Star World (Centralia)

Star World (formerly known as STAR English Entertainment and STAR Plus) is an Centraliese entertainment  originally launched on 15 December 1991 as STAR English Entertainment (英語エンターテイメント) by Star TV Centralia, in cooperation with CTV Corporation and the original Hong Kong version by the same name as the old iteration of.

The channel's programming line-up mostly consists of entertainment television programmes from the, the and sometimes , , , , ,  (dubbed versions) and El Kadsre to appeal to  locals across the Centraliese archipelago, this version also aired Toggle Originals; for non-English programmes it was dubbed.

STAR English Entertainment/STAR Plus (15th December 1991-30th March 1996)
Star World was first launched on 15 December 1991 as STAR English Entertainment (英語エンターテイメント). It was an  showed,  and  from the , , , , , , , ,  and El Kadsre, with  being the   counterpart operated the channel joint venture with  which uplinked Hindi channel  from Hong Kong and  (known as STAR Chinese Entertainment until the rebrand in 1992) which being a /  counterpart which airs Chinese programming/movies that the main channel never aired. The channel was broadcast across the continent of and the Centraliese archipelago. STAR TV have since regionalised the channel to serve its huge viewerships.

STAR English Entertainment was backed by two major conglomerate  and  including  (formerly known as 20th Century Fox) and  (formerly known as 20th Century Television).

The channel launches at 6pm with a Phillips testcard with the words "STAR TV" on top and the "ENGLISH ENTERTAINMENT" on the bottom, then a Centraliese national anthem, after there are people (including presenters from MTV Asia, news reporters from BBC WSTV, sport hosts from Prime Sports, and the founder of STAR TV Centralia) in Centraliese International Airport announcing viewers welcoming to the STAR TV service and how to receive them, the launch was also simulcasted on CTV One. The first program to be aired on STAR English Entertainment was a simulcast of The Simpsons.

STAR English Entertainment also aired delayed telecasts of from the  with English dubbing and Chinese subtitles while  showed the delayed telecasts of English news programmes. In addition to the general audience, the channel also airs children's programmes during the daytime from 7am to 12pm CET.

On 1st February 1992, STAR English Entertainment (英語エンターテイメント) was officially renamed as STAR Plus (プラス) to provide dual genre (kids at day, dramas, movies and variety at the rest of the day).

In 1993, the channel rebranded to match new channel guidance made by the STAR TV Network (STAR Plus (international variety), MTV (music), Prime Sports (sports), BBC WSTV (news) and STAR Chinese Channel (chinese variety)).

Almost three years later in 1994, STAR Plus officially 'split' its beam, in effect, providing two separate services for different regional audiences within the STAR TV Network footprint. This enables the channel to provide appropriate programming and viewing time for our viewers from different regions in Asia.

On 1 May 1994, All backed by one major  conglomerate  including  (formerly known as 20th Century Fox) was officially moved from Star Plus to Star Movies because due to Star Movies was officially opened. Star Plus will continue to be an.

In 1995, Star Zone was launched across Asia, as the children's programming on the channel was carried over the same name, the Star Zone brand was used as an children's programming block in Centralia on Star Plus.

STAR World (31st March 1996-present)
On 30 March 1996, STAR TV officially split the STAR Plus beam again into two, in effect, providing two separate services for different regional audiences within the STAR TV Network's footprint. This enabled the channel to provide appropriate programming and viewing time for viewers from different regions in Asia.


 * Star Plus would serve viewers in the Southern Beam (India and the Middle East) and the Northern Beam (Singala) from then on.
 * While the Star World channel welcomed those in the Northern Beam (East, Southeast Asia and Centralia).

Following the split, converted Star Plus into  entertainment channel with some English content programming.

The first branding as STAR World was launched from 1996 to 1998, the British-made channel identification for the channel by 3 Ring Circus was made with the voice-over says: "This is the STAR TV Network, and you're watching STAR Plus."

The second programming launched from 1998 to 30 June 2001, the box-type logo is at the left and the words "STAR" and "WORLD" into "STAR WORLD" are in maroon colour. The hourly channel identification by the male voice-over says: "This is the STAR TV Network, across Asia and the Middle East, you're watching STAR World."

STAR TV's partnership with ended on 30 June 2000, due to the latter STAR Plus channel has full Hindi programming, resulted the new Star World channel launched as English entertainment replacement on 1 July 2000 for India and the Middle East.

In 2000, the Star Zone brand in Centralia was discontinued due to the STAR World channel have to 'upgrade their ratings for more programming'.

From 1 July 2001 to 30 April 2005, the station identification said: "This is STAR, and you're with STAR World.", the channel name voiceover loops one time.

When the channel was re-launched for the third time in May 2005, the song that was played on their s was "" by.

On 11 December 2006, the song was changed to "" by.

On 15 June 2007, the song was changed to "" by.

On 16 January 2008, the channel was re-launched with its new look. The song was changed to "" by.

On 3 November 2008, Centraliese, Indian, Southeast Asian and Filipino feeds received the new logo and station ID which the Middle East feed was already using few weeks ago.

In 2009, Star World dropped Korean programming in favor of the new service tvN.

In 2010, the channel rebranded with a purple style background with cities blooming to form the STAR World logo, at the time, STAR TV decided to keep the logo until further notice. The channel also supposed to follow the Asian version rebranding, but they keep using the 2008 logo and early-2010 branding until 2012.

In 2012, the channel rebranded, keeping the same logo from 2008 but using the same graphics as the Asian version. The branding lasted until 2014.

In 2014, the channel rebranded for a year with the same graphics used from the Asian version.

In 2015, the channel rebranded with the Indian version. The logo kept until April 1st 2020, which replaced the logo with the same logo as the other Star channels that rebranded the same day. The graphics were also kept until December 31st 2021 at midnight.

On January 1st 2022, the channel rebranded with the newly-relaunched Taiwanese version. The channel used elements from the 2013 version of STAR World Asia. However, the 2020 logo kept as a screenbug.

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