Channel – a 24-hour American international news channel and it was launched on 7 October 1996. Sky News – a British international news channel available on Europe and Asia Pacific. ITV Granada – a 24-hour British entertainment from ITV plc now only available on Star Select in the Middle East, dropped from the line-up in the rest of Asia in 2002. It was formerly known as Granada UKTV and Granada TV. ESPN Star Sports – a 24-hour sports channel with broadcast by ESPN Star Sports (ESS) a joint venture with ESPN International. ESPNews Asia – a 24-hour sports news channel. Asianet – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel and was launched on 30 August 1993. Asianet Plus – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 23 July 2005. Asianet Movies – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 15 July 2012. Star World Asia – a 24-hour English entertainment channel with to Southeast Asia and one of the five original Star TV channels when it launched on 15 December 1991 as "Star Plus" and re-launched on 31 March 1996 as "Star World". Star Vijay – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 24 November 1994. Star Gold – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 17 September 2000. Star Maa – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched in 2002. Star Utsav – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 7 June 2004. Star Suvarna – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 17 June 2007. Star Jalsha – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 8 September 2008. Star Pravah – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 24 November 2008. Movies OK – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 6 May 2012. Star World Premiere – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel that aired popular shows from the United States and was launched on 24 September 2013. Star Suvarna Plus – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 14 August 2013. Star Jalsha Movies – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel and was launched on 24 September 2013. Criticism and controversy Removal of BBC WSTV from line-up The BBC and Star TV originally signed a deal that the Hong Kong operator would carry the BBC channel for 10 years. But in March 1994, the BBC and Star TV reached