Star Comedy (Euro Republics)

Spark Comedy is a television channel in the Euro Republics that broadcasts comedic content, including sitcoms, movies, stand up, and sketch shows.

History
Britvision 2 launched in 1998 to complement the main Britvision network. The channel would show series from the main channel at different times. In 2009, it became a channel which aimed at drama, but began offering a wider mix of shows in 2015. In Febuary 2018, it was announced that they would close their two lowest rated channels, TripleSpark and Britvision 2, a vote was held in March and in May it was announced that the two channels would become animation-based and comedy-based respectively, the new channels were to go under the names of Spark Animation and Spark Comedy. It would show all things comedy. It would also include new episodes of HBO and Showtime comedies. As part of this, Spark Comedy would sit on 109 (former Britvision) after Spark Animation, while Britvision would go to 110, the former slot of Britvision 2. Also, they would air comedy movies from their libary used by the Movie Network Channels, from December 1, 2018, they would also gain the rights for movies by Paramount, Lionsgate and Universal Studios, and soon to get the 20th Century Fox library due to said studio being bought by Disney, who they had the rights for (This meant the previous broadcasters, Showtime, rebranded as SMC, due to only having Sony films from then on. The channel launched on December 1, 2018, alongside sister channel Spark Animation. The first thing to air was a marathon of Friends.