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| Country | Latin America |
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| Broadcast area | Latin America The Caribbean |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Spanish Portuguese English (as an optional audio track) |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9480i/576i for theSDTV feed) |
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| History | |
| Launched | 1 October 2005; 20 years ago (2005-10-01); as Fox Life 22 February 2021; 4 years ago (2021-02-22); as Star Life |
| Closed | April 1, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-04-01) |
| Replaced by | Cinecanal (Brazil only) |
| Former names | Utilisima (1996–2013) Fox Life (2005–2021) |
Star Life (formerly known asFox Life) was apay television network inLatin America, launched by theFox Networks Group in 2005. The network's scheduling varied with each version, ranging from traditional entertainment programming, includingtelevision series, sitcoms and films.
Star Life was operated by Disney Media Networks Latin America andThe Walt Disney Company Latin America, both of which are owned byThe Walt Disney Company.
During the first years of the launch, Fox Life had a varied programming grid that consisted of soap operas, comedies, dramas, films and cooking shows, which was considered the counterpart of theFX channel with aim of attracting a female audience.
On November 4, 2013, the channel was relaunched by merging it with the Utilísima channel, orienting the programming to the lifestyle with 70% original production and 30% acquired.[1]
By then, the channel's programming was made up of series and films aimed at young and adult audiences, with productions that stood out in the leading roles.
On November 27, 2020, Disney announced that they would be renaming the Fox branded channels inLatin America to Star on February 22, 2021.[2][3]
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 region. A domestic version ofCinecanal was its direct replacement in Brazil.[4]
In Latin America, the channel aired soaps. It airedTelefe andRecord soap operas from Brazil and Argentina, respectively. The channel also featured mostly cooking shows and reality series on the Latin American service. When the current format was launched, it was with the exception of Brazil, where the channel aired, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., content fromUtilisima and original shows for the local audience, asBem Simples, and, from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m., reality series seen on the Fox Life service elsewhere in the region (most non-original cooking shows are not seen on the Brazilian service since the rights are held byGNT). On February 28, 2011, with the launch of theBem Simples channel in Brazil, allBem Simples/Utilisima content moved to that channel.[5]