Star World
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | STAR TV |
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.
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.
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.
Availability
Afghanistan
- STAR World is available on local cable and Dish TV
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
Bangladesh
- STAR World is carried by most of the nationwide cable operators
Hong Kong
- STAR World is exclusively available on now TV, starting January 26th, 2005.
Serbia
- STAR World is exclusively available on RTS.
Sri Lanka
- Star World is available in DTH operator Dialog TV
Malaysia
- STAR World is available in Astro (Satellite TV)
Indonesia
- STAR World is available in Astro, Indovision, First Media and TelkomVision.
Israel
- STAR World is available in HOT Cable television
Macau
- STAR World is available in Macau Cable TV.
Middle East
- STAR World is shown in STAR Select in different languages in ADD Satellite TV.
Pakistan
- STAR World is available on local cable
- STAR World is available on Sun TV Networks (MMDS Systems)
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.
Papua New Guinea
- STAR World is available in Hitron Limited.
Singapore
- STAR World is available only through subscription to StarHub CableTV.
Taiwan
- STAR World is now available in local cable.
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) and Vietbao CATV.
Myanmar
- STAR World is available in Rangoon via MRTV-3.
Station IDs
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- 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.
Shows
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 | 8:30 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:30 PM | 10:00 PM | 10:30 PM | 11:00 PM | 11:30 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) | ||||
- (E) = Encore Presentation