Star Channel

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Star Channel

Type	Broadcast
Country	Greece
Availability	Worldwide via satellite
Founder	Nico Mastorakis
Owner	Nea Tileorasi A.E.
Launch date	December 1993
Website	www.star.gr

Star Channel is a Greek network that broadcasts mainly foreign programming but also features a few Greek programs; it launched in December 1993 and is owned by Nea Tileorasi A.E.. Star Channel is similar to the Fox Broadcasting Company, NBC, 4Kids TV (Fox Box), CBC, and now Kids WB. A(U)BC and NHK represent the international market. Star Channel has Star Eidiseis, hosted by Elli Stai (1996-2001), followed by Terence Quick (Hellenized) and currently hosted by Amilio Liatso. Star Channel has children's programming. Before 1994 it was known as Superstar. It was similar to Kids WB. They then exchanged it for Alter Channel, its competitor. Astra is Cyprus' version of Star Channel. Some people think it is a division of Time Warner, because Star Channel features programming from Kids WB and The WB.

The Star Channel logo is similar to the NBC logo. It is a row of 6 like NBC but matched the other way and a little sharper, almost like a shining star. The colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. STAR is sometimes placed at the bottom of the Star Channel logo. The logo was not shown during Superstar. Their logo was colored with gold. It is now "Kids WB" or "Cartoon Network", The letters that wrote "Star" has changed its font, it no longer uses the Palatino? font.

1 Programming
2 History
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] Programming

The majority of Star Channel's programming is made up of foreign series and films but there are a few Greek Programs:

Fort Boyard - Gameshow
Gala - Lifestyle program
Κathe Mera Kalimera - Morning show hosted by Emy Livaniou and Christo Tsemberi, airs weekdays at 6:30am
Μazi Sto Star - Discussion about current events, political & social issues and news from the entertainment world. Hosted by Amilio Liatso, airs infrequently.
Star Eidiseis - Newscast featuring top headlines from Greece and abroad, entertainment & sports news; Airs at 1pm, 6:55pm (update), 7:45pm (Main newscast with Amilio Liatso) and 1:45am (overnight news bulletin).
Super Star - Showbiz news and gossip
Ti Tha Fame Simera - Cooking show, with helpful tips on eating well and nutrition

[edit] History

December 1993 Star Channel was launched to compete with Mega Channel, ANT1, and Alpha TV, similar to ERT Channels. It began broadcasting children's programs along with foreign programs.

1994 Star Channel began to exchange family/children's programs from Alpha, then known as Skai (Greek spelling of Sky) with Star's children's programming.

Early 2000s Star Channel began to add commercials with music clips and paperback commercials to replace the old-fashioned, showing just in the single 30-second commercial.

2001 Star Channel began to exchange family/children's programs to Alter Channel (except Pokémon, and Teletubbies) and the entire set of commercials full of music clips and paperbacks. ANT1 only had a fraction of family/children's programming left (none during the 2001 season). Star Channel began to broadcast its own cartoon channels to replace the ANT1 schedule, doesn't mean that ANT1 shows were moved to Star Channel and Star Channel programs to ANT1 which means the Weekend morning cartoons is revived again.

Kids WB arrived on Star Channel.

2002 Shows that were broadcasted by Nickelodeon, mainly Klasky-Csupo to Alpha TV for its own Saturday programming

2005 Star Channel makes its debut Internationally, joining the UBI World TV platform, making Star Channel available to viewers in Australia as well as Asia - Africa region

Somewhere in the 2000s (future) Star Channel may expand their reach, launching their international service to viewers in North and South America. Various news sources reveal that Star Channel will launch there International channel on DirecTV in the US sometime mid to late 2007.