Star Channel, launched in the late-20th century, is one of the Greek networks broadcasting most of the time, foreign-programming. Star Channel is similar to the Fox Network and NBC, Fox Box, and now Kids WB, CBC A(U)BC, and NHK in the International market. Star Channel has Star Eidiseis, hosted by Elli Stai (1996-2001), now hosts on ANT1, followed by Terence Quick(Hellenized). Star Channel has children's programming. Before 1994, known as Superstar. Then was similar to Kids WB when they exchange with its competitor Alter Channel.
Programming
A history of Star Channel's programming can be found right here at List of programs broadcasted by Star Channel.
History
Late 1980s Star Channel las launched to compete with Mega Channel, ANT1, and Alpha Channel, similar to ERT Channels. It began broadcasting childrens programs
1994 Star Channel began to exchange family/children's programs from Alpha, then known as Skai (Greek spelling of Sky) to Star and Star's children's programming to Skai (now Alpha Channel).
Late 1990s Star Channel begins to broadcast 24-7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week).
Early 2000s Star Channel began to add commercials with music clips and paperback commercials to replace the old-fashioned, showing just in the single 30-second commercial.
2001 Star Channel began to exchange family/childrens programs to Alter Channel (except Pokemon, and Teletubbies and the entire set of commercials full of music clips, and paperbacks. ANT1 only had a fraction of family/childrens programming left (none during the 2001 season),Star Channel began to broadcast its own cartoon channels to replace the ANT1 schedule, doesn't mean that ANT1 shows were moved to Star Channel and Star Channel programs to ANT1 which means the Weekend morning cartoons is revived again.
2002 Shows that were broadcasted by Nickelodeon, mainly Klasky-Csupo to Alpha Channel for its own Saturday programming
Somewhere in the 2000s (future) there is a possibility that there is a satellite channel of Star Channel, and may be broadcast to North America-Carribean's Dish Network along with Alter Channel in the open-market format.
External Links
Visit Star Channel at [1] some prefer star.com.gr