Country | United States |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English Spanish Portuguese |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i (downscaled to 16:9 576i or 480i for SD feeds, dependent on market's SD standard) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Disney International Operations |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | |
Replaced | Fox Life |
Closed | List
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Star Life is an international pay television network, owned by Disney Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company, as a replacement to Fox Life. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, and is currently active in the Middle East, Portugal, Bulgaria, and Balkans.
The network's scheduling has varied with each version, ranging from traditional entertainment programming, including television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, original programming in certain regions, and instructional and aspirational reality television on some other variations.
Star Life was originally launched in South Africa in August 2018 by Star India to showcase programming from their library which included series, films, and variety programming. [4]
On 20 March 2019 The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox, including Fox Networks Group. [5] [6]
On 27 November 2020, Disney announced that they would be renaming the Fox branded channels in Latin America to Star Life on 22 February 2021. [7] [8]
On January 10, 2022, it was announced that the Latin American version of Star Life would be shut down on March 31 along with several other networks in the regions with the Brazilian version of the channel being replaced with Cinecanal. [9]
On June 7, 2023, Disney announced that the Fox channels in Bulgaria and Balkans (including Fox Crime, Fox Life and Fox Movies) would be rebranded to have the "Star" name instead with the brand being revived after Disney extinguished the brand year prior with Star Channel, Star Crime and Star Life being rebranded on October 1, 2023. [1] [2]
On November 27, 2023, Disney has announced that Portuguese-language Fox channels (including Fox Crime, Fox Life, Fox Comedy and Fox Movies) would rebrand to "Star" on 7 February 2024. [3] [10] [11] [12] [13]
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Tako FOX Life postaje STAR Life