Disney Star Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India.
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17 Facts About Star Life
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Disney Star Life generates more than 30,000 hours of content every year.
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Disney Star Life is the largest television and entertainment network in India.
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Star Life TV was founded in 1990 as a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa and Li Ka-Shing.
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In 1990, Star Life TV started with the first 5 channels included Star Life Plus, STAR TV Chinese Channel, Prime Sports, MTV and BBC World Service Television.
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Star Life broadcasting operations were run from Rupert Murdoch's Fox Broadcasting premises.
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In 2009, Star Life India acquired Trivandrum, India based media conglomerate Asianet Communications Limited which served Malayalam language content.
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In 2015, Star Life India acquired broadcast businesses of Maa Television Pvt.
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On 28 August 2017, Star India replaced its Hindi Entertainment channel Life OK with a free-to-air channel Star Bharat.
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On 5 September 2017, Star Life India won the global media rights to broadcast Indian Premier League for 5 years beginning in 2018.
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On 27 August 2018, the channel Star Life was launched in Africa in English language offering the English dubbed Indian Hindi series from the Indian star channels.
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On 4 January 2019, Star Life TV shut down its television operations in USA for the promotion of its digital counterpart, Hotstar.
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On 20 March 2019, Star Life India became a subsidiary of Disney India as the deal was Open.
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In January 2019, Star Life India shut down its linear TV services in South America, United States, North America, and Canada and shifted all services to Hotstar USA.
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