STAR World

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STAR World

Launched	1992 from STAR Plus
Owned by	STAR TV
Sister channel(s)	STAR Plus
Website	Official Site
Availability
Satellite
Astro (Malaysia)	Channel 711
Astro Nusantara (Indonesia)	Channel 44
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka)	Channel 16
Dream Satellite TV (Philippines)	Channel 16
now TV (Hong Kong)	Channel 528
Tata Sky (India)	Channel 201
TrueVisions (Thailand)	Channel 34
TelkomVision (Indonesia)	Channel 803
Indovision (Indonesia)	Channel 43
Dish TV (India)	Channel 457
ADD (Middle East)
Big TV (India)	Channel 3430
MRTV (Myanmar)	Channel ??
Cable
Cablelink (Philippines)	Channel 35
HOT (Israel)	Channel 25
SkyCable (Philippines)	Channel 48
StarHub (Singapore)	Channel 18
First Media (Indonesia)	Channel 35
Macau CATV (Macau)	Channel 63
VietBao CATV (Vietnam)	Channel 35
Hathway (India)	Channel 25
UCS (Bangladesh)	Channel 32
TrueVisions (Thailand)	Channel 34
MediaNet (Maldives)	Channel 6

STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television owned by STAR TV. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, which is now an Indian Hindi/Urdu language entertainment channel. Star World syndicates several popular shows from the United States and United Kingdom to appeal to the English-speaking population of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

[edit] History

Before STAR World, STAR Plus was STAR's English language entertainment channel which has started its operations on 1992 and its Hindi counterpart is Zee TV. But after STAR ended their partnership with Zee TV (now Zee Telefilms, Ltd.), STAR Plus has been changed to Hindi language and had launched STAR World.

Some of the shows originate from the United States, but there is also programming from United Kingdom.

[edit] 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 WIB/THAI) simulcast with the Middle-east feed at 24:00 to 06:00 (HK/SIN)
STAR World India - (Broadcast times - IND)
STAR World Middle-East - (Broadcast times - KSA, UAE and PAK)
STAR World Philippines - same programming with Asia feed, with local commercials, but without the Middle-east simulcast. Selected programs are not available in this feed.

[edit] Availability

[edit] Afghanistan

STAR World is available on local cable and Dish TV

[edit] India

STAR World is available in Digital via DTH operators Dish TV, Big TV and Tata Sky , Tata Sky is also a STAR TV asset.
STAR World is available in Hathway CAS on channel no. 025 and also in also by all digital cable providers.
STAR World is also available on local cable

[edit] Bangladesh

STAR World is carried by most of the nationwide cable operators

[edit] Hong Kong

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

[edit] Serbia

STAR World is exclusively available on RTS.

[edit] Sri Lanka

Star World is available in DTH operator Dialog TV

[edit] Malaysia

STAR World is available in Astro (Satellite TV)

[edit] Indonesia

STAR World is available in Astro, Indovision, First Media and TelkomVision.

[edit] Israel

STAR World is available in HOT Cable television

[edit] Macau

STAR World is available in Macau Cable TV.

[edit] Middle East

STAR World is shown in STAR Select in different languages in ADD Satellite TV.

[edit] Pakistan

STAR World is available on local cable
STAR World is available on Sun TV Networks (MMDS Systems)

[edit] Philippines

STAR World is available only in SkyCable, Dream Satellite TV and Cablelink in Metro Manila. (Philippine feed only)
Although STAR World is available in some provincial cable companies, some are showing the Philippine feed and some are also showing the Southeast Asia feed.
Its also available in the southern areas in the Philippines.

[edit] Papua New Guinea

STAR World is available in Hitron Limited.

[edit] Singapore

STAR World is available only through subscription to StarHub CableTV.

[edit] Taiwan

STAR World is now available in local cable.

[edit] Thailand

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

[edit] Vietnam

STAR World is available in Ho Chi Minh City (through HTVC & SCTV), Ha Noi (through VCTV) and Vietbao CATV.

[edit] Myanmar

STAR World is available in Rangoon via MRTV-3.

[edit] Station IDs

Screenshot from Star World Asia with the new Station ID (2008)

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 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 been deleted.

[edit] Shows

Main article: List of programmes broadcast by STAR World

[edit] Primetime

These are the shows broadcast on STAR World Asia. All times are HK/SIN time (subtract one hour for WIB/THAI time.) ^[1] Programmes in Bold are not available for the Philippines only. ^[2]. For India and Middle East schedule, Click here! ^[3] ^[4]

Returning comedies are in red; new comedies are in pink; returning dramas are in green; new dramas are in blue; reality shows are in yellow; wrestling shows are in gold; talk shows are in orange.

	8:00 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM	11:00 PM
Sunday	Sunday Night At The Movie			Koffee With Karan		Life (E)
Monday	Friends	My Wife and Kids	8 Simple Rules	Hope and Faith	30 Rock	Monk
Tuesday		Life		Eureka		Ghost Whisperer
Wednesday		Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?		Ghost Hunters		Prehistoric Park
Thursday		Bones		Criminal Minds		Prison Break
Friday		Life (E)		Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (E)		TNA Wrestling
Saturday	TNA Xplosion	Bull Run		IFL Fight Night		TNA Xplosion (E)