Star Channel (Greece)
| Star Channel | |
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Star Channel 2014 logo
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| Launched | 4 December 1993 |
| Owned by | New Television S.A (100%) (Vardinoyannis Group) |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 |
| Audience share | 20.2% (23/12/2016 - 29/12/2016, http://www.agb.gr/gr/data/default.htm) |
| Slogan | Στα καλύτερα λέμε STAR (For the best we say 'STAR') |
| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
| Broadcast area | Internationally |
| Formerly called | Channel 29 |
| Website | www.star.gr/tv |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| DIGEA | Channel 13, 47, 29 |
| Satellite | |
| NOVA Greece | Channel 107 |
| OTE TV | Channel 108 |
Star Channel is a Greek television network that broadcasts a mix of foreign and Greek programming. It launched in December 1993 and is owned by New Television A.E. The Star Channel's logo is a row of six rhomboid-shapes of orange, red, magenta, blue, green, and yellow, which form part of a stylized star. This multicolored half star bears a resemblance to the multicolored peacock in the logo of the NBC television network in the United States.
Star Channel is known in Greece mostly for its programming style, both in terms of live shows and news content, with increased focus on lifestyle, showbiz, gossip and fashion news, and on "comedic" presentation.
In 2010, Star Channel staff was escorted out of the Eurovision Song Contest by police after accusations were made that it was transmitting footage from the dress rehearsal illegally.
In 2013, Star Channel started combining information with entertainment, resulting in the channel's shift to a more serious tone. Star Channel generated €64 million in net profit in 2014 which represents a 32.2% increase from the previous year.
Star Channel was launched in December 1993 to compete with Mega Channel, ANT1, Alpha TV, and ERT Channels. It began broadcasting children's programs as well as foreign series. In 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.
Star Channel made its international debut in2005, joining the UBI World TV platform, which made Star Channel available to viewers in Australia as well as in Asia and Africa. UBI World TV launched in New Zealand in 2008 making Star International available there.
In 2010, Star staff were forcibly removed from the Eurovision Song Contest and banned by the European Broadcasting Union for three years for illegally airing a live feed of the Eurovision dress rehearsals from the Norwegian broadcaster NRK.
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