Star World

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 reformat 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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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.

Shows

This is the List of Programmes that had been shown on STAR World from past and present.

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0-9

• 3rd Rock From the Sun
• 30 Rock
• 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter

A

• According to Jim
• Adventure Inc.
• Ally McBeal
• American Idol
• Angel
• Angela's Eyes
• The Apprentice
• Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
• Arrested Development

B

• Baywatch
• Baywatch Hawaii
• Becker
• Beyond the Break
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• Bones
• Boston Legal
• Boston Public
• The Brady Bunch
• Brothers and Sisters
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer

C

• Caroline in the City
• Channel V
• Charmed
• Cheers
• Chicago Hope
• Commander in Chief - Only in Indian and Philippine Feed
• C.O.P.S.
• Creflo Dollar - Philippine Feed
• Criminal Minds
• Crumbs

D

• Dark Angel
• DESIRE: Table for Three
• Desperate Housewives
• Dharma and Greg
• The Drew Carey Show

E

• The Ellen DeGeneres Show
• Eureka
• Everybody Loves Raymond

F

• Family Ties
• Fashion House
• Frasier
• Friends
• Falcon Beach
• Futurama

G

• General Hospital
• Get Smart
• Grey's Anatomy
• Ghost Hunters
• Ghost Whisperer
• Grounded for Life

H

• Happy Days
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
• Hope and Faith
• Hogan's Heroes
• Heroes - Available in the Philippines on September 19, 2007
• Hey Paula
• Hollywood Shootout
• Hollywood Squares
• Home Improvement
• How I Met Your Mother

I

• IFL Battleground

J

• JAG

K

• Karen Sisco
• Kevin Hill
• The King of Queens
• Kenneth Copeland Ministries
• The Kumars at No. 42
• Knight Rider
• The Knights of Prosperity
• Koffee with Karan

L

• Law & Order
• Less Than Perfect
• Life with Bonnie
• Little Britain
• Lost - Only in Indian Feed

M

• MacGyver
• Malcolm In The Middle
• Medical Investigation
• Miami Vice
• Miss Earth Beauty Pageant
• Miss Match
• Monk
• Most Haunted
• Mutant X
• My Name Is Earl
• My Wife & Kids
• Life as we know it

N

• Nash Bridges
• N.C.I.S.
• North Shore
• NYPD Blue

O

• The O.C.
• The Office
• One Tree Hill
• The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Outback Jack

P

• The Practice
• The Pretender
• Prison Break
• Psych
• Picket Fences

R

• Rendezvous with Simi Garewal - Only in Indian Feed
• Rock Star: INXS
• Rock Star: Supernova
• Roswell

S

• Santa Barbara
• The Scholar
• Scrubs
• Seinfeld
• The Simple Life
• The Simpsons
• Smallville
• Space: Above and Beyond
• Star Trek: Enterprise
• Still Standing

T

• That '70s Show
• Third Watch
• The Closer
• The May Lee Show
• The Office (UK)
• The Office (US)
• Titus
• TNA Wrestling
• Travel Asia
• Tru Calling
• Two and a Half Men
• Two Guys and a Girl
• The Collector

U

• Ugly Betty

W

• Walker Texas Ranger
• Wonderfalls
• World's Most Amazing Videos
• Who Wants to be a Superhero
• Whose Line Is It Anyway

X

• The X-Files
• Xena: Warrior Princess

Y

• Yes, Dear

News Programmes

Aside from Entertainment, STAR World also shows News Programmes.

• STAR News Asia (Not available in India and Middle East)
• Sky News 9pm Edition (Mondays) (Not available in India and Middle East)
• Sky News 15 minutes (Tues - Sat) (Not available in India and Middle East)
• BusinessWeek Asia
• Sports Update (Not available in India and Middle East)

Primetime

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

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 Movies				The Ellen Degeneres Show (E)		Ugly Betty (E)
Monday	Friends		My Wife and Kids	8 Simple Rules	Hope and Faith	30 Rock	Monk
Tuesday			Ugly Betty		Private Practice		Ghost Whisperer
Wednesday			Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?		The Moment Of Truth		The Apprentice
Thursday			Bones		Criminal Minds		Prison Break
Friday			Ugly Betty (E)		Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (E)		The Moment Of Truth (E)
Saturday	TNA Xplosion		Bull Run		IFL Fight Night		TNA Xplosion (E)

• (E) = Encore Presentation

See also

• STAR TV
• STAR Plus

External links

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