STAR Chinese Channel

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name = STAR Chinese Channel
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launch = 1992
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owner = STAR TV
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country = flagcountry|TWN
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web = [http://www.startv.com.tw/chs/index.asp Official Site]
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sat serv 1 = DISH Network
sat chan 1 = STAR Chinese Channel (STARC) Channel 719
cable serv 1 = TWN CATV
cable chan 1 = Channel 31
cable serv 2 = SIN StarHub CableTV
cable chan 2 = Channel 46
cable serv 3 = VIE Vietbao CATV
cable chan 3 = Channel 80
cable serv 4 = USA KylinTV
cable chan 4 = Channel ??
cable serv 5 = USA Gek TV
cable chan 5 = Channel ??
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STAR Chinese Channel is the Mandarin general entertainment channel in Taiwan. Its programing features drama, news, lifestyle, and talk shows in Mandarin.

History

STAR Chinese Channel was launched in 1991, one of the five original channels of STAR TV. This channel formerly reached the Chinese communities across Asia. Several reformats transform this channel from being analog to a digitally encrypted channel through subscription. Today the channel is limited to viewers in Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam. Today STAR Chinese Channel has two feeds namely STAR Chinese Channel Taiwan and STAR Chinese Channel International (For viewers outside Taiwan). Aside from this channel, There are two different content of STAR Chinese Channels. The first one is Phoenix Chinese Channel, a 24-hour Mandarin entertainment and news channel owned by Phoenix and STAR TV itself, and the other one is Xing Kong another STAR TV general Mandarin entertainment channel for viewers outside Taiwan.

Operating Channels

*" STAR Chinese Channel Taiwan"
*"STAR Chinese Channel Singapore"

Press Release

* [http://www.startv.com/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?seq=3403 STAR Debuts Mandarin-language Channels in North America on KyLinTV]
* [http://www.kylintv.com/NowPlaying/channels2.asp?name=starchnch KyLinTV features STAR Chinese Channel]

External links

* [http://www.startv.com.tw/chs/index.asp STAR Chinese Channel Offcial Site]
* [http://www.kylintv.com/NowPlaying/channels2.asp?name=starchnch STAR Chinese Channel US 1] (Kylin TV)
* [http://www.gektv.com/en/channel_program14_en.htm STAR Chinese Channel US 2] (GekTV)