Star World Philippines


Star World Philippines was a 24-hour English language cable and satellite television network owned by STAR TV and Fox Networks Group, fully owned subsidiaries of 21st Century Fox. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. Star World syndicates several popular shows from the United States, United Kingdom and sometimes from Australia to appeal to the English-speaking population of the Philippines.

History

Before STAR World, STAR Plus was STAR's English language entertainment channel which has started its operations on 1 January 1994 and its Indonesia counterpart was Film Indonesia and India was Zee TV. But after STAR ended its partnership with Soraya Intercine FIlms and Zee Telefilm, STAR changed its content from STAR Plus to launched as STAR World which then was known as STAR PLUS International for a brief time.
In the mid-2000s, STAR replaced STAR World's main feed with a Philippine-dedicated feed for Filipino viewers.

Logos

In 2001, STAR World with all the letters in the box in red, then plum color.
On November 3, 2008, STAR World revealed its new logo. The new logo is STAR's corporate logo, and a star-O. This also applied to Star Sports and Star Movies. The 2008 logo is still used in Indian feed.
On November 11, 2010, STAR World once again revealed its new logo. The new logo is a diamond star with the trademark swoosh in magenta and the name of the channel in Bariol font. The new logo is set to be adopted universally on January 1, 2011. Star World is the highest rated female-oriented channel in the Philippines.
On March 1, 2012, the Southeast Asian feed of its HD counterpart was replaced with Philippine feed except for the logo and commercial feed.
On the final quarter of 2012, Star World now puts hashtags for shows in the top-left corner.
On November 9, 2013, Star World revealed its new logo, which is all pink with the trademark swoosh in pink and the name of the channel in the same font.
On March 20, 2017, Star World revealed its new logo, which is all silver in place of its pink logo.

Fox Life era

On October 1, 2017, Star World Philippines was rebranded as FOX Life Philippines.

Programming

Former programming

Sitcom