Star Life is an internationalpay television network, owned byDisney Entertainment, a division ofThe Walt Disney Company, as a replacement toFox Life. The network has been discontinued in Latin America, and is currently active in the Middle East, Portugal, Bulgaria, India, South Africa, and Balkans.
The network's scheduling has varied with each version, ranging from traditional entertainment programming, including television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, original programming in certain regions, and instructional and aspirational reality television on some other variations.
Star Life was originally launched inSouth Africa in August 2018 byStar India to showcase programming from their library which included series, films, and variety programming.[5]
On 27 November 2020, Disney announced that they would be renaming the Fox branded channels in Latin America toStar Life on 22 February 2021.[8][9]
On January 10, 2022, it was announced that the Latin American version of Star Life would be shut down on March 31 along with several other networks in the regions with the Brazilian version of the channel being replaced withCinecanal.[10]
On June 7, 2023, Disney announced that the Fox channels in Bulgaria and Balkans (includingFox Crime,Fox Life andFox Movies) would be rebranded to have the "Star" name instead with the brand being revived after Disney extinguished the brand year prior with Star Channel, Star Crime and Star Life being rebranded on October 1, 2023.[1][2][11]
On March 1, 2024, Fox Life was rebranded as Star Life in the Middle East.[17] It closed on November 1, 2024.[4]
On March 14, 2024, Disney announced that Fox Life would be rebranded as Star Life inIndia on April 13, 2024.[18] However, the channel got shut down on March 15, 2025.[19]
