Star! Scandinavia

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Star! Scandinavia

Launched	September 1, 2000
Owned by	NonStop Television
Slogan	The Entertainment Channel!
Country	Sweden
Broadcast area	Nordic countries, Baltic countries, the Netherlands
Formerly called	E!
Website	http://www.nonstop.tv/star/
Availability
Terrestrial
Boxer	Channel 51
Satellite
Canal Digital
Cable
Com Hem	Channel 55

Star! Scandinavia is a television channel devoted to entertainment.

The channel is fashioned after Star! (a Canadian entertainment channel) and is licensed from CHUM Limited. Programming is a mix of several CHUM television channels such as, Star!, FashionTelevisionChannel, MuchMoreMusic and more. Star! have also shown several award shows such as the Grammy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Sundance Film Festival and the BAFTA Film Awards.

Star! was launched in September 2000, but was then named E! after its American counter-part. A fashion channel called style. did broadcast on the same channel in the afternoon. In July 2004 the channel changed its affiliation and was renamed Star!. It was originally available in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, but has since extended its coverage to Iceland, the Netherlands and the Baltics.

Programmes are not interrupted by commercials but placed between programs. The channel is operated by NonStop Television, which also operates movies channels Showtime Scandinavia and Silver.

The channel started broadcasting terrestrially in Sweden in the autumn of 2002. It was originally broadcasting for 24 hours per day, but when new licenses where granted in February 2006 the broadcasting hours of the channel were reduced and Star! would broadcast from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.