TPS Star

TPS Star
CountryFrance
Broadcast areaFrance
NetworkTPS
HeadquartersIssy-les-Moulineaux, France
Programming
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerTélévision Par Satellite (2001-2008)
Canal+ Group (2008-2012)
History
Launched19 September 2001; 23 years ago (2001-09-19)
Closed4 May 2012; 12 years ago (2012-05-04)
Links
Websitehttp://www.tpsstar.fr
Availability
Terrestrial
TNTChannel 30

TPS Star was a French general entertainment channel broadcasting movies, sports and sitcoms.

History

It started broadcasting in 2001 as the flagship general channel of TPS satellite platform, competing with Canal+ of the CanalSat platform.[1] It started broadcasting in the TNT digital terrestrial television platform on 3 November 2005 as a pay channel with certain slots broadcast free-to-air. After the merger between TPS and CanalSat in 2007, it also became available on CanalSat.

The channel has shut down on 4 May 2012.[2]

References

  1. ^ "TPS lance une chaîne de cinéma et de football". Les Echos (in French). 28 August 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ "La chaîne TPS Star cesse définitivement d'émettre". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 15 May 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2024.