CStar

CStar (pronounced [ce star]) is a French free-to-air television channel, owned by Groupe Canal+.

CStar
Programming

Country	France
Broadcast area	France
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; 11 years ago (2012-10-07) (as D17) 5 September 2016; 7 years ago (2016-09-05) (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

History edit

D17 was launched on 7 October 2012, replacing Direct Star, after Canal+ bought it to Bolloré Group.

D17 was rebranded CStar on 5 September 2016.^[1]

Since 27 February 2018, a sister channel named CStar Hits France is available exclusively on Canal+ channel 180, airing only French music clips.

CStar's programming has a musical format. The channel also airs documentaries, concerts, series, dramas, movies and Japanese anime.

^ "Pourquoi D8 et D17 changent de nom". Télérama.fr (in French). 18 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

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