STAR Chinese Channel

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STAR Chinese Channel

Launched	1992
Owned by	STAR TV
Country	Republic of China
Website	Official Site
Availability
Satellite
DISH Network	STAR Chinese Channel (STARC) Channel 719
Cable
Taiwan CATV	Channel 31
Singapore StarHub CableTV	Channel 46
Vietnam Vietbao CATV	Channel 80
United States KylinTV	Channel ??
United States Gek TV	Channel ??

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STAR Chinese Channel is the Mandarin general entertainment channel in Taiwan. Its programing features drama, news, lifestyle, and talk shows in Mandarin.

1 History
2 Operating Channels
3 Press Release
4 External links

[edit] History

STAR Chinese Channel was launched in 1991, one of the five original channels of STAR TV. This channel formerly reached the Chinese communities across Asia. Several reformats transform this channel from being analog to a digitally encrypted channel through subscription. Today the channel is limited to viewers in Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam. Today STAR Chinese Channel has two feeds namely STAR Chinese Channel Taiwan and STAR Chinese Channel International (For viewers outside Taiwan). Aside from this channel, There are two different content of STAR Chinese Channels. The first one is Phoenix Chinese Channel, a 24-hour Mandarin entertainment and news channel owned by Phoenix and STAR TV itself, and the other one is Xing Kong another STAR TV general Mandarin entertainment channel for viewers outside Taiwan.

[edit] Operating Channels

STAR Chinese Channel Taiwan
STAR Chinese Channel Singapore

[edit] Press Release

[edit] External links

v • d • e Television stations broadcasting in the Chinese language
The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese
North America	Chinese language television in North America
China	CCTV (National) →See also: Template: CCTV • BTV (Beijing) • CQTV (Chongqing) • FJTV (Fujian) • GDTV (Guangdong) • HEBTV (Hebei) • HLJTV (Harbin) • HTV (Hunan) • NBN (Nanjing) • SMG (Shanghai) • SZMG (Shenzhen) • SCTV (Sichuan) • TJTV (Tianjin) • XJTV (Ürümqi) • XMTV (Xiamen) • Xing Kong
	Hong Kong	ATV • Cable TV• HKBN • now TV • Phoenix Television • RTHK • TVB
	Macau	TDM
	International	CCTV: CCTV-4 \| TVBS-Europe
Indonesia	Metro TV • Da Ai TV Indonesia
Malaysia	Free-to-air (All national)	RTM1 • RTM2 • RTMi • TV3 • ntv7 • 8TV • TV9
Malaysia	Astro	Astro AEC • Hua Hee Dai • Shuang Xing • Wah Lai Toi • Xiao Tai Yang • Astro On Demand • Jia Yu Channel
Singapore	Channel 8 • Channel U • Channel NewsAsia • TVMobile
Taiwan	Free-to-air (All national)	TTV: Main • Family • Finance • Health \| CTV: Main • News • MyLife \| FTV: Free-to-air • FMTV TBS: CTS: Main • Education and Culture • Recreation • PTS: Main • Dimo TV
	Cable TV (All national)	TBS	Hakka • TITV	SET	SET Taiwan • SET Metro • SET News
		TVBS	TVBS • TVBS-G • TVBS-NEWS	ERA	Era News • Much TV • Azio TV
		CTi	News • Variety • Entertainment	USTV	UBN • USTV
		STAR	Chinese • Chinese Movies • Sports • Channel V • ESPN	GTV	One • Entertainment • Drama • K Channel
		ETTV	News • ETtoday • Variety • Drama • Movie • Entertainment • Yoyo TV • Shopping: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5
		VL	Sports • Movie • General Entertainment (ONTV) • Drama • Max-TV • Kids TV
		Others	FTV News • DaAi • Good TV • Disney • Cartoon Network • Animax • JET TV (Japan) • GoldSunTV • MTV
	International	Taiwan Macroview TV • TTV World • TVBS-Asia • ETTV America • ETTV Asia • CTi International • SET International • USTV International