Star World Philippines (stylized as StarWorld, formerly stylized in all

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) was a 24-hour

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owned by STAR TV and

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, fully owned subsidiaries of

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. The channel is the successor of

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, a subsidiary of

. Star World

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several popular shows from the

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and sometimes from

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to appeal to the English-speaking population of the

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.STAR World: Feature Channel
retrieved via www.foxinternationalchannels.com 11-13-2010

History

Star World Star World, currently stylized logo-wise in capital letters and formerly known as Star Entertainment Channel and Star Plus respectively, is an Asian English language entertainment television channel originally launched on 15 December 1991 by ...

(then known as 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 ZEE TV also known as Z TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 1 October 1992 as the oldest privately owned television channel in India. History ...

. But after STAR ended its partnership with ''Soraya Intercine Films'' and ''Zee Telefilm'', STAR changed its content from STAR Plus to launch as STAR World on 31 March 1996 which then was known as STAR PLUS International for a brief time (STAR Plus in India was once combine both US and Hindi entertainment until its full transform into a Hindi entertainment channel on 1 July 2000 after its contract with

ended the previous day). In the mid-2000s, STAR replaced Star World's main feed (

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) with a Philippine-dedicated feed for Filipino viewers. Star World Philippines was rebranded as FOX Life Philippines on October 1, 2017. However it was shut down on October 1, 2021.

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