Digiturk | Channel 27 |
Star TV is a Turkish nationwide TV channel. It was owned by Cem Uzan until it was sold to Aydın Doğan for 306,5 million USD in 2005 by the Turkish Government.[1]
It is available online on JumpTV, the World's online television network.
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Founded by Cem Uzan and Ahmet Özal in 1989 as Magic Box, Star TV is Turkey's first private TV channel. The channel started its test broadcasting on 7 May 1990. For a brief time in early 90s, it was called Star Magic Box because the name Star 1 was copyrighted by another media corporation. Its first logo was a blue S with a star on it before it turned to red in early 2000s.
Star TV aired many world-known series for the first time in Turkey. Among them were The A-Team, Magnum, P.I. Simon & Simon, MacGyver, Days of our Lives, M*A*S*H, Lassie, Murphy Brown, Perfect Strangers, Dragnet, Charles in Charge, The Jeffersons, Twin Peaks, Married… with Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, All My Children, Santa Barbara, Another World, Dallas, 21 Jump Street, Miami Vice, The Equalizer, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Wiseguy, Leave It to Beaver, Hunter, Who's the Boss?, Gimme a Break!, Murder, She Wrote, Mission: Impossible, Time Trax, Out of This World and Airwolf.
The channel is also the first private Turkish channel to start digital broadcasting in 1999.
It is also famous for its Parliament Pazar Sinema Gecesi (Parliament Sunday Movie Night) in 1992 until 1999, which showed high quality films without any commercial breaks, despite the sponsorship by the cigarette brand.
Star was forced to stop the Parliament Pazar Sinema Gecesi when the Turkish government passed a law that forbids cigarette commercials.
Star TV, began broadcasting in HD on 21 May 2009.
The channel also broadcasts in Europe with the name Euro Star with the difference of not broadcasting Champions League matches live.