Star Life (Latin American TV channel)
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Country | Latin America |
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Broadcast area | Latin America The Caribbean |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish Portuguese English (as an optional audio track) |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i or 480i for the SDTV feed, dependent on market's SD standard) |
Ownership | |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company Latin America (Disney International Operations) |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 1 July 2005 |
Closed | 31 March 2022 |
Replaced by | Cinecanal (Brazil only) |
Former names | Utilisma (1996–2013) Fox Life (2005–2021) |
Links | |
Website | official |
Star Life (formerly known as Fox Life) is a pay television network in Latin America, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2005. The network's scheduling varies with each version, ranging from traditional entertainment programming, including television series, sitcoms and films.
Star Life is operated by Disney Media Networks Latin America and The Walt Disney Company Latin America, both of which are owned by The Walt Disney Company.
History[]
During the first years of the launch, Fox Life had a varied programming grid that consisted of soap operas, comedies, dramas, films and cooking shows, was considered as the counterpart of the FX channel with aim of attracting a female audience.
On November 4, 2013, the channel was relaunched by merging it with the Utilísima channel, orienting the programming to the lifestyle with 70% original production and 30% acquired.[1]
Currently the channel's programming is made up of series and films aimed at young and adult audiences, with productions that stand out in the leading roles.
On November 27, 2020, Disney announced that they would be renaming the Fox branded channels in Latin America to Star on February 22, 2021.[2][3]
On January 10, 2022, it was announced that the Latin American version of Star Life will shut down on March 31 along with the Latin American versions of Disney XD, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Kids and FXM and the Brazilian version of Disney Junior. In that country, Star Life is expected to be replaced with a local version of Cinecanal.[4]
Programming[]
In Latin America, the channel aired soaps. It aired Telefe and Record soap operas from Brazil and Argentina, respectively. Currently, the channel features mostly cooking shows and reality series on the Latin American service. When the current format was launched, it was with the exception of Brazil, where the channel aired, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., content from Utilisima and original shows for the local audience, as Bem Simples, and, from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m., reality series seen on the Fox Life service elsewhere in the region (most non-original cooking shows are not seen on the Brazilian service since the rights are held by GNT). On February 28, 2011, with the launch of the Bem Simples channel in Brazil, all Bem Simples/Utilisima content moved to that channel.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Nueva FOX Life (ex Utilísima) se verá a partir del 4 de noviembre". www.produ.com (in Spanish). October 29, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Roger (November 27, 2020). "Disney Renaming Fox Channels In Latin America To Star | What's On Disney Plus".
- ^ ""Star" Será La Nueva Marca Que Define Las Propuestas de Entretenimiento General de The Walt Disney Company en América Latina". disneylapresspack.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ 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). Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Fox to Launch Fox Life New Channel for us Hispanics". Fox News. November 2, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
External links[]
- Fox Life
- Television channels and stations established in 2005
- Disney television networks
- Latin American media
- Spanish-language television stations
- Portuguese-language television stations in Brazil
- Star Life (Latin America)
- The Walt Disney Company Latin America
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2022