Star Life (India)

For the successor of the erstwhile History Channel in India, see History TV18.



2003–2008	2008–2011	May–July 2011	July–October 2011


2011–2014	2014–2018	2018–2024	2024–2025

Star Life is an Indian food and lifestyle channel owned by Disney Star. It was launched on 30 November 2003 as The History Channel, Then rebranded to Fox History & Entertainment in 2008. Its focus moved from informational programming to lifestyle and food as it rebranded two times in 2011—first to Fox History & Traveller and Fox Traveller, before the name Fox Life was adopted in 2014 and then renamed to current name in 2024.

Until 2024, Fox Life was the only Fox-branded channel in the country after Fox Crime, Fox Action Movies and FX all shut down. Its main competitors are TLC, NDTV Good Times, FYI TV18, Travelxp and Living Foodz.

The History Channel[]

2003–2008[]

The History Channel was launched by Star on 30 November 2003, as a partnership with National Geographic.

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Fox History & Entertainment[]

2008–2011[]

The History Channel was renamed to Fox History & Entertainment on 22 November 2008, therefore temporarily ending the History brand in India before it returned in October 2011 as History TV18.

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Fox History & Traveller[]

May–July 2011[]

Fox History & Entertainment was renamed to Fox History & Traveller on 17 May 2011 as it began showing more travel and lifestyle-related shows. The logo was largely the same as its predecessor.

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July–October 2011[]

The logo was changed yet again on 15 July 2011 to highlight the channel’s near-total transition to food, travel, and lifestyle shows. The word ‘History’ was greatly diminished, as was that genre’s importance.

Fox Traveller[]

2011–2014[]

Barely a few months after its renaming to Fox History & Traveller, the channel was renamed again to Fox Traveller on 30 October 2011 to make it clear that it would henceforth be exclusively a lifestyle channel. This came a few weeks after History returned to India as History TV18.

A high-definition feed was launched on 15 October 2012, shortly before the channel’s first anniversary.

Fox Life[]

2014–2018[]

Fox Traveller underwent yet another renaming to Fox Life on 15 June 2014 to match its international counterparts.

2018–2024[]

On 26 February 2018, Fox Life India adopted the logo and on-air graphics of the Asian Fox Life, which had rebranded from Star World on 1 October 2017. An India-specific slogan, Never stop, was introduced.

In Asia, Fox Life is a women’s interest entertainment channel, as against the Indian lifestyle-oriented channel.

Star Life[]

2024–2025[]

Designer:

Unknown

Typography:

Averta PE

Launched:

April 13, 2024

On March 6, 2024, it was announced that the channel would be rebranded as Star Life on April 13.Due to repeated and lacking new shows,the channel closed on March 15, 2025 after 11 months rebranding.

NAME CHANGE OF CHANNELS “FOX LIFE” TO “STAR LIFE” AND “FOX LIFE HD” TO “STAR LIFE HD” - Disney Star (Archive)

Star Life (India)

Star Sports 2 Tamil (HD)

Star Sports 2 Telugu (HD)

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Disney Star

Part of Viacom18 (TV18/Reliance Industries Limited) and Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

Regional-language TV channels:
Entertainment channels: Tamil: Star Vijay ^HD | Telugu: Star Maa ^HD | Kannada: Star Suvarna ^HD | Malayalam: Asianet ^HD and Asianet Plus | Bengali: Star Jalsha ^HD | Marathi: Star Pravah ^HD | Odia: Star Kiran
Movie channels: Tamil: Vijay Super ^HD and Vijay Takkar | Telugu: Star Maa Movies ^HD and Star Maa Gold | Kannada: Star Suvarna Plus | Malayalam: Asianet Movies ^HD | Bengali: Jalsha Movies ^HD | Marathi: Pravah Picture ^HD
Music channels: Telugu: Star Maa Music

International channels:
United Kingdom and Europe: Utsav Plus | Utsav Gold | Utsav Bharat
Middle East and Southeast Asia: Vijay TV | Asianet Middle East
Africa: Star Life | Star Select

Former channels and properties:
Video-on-demand service: Star Player
Indian channels:
Defunct: General Entertainment: Life OK ^HD, Star One, Star World ^HD, Star World Premiere HD, FX ^HD and Fox Crime | Sports: Star Sports 1 Bangla, Star Sports 1 Marathi, Star Sports 4 ^HD, Star Sports First, ESPN ^HD, ESPN Star Sports and Star Sports 4K | Movies: Movies OK, Star Movies Action, UTV World Movies¹, UTV Action Telugu¹, UTV Movies¹, UTV Action¹, UMP Movies¹, Star Gold 4K and UTV HD¹ | Music: Channel V, Bindass Play¹ and Vijay Music | Youth: UTV Stars and Bindass | Infotainment: Nat Geo Tamil, Nat Geo Telugu and The History Channel | Lifestyle: Star Life ^HD and Fox Life ^HD | Kids: Jetix, Disney XD and Marvel HQ | Star Sports Premium Service HD
Divested: News network³ (Star News | Star Ananda | Star Majha) | Star CJ Alive⁴ | MTV (India)⁵ | Bloomberg UTV/UTVi¹
International channels discontinued in India: Nat Geo Music ^HD | Nat Geo People ^HD | BabyTV ^HD
Unlaunched: Star Sports 1 Gujarati | Star Sports 1 Malayalam | Jalsha Josh | Star Gold Comedy | Star Movies Premiere ^HD | Star Movies Kids ^HD

Notes

¹	Originally owned, sold or discontinued by The Walt Disney Company India before its acquisition of Star.
²	Joint venture with Tata Group.
³	Sold to ABP Group.
⁴	Sold to CJ ENM.
⁵	Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V and Channel V India.
⁶	Sold to China Media Capital.
⁷	Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁸	Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Defunct since 1 October 2021.
⁹	Relaunched as Pinoy Box Office, later known as PBO.

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The Walt Disney Company

Predecessors:

Laugh-O-Gram Studios | 21st Century Fox | Capital Cities/ABC Inc. | News Corporation

U.S. television networks:
Disney Branded Television: Disney Channel (Saturday Morning) | Disney XD | Disney Jr. (Mickey Mornings)
ABC Entertainment: ABC (News (Live))
ABC Family Worldwide: Freeform
FX Networks: FX | FXM | FXX
National Geographic Global Networks:⁵ National Geographic | National Geographic Wild | Nat Geo Mundo

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American Broadcasting Company

Part of The Walt Disney Company

Predecessor companies
American Broadcasting Companies | Capital Cities/ABC

United States broadcast television
ABC (HD) | ABC News | Localish

Radio networks
ABC Audio | ABC News Now | ABC News Radio

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ABC Radio, Inc.

Note: All stations listed by market size -- largest to smallest -- with call letters at the time they were sold.

Notes

¹	WFDF was originally in the Flint radio market before moving to Farmington Hills in the Detroit radio market in 2006. As a result of the station's move to Detroit, WFRO in the Toledo market as well as another station in Northern Michigan (also on 900) were taken off the air to allow WFDF to increase its broadcast power.
²	Disney/ABC never owned the station, but operated it under a Local Marketing Agreement. Birach Broadcasting has since taken complete, outright control of the station.
³	These stations are either silent or completely off the air at this time.
⁴	WGVX also simulcasts on 105.3 and 105.7.

Television production
ABC News Studios | ABC Signature

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ABC News

Part of ABC (The Walt Disney Company)

Special programming
ABC News Special Report

Television production
ABC News Studios

Affiliate news-sharing video service
ABC News One

Live-streaming networks
ABC News Live

Radio networks:
ABC Audio | ABC News Radio | ABC News Now | ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra

Broadcasting assets:
Radio stations
Radio Disney stations: Rádio Disney Brasil⁸ | Radio Disney Peru

Disney XD
Canada¹⁰ | Poland

Other assets:
A+E Global Media⁴ (assets) | Disney Advertising Sales | Disney Educational Productions

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The Walt Disney Company India

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Disney Star

Part of Viacom18 (TV18/Reliance Industries Limited) and Disney India (The Walt Disney Company)

International channels:
United Kingdom and Europe: Utsav Plus | Utsav Gold | Utsav Bharat
Middle East and Southeast Asia: Vijay TV | Asianet Middle East
Africa: Star Life | Star Select

Notes

¹	Originally owned, sold or discontinued by The Walt Disney Company India before its acquisition of Star.
²	Joint venture with Tata Group.
³	Sold to ABP Group.
⁴	Sold to CJ ENM.
⁵	Joint venture between Star and Viacom. Dissolved in 1994 with the launch of Channel V and Channel V India.
⁶	Sold to China Media Capital.
⁷	Sold to Visi Media Asia, which had owned 80% of the channel (Star formerly owned 20%).
⁸	Rebranded from Star to Fox channels in 2017. Defunct since 1 October 2021.
⁹	Relaunched as Pinoy Box Office, later known as PBO.

Other assets:
Disney+ Hotstar

Defunct assets:
UTV Indiagames | UTV Ignition Games | UTV Software Communications | UTV Motion Pictures

Signature Experiences: Disney Cruise Line | Disney Vacation Club | Adventures by Disney | Storyliving by Disney | National Geographic Expeditions

Other assets: Walt Disney Imagineering | Disney Live Entertainment | The Muppets Studio

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ESPN

Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (20%)

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ESPN on ABC

Current programming:

U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

International:
Australia (2) | Brazil (2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6) | Caribbean | Latin America (2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · Extra (Argentina · Ecuador) · Premium (Argentina · Chile)) | Africa (2) | Netherlands (2 · 3 · 4 · Ultra HD)
Canada⁶: The Sports Network (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 4K) | Réseau des sports (2 · Info)
Japan: J Sports (1 · 2 · 3 · 4)

Notes

¹	Operated by BT under license.
²	Also airs on MLB Network.
³	Partnership with TV5 Network Inc. Now known as One Sports.
⁴	Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India.
⁵	Joint-venture with University of Texas at Austin and Learfield.
⁶	Joint-venture with Bell Media.

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Marvel

Part of The Walt Disney Company

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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Created by Marvel Studios

Part of The Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)

Animated series:
Phase Four: What If...? Season 1 | I Am Groot Season 1
Phase Five: I Am Groot Season 2 | What If...? Season 2 | What If...? Season 3
Upcoming: Eyes of Wakanda | Marvel Zombies

Special presentations:
Phase Four: Werewolf by Night | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Upcoming: Untitled Punisher special

Original Marvel Television series⁶:
ABC: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Carter | Inhumans
Netflix⁷: Daredevil | Jessica Jones | Luke Cage | Iron Fist | The Defenders | The Punisher
Hulu/Star: Runaways | Helstrom
Freeform: Cloak & Dagger

Marvel One-Shots⁷:
The Consultant | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer | Item 47 | Agent Carter | All Hail the King

Entities
Stark Industries | Time Variance Authority

Notes

¹	Distributed by Paramount Pictures.
²	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
³	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
⁴	Released on Hulu for a limited time along with release on Disney+.
⁵	Released under the Marvel Spotlight label.
⁶	Produced by the original Marvel Television company, which went defunct in 2019.
⁷	Content migrated to Disney+ in 2022.

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Sony's Spider-Man Universe

Created by Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony)
in association with Marvel

Computer-animated films:²
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Upcoming productions:
Films: Spider-Man: Brand New Day¹ | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse² | Untitled Miles Morales live-action film
Television series: Silk: Spider Society | Spider-Noir

Notes

¹	Produced by Marvel Studios, as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
²	Produced by Sony Pictures Animation.

Other
Marvel Stadium⁶

Notes

¹	Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
²	Distributed by Sony Pictures.
³	Distributed by Universal Pictures.
⁴	Distributed by Netflix.
⁵	Produced by Toei.
⁶	Sponsorship with Australian Football League.

Notes

¹	Disney manages film catalog created for ABC; remainder of library controlled by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
²	Disney manages certain film and television rights, rest of the Saban catalog is currently owned by Hasbro with several titles licensed in Japan to Toei Company.
³	Joint venture with Paramount Pictures.
⁴	Joint venture with Hearst Communications, which owns 20% of ESPN and 50% of A+E Global Media.
⁵	Co-owned with Westinghouse Broadcasting (aka Group W)
⁶	Joint venture with Rádio Holding Participações Ltda.
⁷	Joint venture with Electronic Arts.
⁸	Joint venture with Sky Limited.
⁹	Joint venture with Telefónica.
¹⁰	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹¹	Joint venture with Sky Network Television.
¹²	Joint venture with Global Group.
¹³	Joint venture with Apollo Global Management.
¹⁴	Joint venture with GMA Network Inc.
¹⁵	Joint venture with CJ ENM.
¹⁶	Owned by Televisión Nacional de Chile, but distributed by Disney in Latin America.
¹⁷	Co-owned with NBCUniversal
¹⁸	Co-owned with Paramount Global.
¹⁹	Co-owned with Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland (RTL Group)
²⁰	Joint venture with TV Globo.
²¹	Sold to Paramount International Networks.
²²	Co-owned with TDC Group.
²³	Acquired by its subsidiary Disney Interactive.
²⁴	Sold to Nordic Entertainment Group.
²⁵	Owned by the Oriental Land Company under license from Disney.
²⁶	Co-owned with Arnon Milchan.
²⁷	Owned by WildBrain.
²⁸	Co-owned with Moby Group.
²⁹	Owned by Banijay Entertainment.
³⁰	Owned by Lantern Entertainment.
³¹	Owned by Miral under license from Disney.
³²	Joint venture with TelevisaUnivision

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A+E Global Media

Co-owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company

NOTE: Except for European markets which fully owned by Hearst (and its respective partners) since 2019.

Canada:
Crime + Investigation | Lifetime | History | Historia | History 2

United Kingdom & Ireland:⁴
Blaze | Crime + Investigation | Sky History | Sky History2

Italy:
History | Sky Crime⁴

Romania:
History | Crime + Investigation

Hungary:
History | Crime + Investigation

India:⁵
History TV18

Asia
Lifetime | History | Crime + Investigation

Japan
History

Israel
History

Others:
A&E Studios | A&E IndieFilms | Lifetime Films | History Films | The History Channel Iberia

Notes

¹	Joint venture with Vice Media.
²	Joint venture with Ole Communications.
³	Joint venture with Sony Pictures Television.
⁴	Joint venture with Sky Group.
⁵	Joint venture with TV18.
⁶	Joint venture with Foxtel Group.
⁷	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁸	Joint venture with AMC Networks International Southern Europe.