5Star

This article is about the British television channel. For other uses, see Five star.

5Star

Logo used since 2019
Country	United Kingdom
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	576i SDTV
Timeshift service	5Star +1
Ownership
Owner	Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited
Parent	Paramount Networks UK & Australia
Sister channels	5Action 5Select 5USA Channel 5 MTV MTV Music MTV Hits MTV 80s MTV 90s MTV Live HD Comedy Central Comedy Central Extra Nickelodeon Nicktoons Nick Jr. Nick Jr. Too
History
Launched	15 October 2006 (2006-10-15)
Former names	Five Life (2006–08) Fiver (2008–11) 5* (2011–16)
Links
Website	channel5.com/5star
Availability
Terrestrial
See separate section
Streaming media
See separate section

5Star (stylized as 5STAR) is a British free-to-air television channel owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global, which is grouped under Paramount Networks UK & Australia division. It originally launched as the female-orientated Five Life on 15 October 2006, and was relaunched as Fiver on 28 April 2008 with a revised version of the same concept. The channel later re-branded as 5star on 7 March 2011, and later to its current name on 11 February 2016. The network focuses on documentaries, comedy and drama, with a range of original content such as Rich Kids Go Skint and Young, Dumb & Banged Up in the Sun, along with some American and Australian imports.

Availability

Cable

• Virgin Media UK: Channel 126 (SD) and Channel 326 (+1)

IPTV

• Sky Glass UK: Channel 128

Online

• TVPlayer UK: Watch live

Satellite

• Freesat UK: Channel 131 (SD) and Channel 141 (+1)
• Sky UK: Channel 128 (SD) and Channel 228 (+1)

Terrestrial

• Freeview UK: Channel 32

Ratings

The launch of Five Life was at the time ranked as the worst received multichannel launch for a terrestrial broadcaster, only managing to achieve a primetime share of 0.21%. Following the channel's relaunch as Fiver in 2008, the all-day share for the channel has been between 0.5–0.6%. The highest rated series airing on the channel are Home & Away, Neighbours and the weeknight showings of primetime movies. The highest rating for the channel is held by Big Brother: Live from the House, when it received just over one million viewers and an audience share of over five percent in 2013.

Notes

• ^1 Several documentary series shared with Channel 5 air on 5Star. However, the titles that come to 5Star change too sporadically to pinpoint what specifically airs first-run or second-run to the channel.

Former logos

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Five Life logo
(15 October 2006 – 27 April 2008)

Fiver (Five) logo 2008.png

First Fiver logo
(28 April – 6 October 2008)

Fiver logo.svg

Final Fiver logo
(7 October 2008 – 7 March 2011)

Channel 5 Star.svg

5* logo
(7 March 2011 – 11 February 2016)

5Star logo.png

5Star logo
(11 February 2016 – 1 September 2019)

External links

• Template:Channel5.com

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