Star World

Star World

Logo used in the Middle East and North Africa since 2024
Broadcast area	Middle East and North Africa Southeast Asia and Hong Kong (1991–2017) India and South Asia (2000–2023) Taiwan (2001–2020, 2022–2023)
Programming
Language(s)	English
Ownership
Owner	The Walt Disney Company EMEA (Disney Entertainment)
History
Launched	15 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-15) (Star Entertainment) 1 January 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-01) (Taiwan; first incarnation) 1 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-01) (Taiwan; second and final incarnation)
Replaced	Fox Taiwan (relaunch)
Closed	1 October 2017; 6 years ago (2017-10-01) (Southeast Asia and Hong Kong) 1 February 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-01) (Taiwan; first incarnation) 15 March 2023; 16 months ago (2023-03-15) (India) 31 December 2023; 6 months ago (2023-12-31) (Taiwan; second and final incarnation)
Replaced by	Fox Life BBC Lifestyle (Taiwan)
Former names	Star Entertainment (1991–1992) Star Plus (1992–1996)

Star World (formerly known as Star Entertainment and Star Plus, visually rendered in its current logo in all capital letters) is an English language entertainment television channel originally launched on 15 December 1991 by Star TV in Hong Kong as the old iteration of Star Plus. Originally available in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, as well as India and South Asia, since 2024 it is only available in the Middle East and North Africa after the closure of the Indian and Taiwanese feeds.

On 30 March 1996, the channel was split into two, when the former became Star World in East and Southeast Asia part of STAR TV's rebranding, and the latter retained the Star Plus name in India and the Middle East. However, after Star (subsequently acquired by News Corporation) ended its partnership with Zee TV on 30 June 2000, Star Plus was transformed into a Hindi-language channel on 1 July 2000, with Star World being already introduced in the region as an English entertainment replacement.

The channel's programming line-up mostly consists of entertainment television programmes from the United States, the United Kingdom and sometimes Australia and New Zealand to appeal to English-speaking locals.^[1]