Star Life (international)

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 Latin America, and is currently active in the Middle East, Portugal, Bulgaria, India, South Africa, and Balkans.

Star Life

Logo used since 2023
Country	United States
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	The Walt Disney Company Limited (Disney Entertainment)
Sister channels	24Kitchen Star Crime Star Movies Star Channel FX BabyTV National Geographic Disney Channel
History
Launched	List August 27, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-08-27) (South Africa) February 22, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-02-22) (Latin America) 1 October 2023; 7 months ago (2023-10-01) (Bulgaria & Balkans)^[1]^[2] 7 February 2024; 3 months ago (2024-02-07) (Portugal)^[3] 1 March 2024; 2 months ago (2024-03-01) (Middle East) 13 April 2024; 24 days ago (2024-04-13) (India)
Replaced	Fox Life
Closed	List 31 March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-31) (Latin America)
Links
Website	http://starchannel-bg.com/ (Bulgaria) http://starchannel-rs.com/ (Serbia) http://www.starchannel-si.com/ (Slovenia) https://www.https://www.starchannel-hr.com/ (Croatia) https://www.startv.pt/ (Portugal)

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.

History

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][10]

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][11][12][13][14][15]}

On March 1, 2024, Fox Life was rebranded as Star Life in the Middle East.^[16]

On March 14, 2024, Disney announced that Fox Life would be rebranded as Star Life in India on April 13, 2024.^[17]

See also

• FX Life

References

1. "FOX СТАВА STAR CHANNEL В БЪЛГАРИЯ ОТ ОКТОМВРИ" [FOX becomes STAR channel from October]. Boulevard Bulgaria (in Bulgarian). 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-06-09.
2. "Fox postaje STAR Channel" [Fox becomes STAR Channel]. FoNet portal (in Serbian). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023. Tako FOX Life postaje STAR Life
3. "Perguntas Frequentes – A FOX vai ser STAR Channel". foxtv.pt (in Portuguese). 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
4. "New entertainment channel Star Life coming to TV". Life. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
5. . June 20, 2018. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018.
6. Castillo, Michelle (December 14, 2017). "Disney to buy 21st Century Fox assets in a deal worth more than $52 billion in stock". CNBC. from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
7. Palmer, Roger (November 27, 2020). "Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star | What's On Disney Plus".
8. . disneylapresspack.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
9. Cardozo, Alberto (January 10, 2022). "Disney XD, Nat Geo Kids, Star Life, Nat Geo Wild y FXM cesarán, transmisiones en Latinoamérica en marzo". ANMTVLA (in Spanish). from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
10. "Fox rebrands in the Balkans". Broadband TV News. 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
11. "Disney ends Fox brand in Portugal". theportugalnews.com. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
12. "Canais Fox vão mudar de nome e assumir marca Star" [Fox channels will change their name and adopt the Star brand]. publico.pt (in Portuguese). 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
13. "Canais FOX vão passar a ser Star Channel já em 2024". marketeer.sapo.pt. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
14. "Canais Fox passam a Star Channel a 7 de fevereiro". Expresso (in Portuguese). 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
15. "FOX aposta na rede digital". Correio da Manhã. 23 May 2005. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
16. "Fox branded channels to undergo rebranding in MENA region". www.broadcastprome.com.
17. "Name change of channels "Fox Life" to "Star Life" AND "Fox Life HD" to "Star Life HD"" (PDF). www.disneystar.com. Retrieved 2024-03-14.