Country | Angola Mozambique |
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Headquarters | Lisbon, Portugal |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Portuguese |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company Portugal |
Parent | The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L. |
Sister channels | Star Channel Star Life Star Crime Star Comedy Star Movies 24Kitchen National Geographic Nat Geo Wild BabyTV |
History | |
Launched | 23 October 2015 [1] |
Former names | Mundo Fox (2015-2024) |
Links | |
Website | startv |
Star Mundo is an African pay television channel, launched on October 23, 2015, as the regional variant of the MundoFox. It is only available in Angola and Mozambique and its programming is entirely in the Portuguese language. In addition to screening dubbed foreign television series, the channel also airs some local productions, mostly funded by Portuguese production companies.
Mundo Fox started broadcasting on October 23, 2015, with an all-Lusophone line-up. Among the content at launching time was the Portuguese telenovela Doce Tentação, the reality show Lucky Ladies and programming made specifically for the Angolan market, the first such format being A Sentada, a cooking show. [2]
The launch of the channel was celebrated with a public presentation of its contents at the Presidente hotel in Luanda. The channel's DStv slot at launch was 500. [3]
For the 2017-2018 television season, the channel premiered a new season of Tropa d'Os Tuneza, the channel's stand-up show, in a VIP format, with Angolan celebrities. [4]
On November 27, 2023, Disney has announced that Fox channels (including Mundo Fox, Fox, Fox Crime, Fox Life, Fox Comedy and Fox Movies) would rebrand to "Star" on 7 February 2024. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
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