Star TV (Turkey)

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Star TV
Launched 1989 (test), 1990
Owned by Uzan Holding (1990-2004)
Doğan Grubu (2005-present)
Slogan "Türkiye'nin İlk Özel Televizyonu"
Country Flag of Turkey Turkey
Formerly called MagicBox, Star MagicBox, Star1, InterStar
Website www.startv.com.tr
Availability
Satellite
Digiturk Channel 27

Contents

[edit] Introduction

Star TV is a Turkish nation wide TV channel. It was owned by Cem Uzan until it was sold to Aydın Doğan for 306,5 Mio. American Dollars in 2005 by the Turkish Government.[1]

It is available online on JumpTV, the World's online television network.

[edit] History

Founded by Cem Uzan and Ahmet Özal in 1990 as STAR 1, Star TV is Turkey's first private TV channel. For a brief time in early 90s, 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 Turkish channel to start digital broadcasting in 1999.

[edit] Programmes

[edit] Complete Serials

Kara Melek

[edit] Serials

  • İki Aile
  • Sevgili Dünürüm
  • Tatlı Bela Fadime
  • Dağlar Delisi

[edit] News

  • Gün Ortası
  • Star Ana Haber

[edit] Shopping

  • Her Eve Lazım

[edit] Contest

  • Popstar Alaturka

[edit] For Women

  • İnci Ertuğrul Sizin Sesiniz
  • Yasemin'in Penceresi

[edit] Parliament Pazar Sinema Gecesi

It is also famous for its Parliament Pazar Sinema Gecesi (Parliament Sunday Movie Night) in the mid 90s, which showed high quality films without any commercial breaks, despite the sponsorship by the cigarette brand.

Star was forced to stop the Parliament Pazar Sinema Gecesi when the Turkish government passed a law that forbids cigarette commercials.

[edit] EuroStar

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

EuroStar's former name was InterStar until 2002.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The British Chamber of Commerce of Turkey. Retrieved on 5 September 2007.

[edit] External links

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