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Country | United Kingdom |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i SDTV |
Timeshift service | 5Star +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited |
Parent | Paramount Networks UK & Australia |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 15 October 2006 |
Former names | Five Life (2006โ08) Fiver (2008โ11) 5* (2011โ16) |
Links | |
Website | channel5 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
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Streaming media | |
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5Star (stylized as 5STAR) is a British free-to-air television channel owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited,[1] a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global, which is grouped under Paramount Networks UK & Australia division. It originally launched as the female-orientated Five Life on 15 October 2006, and was relaunched as Fiver on 28 April 2008 with a revised version of the same concept. The channel later re-branded as 5* on 7 March 2011, and later to its current name on 11 February 2016. The network focuses on documentaries, comedy and drama, with a range of original content such as Rich Kids Go Skint and Young, Dumb & Banged Up in the Sun, along with some American and Australian imports.[2]