Star TV (Turkey)

Star TV
Launched	5 May 1990
Owned by	Cem Uzan (1989–2004) Ahmet Özal (1989–1992) TMSF (2004–2005) Aydın Doğan (2005–2011) Ferit Şahenk (2011–)
Picture format	16:9 (SDTV) (HDTV)
Slogan	Türkiye'nin bir Star'ı var!. (Turkey has a Star!)
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
Formerly called	Magic Box Star 1 (1989-1992) InterStar (1992-2002) Star (2002-...)
Sister channel(s)	CNBC-e e2 Kral TV NTV NTV Spor
Website	www.startv.com.tr
Availability
Satellite
Digiturk	Channel 27
D-Smart	Channel 24
Turksat 3A	11054 H, SR 30000, FEC 5/6

Star TV is a Turkish nationwide TV channel. Owned by Ferit Şahenk, Doğuş Media Group since 2011.

History

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 5 May 1990. For a brief time in the early 1990s, 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.

On February 2004, Star TV was put on the block by Turkish savings and deposit insurance funds (TMSF) along with other media assets, including seven radio stations, a newspaper and another TV station of the Uzan Group, to cover debts owed to the Treasury resulting from the takeover of İmar Bankası and Adabank.^[1] TMSF put Star TV up for auction, and its purchased by Isil Television Broadcasting Corp. of Dogan Media Group, which offered the highest bid of $306.5 m at the auction on September 2005.^[2]

Star TV was sold by Doğan Holding to the Doğuş Media Group on 17 October 2011, for $327m.^[3]

Series

• 2008-: 1 Erkek 1 Kadın
• 2010-: Game Of Thrones (Dubbing)
• 2012-: Muhteşem Yüzyıl
• 2012-: Beni Affet
• 2012-: Dila Hanım
• 2012-: Medcezir
• 2012-: Revolution (Dubbing)

Show

• 2008-: Süper Star Life (Simge Tertemiz)
• 2011-: Pasaport (Tuğçe Özbudak and Ümit Erdim)
• 2012-: Eyvah Düşüyorum (Eser Yenenler)
• 2012-: Benim Güzel Evim
• 2012-: Benzemez Kimse Sana (Murat Başoğlu)
• 2012-: Büyük Risk (Selçuk Yöntem)
• 2012-: Müzik Arası
• 2012-: İnsanlar Alemi
• 2011-: Soframız
• 2012-: Ayşe ile Alişan
• 2012-: Evim Mis Evim (Cem Davran and Gaye Cankaya)
• 2012-: Melek (Melek Baykal)
• 2012-: Küçük Şeyler (Üstün Dökmen)

News

• 2011-: Ece Belen'le Yaz Haberleri (Ece Belen)
• 2011-: Nazlı Öztarhan'la Star Haber (Nazlı Öztarhan)
• 2012-: Celal Pir'le Haftasonu Haberleri (Celal Pir)

Parliament Pazar Gecesi Sineması

It is also famous for its Parliament Pazar Gecesi Sineması (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 Gecesi Sineması when the Turkish government passed a law that forbids cigarette commercials.

Star TV HD

Star TV began broadcasting in HD on 21 May 1992.

Euro Star

The channel also broadcasts in Europe with the name Euro Star with the difference of not broadcasting Champions League matches live.

References

External links

• Official site (in Turkish)