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Country | France |
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Broadcast area | France |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) 576i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Groupe Canal+ |
Sister channels | Canal+ C8 CNews CStar Hits France |
History | |
Launched | 7 October 2012 (as D17) 5 September 2016 (as CStar) |
Replaced | i-MCM (project name) Europe 2 TV (2005–2007) Virgin 17 (2008–2010) Direct Star (2010–2012) |
Former names | D17 (2012-2016) |
Links | |
Website | canalplus.com/chaines/cstar |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
TNT | Channel 17 |
Streaming media | |
MyCanal | Live |
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