Star TV (Turkish TV channel)
| Country | Turkey |
|---|---|
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Cem Uzan(Founded by 1989-2004)Ahmet Özal(1989-1992),TMSF (2004-2005),Aydın Doğan (2005- ) |
Star TV is a Turkish nationwide TV channel. It was owned by Cem Uzan until it was sold to Aydın Doğan for 306,5 Mil. American Dollars in 2005 by the Turkish Government.[1]
It is available online on JumpTV, the World's online television network.
History
Founded by Cem Uzan and Ahmet Özal in 1989 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 private Turkish channel to start digital broadcasting in 1999.
Programmes
Turkish Serials
- Papatyam
- Geniş Aile
- Küçük Kadınlar
- Behzat Ç
- Umut Yolcuları
- Dürüye'nin Güğümleri
Other Serials
News
- Star Haber
- Mesut Yar'la Uyan Türkiye
- Arena - Finals 29 June
- Her Açıdan
Sports
Shopping
Magazine
Contest
Life
- Zuhal Topal'la İzdivaç
- Arım Balım Peteğim
- Anneyim Ben
- Keyf-i Sibel
- Otokolik
- Ne Varsa Sende Var
- Nihat Hatipoğlu Cevaplıyor
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.
Euro Star
The channel also broadcasts in Europe with the name Euro Star with the difference of not broadcasting Champions League matches live.
References
- ^ The British Chamber of Commerce of Turkey. Retrieved on 5 September 2007.