STAR World
Launched	1992 from STAR Plus
Owned by	STAR Group, Ltd.
Sister channel(s)	STAR Plus
Website	Official Site
Availability
Satellite
Astro (Malaysia)	Channel 70
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 DSTV (Thailand)	Channel 34
TelkomVision (Indonesia)	Channel 803
Indovision (Indonesia)	Channel 43
Dish TV (India)	Channel 32003
ADD TV (Middle East)	Channel 1705
Cable
Cablelink (Philippines)	Channel 35
HOT (Israel)	Channel 25
SkyCable (Philippines)	Channel 48
StarHub (Singapore)	Channel 18
Home Cable (Indonesia)	Channel 35
TrueVisions CATV (Thailand)	Channel 34

STAR World is STAR Group's premiere English-language Entertainment TV-channel which is shown in the Asian region. The channel was the successor of STAR Plus, which is now the Hindi-language Entertainment Channel. The channel carries many of the shows from the United States to appeal to the expatriate community in the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia. Image File history File linksMetadata STAR_World. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... STAR Plus is Indias most watched Hindi language based general entertainment television channel. ... Previous Astro Logo Astro is a subscription-based direct broadcast satellite (DBS) or direct-to-home satellite television and radio service initially in Malaysia, but has expanded to Brunei and Indonesia. ... Astro Nusantara is a satellite television service in Indonesia. ... Dialog TV is a direct broadcast satellite pay television provider based in Sri Lanka. ... Dream Satellite TV is pay DTH service of Philippine Multimedia Service Inc. ... The correct title of this article is . ... Tata Sky is a DTH satellite television provider in India. ... United Broadcasting Corporation, a former company of True Visions, widely known as UBC, is Thailands leading cable satellite television operator. ... PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT. Telkom or just Telkom, formerly Perumtel. ... It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Reads like a PR job rather than an encyclopedia article, needs a complete rewrite to become one. ... Dish TV is a satellite broadcasting service available to users in India,Sri Lanka,Pakistan,Bangladesh,Nepal and parts of South East Asia. ... Hot is a telecommunications and cable television company in Israel founded on August 18, 2003. ... For the Manitoba-based MMDS service also called SkyCable, please see SkyCable (Manitoba). ... StarHub Cable Vision Limited is the sole cable television operator in Singapore. ... United Broadcasting Corporation, a former company of True Visions, widely known as UBC, is Thailands leading cable satellite television operator. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... English is a West Germanic language originating in England, and the first language for most people in Australia, Canada, the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (also commonly known as the Anglosphere). ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... STAR Plus is Indias most watched Hindi language based general entertainment television channel. ... Hindi ( , Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the two central official languages of India, the other being English. ... Map of South Asia (see note) This article deals with the geophysical region in Asia. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of 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. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel in the Zee Network umbrella, which carries broadcasts in Hindi, Urdu, and other regional languages of India. ...

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.

Availablility

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.

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India

• STAR World is available in Digital via DTH operators Dish TV and Tata Sky, which is also a STAR TV asset.
• STAR World is also available on local cable

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Sri Lanka

• Star World is available in DTH operator Dialog TV

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Malaysia

• STAR World is available in Astro (Satellite TV)

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Indonesia

• STAR World is available in Astro, Indovision, Home Cable and TelkomVision.

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Israel

• STAR World is available in HOT Cable television

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Middle East

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

Pakistan

• STAR World is available on local cable

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 SEAsia feed.
• This channel, altogether with some of the STAR channels, will soon to be available (again) in Global Destiny Cable in 2008.

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Papua New Guinea

• STAR World is available in Hitron Limited.

Singapore

• STAR World is available only through subscription to Starhub Cable TV.

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Taiwan

• STAR World is now available in local cable.

Thailand

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

United Broadcasting Corporation, a former company of True Visions, widely known as UBC, is Thailands leading cable satellite television operator. ...

Vietnam

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

Station IDs

• 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^th December 2006, the song has been changed to "Come Rain, Come Shine" by Tata Young.
• On 15^th June 2007, the song has been changed to "Love Today" by Mika.

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Shows

Main article: List of Programmes shown on STAR World

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Primetime

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

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STAR World Schedules

This is the actual schedule of STAR World channels per countries. It you click the website per channel it will display the current schedule in each channel.

• STAR World Asia
• STAR World Philippines
• STAR World India
• STAR World Middle East

Coming Shows

• The Knights of Prosperity (October 11)
• K G Presents: The Sketch Show (October 11)
• Monk (October 15)
• Grey's Anatomy (Season 3) (October 18)
• My Wife and Kids (October 22)
• Psych (October 22 for Philippines)
• Live From Abbey Road (October 24)
• Life With Bonnie (October 29)
• Prison Break (Season 2) (2008) ^[2]
• The O.C. (Season 2) (2008) ^[3]
• Private Practice (2008) ^[4]
• Eureka (Season 2) (2008) ^[5]
• Hey Paula (Exclusive) (December) ^[6]
• American Idol (Season 7) (2008)
• Heroes (Season 2) (Exclusive) (January, 2008) ^[7]
• Heroes: Origins (Exclusive) (2008) ^[8]
• The Closer (Season 2) (2008) ^[9]
• The Apprentice (Season 6) (2008)

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See also

• STAR Group, Ltd.
• STAR Plus

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Links

• Star World Asia
• Star World India
• Star World Middle East

References

1. ^ http://www.startv.com/forum/index.php?topic=25.msg36#msg36
2. ^ http://www.startv.com/forum/index.php?topic=243.0
3. ^ http://www.startv.com/forum/index.php?topic=355.0
4. ^ http://www.startv.com/forum/index.php?topic=361.0
5. ^ http://www.startv.com/forum/index.php?topic=358.0
6. ^ http://www.startv.com/forum/index.php?topic=358.0
7. ^ http://www.startv.com/forum/index.php?topic=260.0
8. ^ http://www.startv.com/forum/index.php?topic=260.0
9. ^ http://www.startv.com/forum/index.php?topic=279.0