STAR Chinese Channel
Launched	October 21 1991
Owned by	STAR TV
Country	Republic of China
Website	Official Site
Availability
Satellite
DISH Network	STAR Chinese Channel (STARC) Channel 719
Cable
Taiwan CATV	Channel 31
Singapore StarHub TV	Channel 46
Vietnam Vietbao TV	Channel 80
United States KylinTV	Channel ??
United States Gek TV	Channel ??

STAR Chinese Channel is the Mandarin general entertainment channel in Taiwan. Its programming features drama, news, lifestyle, and talk shows in Mandarin.

History

STAR Chinese Channel was launched in 1991, one of the five original channels of STAR TV. This channel formerly reached the Chinese communities across Asia. Several reformats transform this channel from being analog to a digitally encrypted channel through subscription. Today the channel is limited to viewers in Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam. Today STAR Chinese Channel has two feeds namely STAR Chinese Channel Taiwan and STAR Chinese Channel International (For viewers outside Taiwan). Aside from this channel, There are two different content of STAR Chinese Channels. The first one is Phoenix Chinese Channel, a 24-hour Mandarin entertainment and news channel owned by Phoenix and STAR TV itself, and the other one is Xing Kong another STAR TV general Mandarin entertainment channel for viewers outside Taiwan.

Operating Channels

• STAR Chinese Channel Taiwan
• STAR Chinese Channel International

Press Release

• STAR Debuts Mandarin-language Channels in North America on KyLinTV
• KyLinTV features STAR Chinese Channel

External links

• STAR Chinese Channel Official Site
• STAR Chinese Channel US 1 (Kylin TV)
• STAR Chinese Channel US 2 (GekTV)

v â€¢ d â€¢ e Television in the Republic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan Television TTV • TTV Family • TTV Finance China Television CTV • CTV News Channel • CTV MyLife Chinese Television System CTS • CTS Education and Culture • CTS Recreation • CTS News Channel Formosa TV FTV • FTV News • Follow Me TV Public Television Service TV3 • Dimo TV • HiHD Cable Networks Sanlih E-Television • Gala Television • Era Television • TVBS • Chung T'ien Television • Eastern Television • Videoland Television Network • STAR TV • Taiwan Broadcasting System • MTV Mandarin

v â€¢ d â€¢ e Chinese language television in North America The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese  Canada Fairchild TV • Talentvision • Omni BC (Vancouver) • Omni Edmonton (Edmonton) • Omni Calgary (Calgary) • Omni.2 (Toronto) • CJNT (Montreal) • Shaw Multicultural Channel (Vancouver)  United States NTDTV (New York / Los Angeles) • SinoVision (New York) • KBTV-CA (Sacramento) • KCNS (San Francisco) • KMTP (San Francisco) • KJLA (Los Angeles) • KRCA (Los Angeles) • KSCI / KUAN (Los Angeles / San Diego) • KTSF (San Francisco) • KVMD (Los Angeles) • KXLA (Los Angeles) • TVB Jadeworld (USA) • Phoenix North America Chinese Channel • STAR Chinese Channel • STAR Chinese Movies 2 • Channel V Taiwan

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