Yes Action

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Launched	December 14, 2008
Owned by	yes (Israel's satellite television provider)
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3) 1080i (HDTV)
Country	Israel
Formerly called	yes stars 2 (2007-2008) yes stars Action (2008-2010)
Sister channel(s)	yes Drama yes Comedy yes Oh
Availability
Satellite
yes	513 (yes Action)
yesHD	13 (yes Action HD)

Yes Action (styled as yes Action and formerly called yes stars Action) is an Israeli television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider - yes, which broadcasts American, British and Israeli TV shows of the thrillers, Sci-Fi, action and competitive reality genres. The channel aired on December 14, 2008 on channel 13 - as part of the latest television shows' channels re-brand by yes. The channel replaced the former yes stars 2. The channel airs the shows' new episodes on weeknights (Sundays - Thursdays), and its re-runs on weekdays and weekends (Fridays - Saturdays).

yes Action schedule is being simulcasted in High Definition on yes Action HD on channel 13.

Picture Formats

yes Action airs shows in 4 formats:

• Normal (4:3)
• Letterbox (4:3)
• Pan & Scan (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 broadcast in Widescreen.

yes Action HD airs the shows in High Definition 1080i and in widecreen (16:9) at all times. Shows that are not shot in HD are upscaled to 1080i.

History of the channel

The past logos of yes Action (From left to right): yes stars 2 - from March 4, 2007 and until March 13, 2008. yes stars 2 - from March 14, 2008 and until December 13, 2008. yes stars Action - from December 14, 2008 and until August 19, 2010. yes Action - from August 20, 2010 and until January 20, 2012.

On March 4, 2007, yes replaced the channel yesSTARS - which has been cancelled on March 3, 2007 after exactly a year - with yes stars 2, as part of the re-brand of the foreign TV shows channels and expanding yesSTARS to 3 channels - yes stars 1, yes stars 2 and yes stars 3.

On March 14, 2008, as part of a new re-brand of the television shows channels on yes, yes Stars 2 obtained a new logo.

On December 14, 2008, as part of another re-brand of the channels, yes stars 2 was replaced with yes stars Action, and as of April 22, 2009 simulcasted its entire schedule in High Definition on yes stars Action HD, replacing yes stars HD, which aired most of the channel's shows in HD.

On August 20, 2010, the word stars was removed from the channel name.

Shows broadcast on yes Action

External links

• Official website

v t e Television in Israel Multichannel television Governing bodies Cable and Satellite broadcasting council Broadcasting organizations HOT (HOT's channels) yes (yes's channels) Public stations Governing bodies IBA Government of Israel Ministry of Education Broadcasting channels Channel 1 Channel 33 Knesset Channel IETV Commercial stations Governing bodies The Second Authority for Television and Radio Broadcasting channels Channel 2 Keshet Reshet Channel 10