STAR World

STAR World
Launched	December 15, 1991 as STAR Plus 1995 as STAR World
Owned by	News Corporation (STAR TV, Fox International Channels)
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3), 1080i (HDTV)
Country	Hong Kong
Broadcast area	Hong Kong (channel based in Asia Pacific available: China, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Middle East, Malaysia, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar and Bangladesh.)
Headquarters	Hong Kong Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Sister channel(s)	STAR Plus
Website	Official Site
Availability
Satellite
Astro (Malaysia)	Channel 711 (SD) Channel 722 (HD)
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka)	Channel 16
Dream Satellite TV (Philippines)	Channel 16
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines)	Channel 40 (SD) Channel 65 (HD)
Tata Sky (India)	Channel 201 (SD) Channel 202 (HD)
TrueVisions (Thailand)	Channel 54
TelkomVision (Indonesia)	Channel 803
Indovision (Indonesia)	Channel 156
Dish TV (India)	Channel 457
ADD (Middle East)
Big TV (India)	Channel 253
Sun Direct TV (India)	Channel 82
Airtel Digital TV (India)	Channel 136
Aora TV (Indonesia)	Channel 301
DishHD (Taiwan)	Channel 6254 (HD)
VTC Digital (Vietnam)	Channel 16 (HD)
K+ (Vietnam)	Channel ???
OkeVision (Indonesia)	Channel 22
Videocon D2H (India)	Channel 25
G Sat (Philippines)	Channel 36 (HD)
Cable
Cable Star Iloilo (Philippines)	Channel 31
Cablelink (Philippines)	Channel 28
SkyCable (Philippines)	Channel 48 Channel 172 (HD)
Parasat Cable TV (Philippines)	Channel 47
StarHub TV (Singapore)	Channel 501 (SD) Channel 555 (HD)
First Media (Indonesia)	Channel 35 Channel 327 (HD)
Macau CATV (Macau)	Channel 63
Hathway (India)	Channel 25
UCS (Bangladesh)	Channel 32
TrueVisions (Thailand)	Channel 37
MediaNet (Maldives)	Channel 502 (SD) Channel 801 (HD)
WorldCall CATV (Karachi, Pakistan)	Channel 64
Vietnam Cable Television (VCTV) (Hanoi, Vietnam)	Channel 53
Saigontourist Cable Television Company (SCTV) (Saigon, Vietnam)	Channel 65
Jogja Medianet (Indonesia)	Channel 6
Southern Networks (Pakistan)	Channel 47
HTVC (Vietnam)	Channel 51
IPTV
now TV (Hong Kong)	Channel 528
IndosatM2 (Indonesia)	Channel ???
PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan)	Channel 61
UniFi (Malaysia)	Channel 155
Internet television
M2V Mobile TV (Indonesia)	Channel 0010

HD logo

STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television network owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of News Corporation. Star World syndicates several popular shows from the United States, United Kingdom and sometimes from Australia to appeal to the English-speaking population of India, the Middle East, the Philippines, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.^[1]

History

Before STAR World, STAR Plus was STAR's English language entertainment channel which has started its operations in 1 January 1994 and its Indonesia counterpart was Film Indonesia and India was Zee TV. But after STAR ended its partnership with Soraya Intercine FIlms and Zee Telefilm, STAR changed its content from STAR Plus to launched as STAR World which then was known as STAR PLUS International for a brief time. STAR Plus in India was once combine both US and Hindi entertainment until its full transform into a Hindi entertainment channel. On November 11, 2010, STAR World revealed its new logo. The new logo is a diamond star with the trademark swoosh in magenta and the name of the channel in a new font. The new logo is set to be adopted universally on January 1, 2011. Star World is the highest rated female-oriented channel in the Philippines. Some of the shows originate from the United States, but there is also programming from United Kingdom.

Operating channels

Although the channel shows the same programming, they mostly differ when it comes to showtimes.

• STAR World Asia - (Broadcast times - HK/SIN and JKT/BKK) simulcast with the Middle-east feed at 24:00 to 06:00 (HK/SIN)
• STAR World India - (Broadcast times - IND) This has different content from the other feeds. This is the only feed managed by Star TV and not by Fox International Channels
• STAR World Middle-East - (Broadcast times - KSA, UAE and PAK) including Channel [V] programs.
• STAR World Philippines - selected programs are not same as Asia feed, including local commercials and few of the local programs.
• STAR World Taiwan - (Broadcast times - NST) selected programs are not same as Asia feed, including local commercials.
• STAR World Vietnam
• STAR World HD Asia - Same with Asia Feed except for the logo and commercial feed. Available in selected territories only.
• STAR World HD India - Same with India Feed except for the logo and commercial feed. Launched on April 15, 2011. Only available in India.
• STAR World HD Philippines - Same with Philippine Feed except for the logo and commercial feed. Available in March 1, 2012.

Distribution

Afghanistan

• STAR World is available on local cable and Dish TV.

Bangladesh

• STAR World is carried by most of nationwide cable operators.

Hong Kong

• STAR World is exclusively available on now TV, starting 26 January 2005.

India

• STAR World is available in Digital via DTH operators Dish TV, Reliance BIG TV and Tata Sky, Tata Sky is also a STAR TV asset.
• STAR World is available in Hathway CAS on channel no. 035, in YOU SCOD18 on channel no. 352, in Digitelly CAS on channel no. 171 and also by all digital cable providers.
• STAR World is also available on many other local cable networks.

Indonesia

• STAR World is available in Aora TV, First Media, IndosatM2, Indovision, OkeVision and TelkomVision.

Macau

• STAR World is available in Macau Cable TV.

Malaysia

• STAR World is available in both SD and recently,HD in Astro (Satellite TV).

Middle East

• STAR World is shown on STAR Select and ADD.

Myanmar

• STAR World is available in Yangon via MRTV-4.

Pakistan

• STAR World is available on local cable and WorldCall CATV.
• STAR World is available on Sun TV Networks (MMDS Systems).
• STAR World is available on PTCL Smart TV IPTV.

Papua New Guinea

• STAR World is available in Hitron Limited.

Philippines

• STAR World is available only in SkyCable, Dream Satellite TV, Cablelink and Cignal Digital TV in Metro Manila. (Philippine feed only).

Serbia

• STAR World is exclusively available on RTS.

Singapore

• STAR World is available only through subscription to StarHub TV.

South Pacific

• Star World is available throughout the South Pacific through Sky Pacific.

Sri Lanka

STAR World is available on the following pay TV platforms in Sri Lanka.

• Dialog TV
• LBN Cable TV
• PEO TV

Taiwan

• STAR World is available in some local cable.
• STAR World HD Asia is available in DishHD.

Thailand

• STAR World is available in TrueVisions and on some provincial cable television networks.

Vietnam

• STAR World is available in Ho Chi Minh City (through HTVC & SCTV), Ha Noi (through VCTV), Can Tho (through TayDo Cable).

Station IDs

Screenshot from Star World Asia promoting Heroes. Note the semi-transparent logo at the upper right corner, used until 2 November 2008 as the new logo was used the next day.

Screenshot from the promotion for Glee shown on the channel with a new station ID used shortly before American Idol 9 grand finale.

• When the channel was re-launched for the 3rd time in 2005, the song that was played on their SIDs was "Let's Get It Started" by The Black Eyed Peas.
• On 11 December 2006, the song has been changed to "Come Rain Come Shine" by Tata Young.
• On 15 June 2007, the song has been changed to "Love Today" by Mika.
• On 16 January 2008, the channel was re-launched with its new look. The song has changed to "Mercy" by Duffy.
• On October 2008, STAR World Middle East feed was first to re-launched with its new look including the logo and station ID. However on 3 November 2008, India, Southeast Asia and the Philippines feeds received the new logo and station ID which the Middle East feed was already using.^[2]
• Each Station ID has 4 different feeds like Asia, India, Middle East and the Philippines.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}
• On November 11, 2010 the channel again on its new look with the Diamond Star (with the trademark swoosh in magenta) under the channel name, the graphics including the website, simultaneously launched both South East Asia (both SD and HD feeds) and The Philippine channel feeds receptively. The Middle East channel officially launched last December 1, 2010. Star World India still uses the older Star World Logo as of April 2012.
• Some Channel V International (mostly airs V Tunes in different music genre) music program block previously air in STAR World Philippines channel feed (except in Middle East which is currently on-air) is now removed and all V Tunes music block are now moved to Channel V Philippines while V Special are the only Channel V music block remains on-air, during special time only.

Programming

Current schedule

These are the shows broadcast on STAR World Asia. All times are HK/SIN time (subtract one hour for WIB/THAI time.) ^[8] These programs are also available for the Philippines .^{[9][10][11][12]}

• (E) = Encore Presentation

See also

• STAR TV
• STAR Plus

References

External links

• Official Site
  • STAR World Asia's channel on YouTube
  • STAR World on Facebook (Asia)
  • STAR World on Twitter (Asia)
  • STAR World on Facebook (Philippines)
  • STAR World on Twitter (Philippines)
• STAR World India
  • STAR World India's channel on YouTube
  • STAR World on Facebook (India)
  • STAR World on Twitter (India)
• STAR World Taiwan
  • STAR World on Facebook (Taiwan)
• STAR World ME Website

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