Yes Stars Base
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Launched | December 14, 2008 |
Owned by | yes (Israel's satellite television provider) |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV 4:3) |
Country | Israel |
Formerly called | yes stars 3 (2007-2008) |
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Satellite | |
yes | Channel 16 |
Yes Stars Base (styled as yes stars Base) is an Israeli television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider - yes, which broadcasts American and British TV shows joint with Hot's channel HOT3 before It was moved to Hot Family. The channel aired on December 14, 2008 on channel 15 - as part of the latest television shows' channels re-brand by yes. The channel replaced the former yes stars 3.
On December 2009 the channel moved to channel 16 towards the re-brand of yes stars 2010 channels.
Picture Formats
yes stars Base airs shows in 4 formats:
- Normal (4:3)
- Letterbox (4:3)
- Pan & Scan (4:3)
- Widescreen (16:9)
In order to watch widescreen (16:9) shows on a 4:3 TV, there are 3 options to see the picture:
- 4:3 Letterbox (Widescreen with black bars - Original Aspect Ratio)
- 16:9 (Anamorphic Widescreen)
- 4:3 (Pan & scan)
Choosing the format of the picture is in the digital set-top box setup. The setup does not affect shows which are not broadcasted in Widescreen.
History of the channel
On March 4, 2007, yes replaced the channel Channel 3 of yes - which was actually Channel 3 and has been cancelled on March 3 - with yes stars 3, as part of the re-brand of the foreign TV shows channels and expanding yes stars to 3 channels - yes stars 1, yes stars 2 and yes stars 3.
On March 14, 2008, as part of a new re-brand of the television shows channels on yes, yes stars 3 obtained a new logo.