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StarHub TV Singapore

StarHub Cable Vision Limited is the sole cable television operator in Singapore. A subsidiary of StarHub Limited, when StarHub acquired Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) in 2002, and now assumes ownership over the S$600 million broadband infrastructure built across the country by September 1999.

The company offers cable television services via the cable network which has been in operation since June 1995, but now under the name StarHub TV. It also provides this service via a wireless network, the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV) system.

The history of cable TV in Singapore started in June 1995 when the then Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) was licensed to establish a nationwide broadband cable network to provide pay-TV services. SCV also had the unprecedented responsibility of delivering terrestrial free-to-air (FTA) channels to Singapore households via its cable points, free-of-charge to viewers.

In September 1999, SCV completed the construction of its S$600 million network, and in recognition of its nationwide cabling effort, SCV was granted exclusivity in the provision of pay-TV services until June 2002. As the nation developed, Singaporeans began to embrace pay-TV as an additional source of lifestyle entertainment, in addition to other entertainment sources such as cinemas, Internet and DVD/VCD purchase/rentals.

In July 2002, StarHub completed its merger with Singapore Cable Vision, which was renamed StarHub Cable Vision.^[1][2]

On 19 September 2008, StarHub Digital Cable was rebranded as StarHub TV.^[3]

From 4 July 2009 onwards, StarHub TV would be entering to Full Digital Mode which means all Analogue transmission would cease operation.

From mid 2010, StarHub TV will no longer broadcast the Barclays English Premier League for the 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 seasons as it did not procure the rights to do so. It's carriage of ESPN (Channel 23), STAR SPORTS (Channel 24) and STAR Cricket (Channel 110) will also cease at the same time.

List of channels by StarHub TV

StarHub TV offers more than 100 over channels to choose from, special features, functions and services for their digital cable television subscription.

Complimentary Channels

Free To Air Channels:

• 002 - MediaCorp Channel 5
• 003 - MediaCorp Channel 8
• 004 - MediaCorp Suria
• 005 - MediaCorp Vasantham
• 006 - MediaCorp Channel NewsAsia
• 007 - MediaCorp Channel U
• 008 - MediaCorp okto
• 039 - TV1
• 300 - MediaCorp HD5

Complimentary International Channels:

• 045 - Deutsche Welle
• 160 - TVRI
• 170 - Australia Network
• 172 - Arirang TV
• 173 - KBS World
• 174 - RT

Complimentary StarHub Channels:

• 001 - Preview Channel
• 096 - Granada TV (Free preview is valid until 31 May 2010)
• 122 - SuperSports Arena
• 800 - Interactive TV

Basic

Education:

• 009 - History
• 010 - Animal Planet
• 011 - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
• 012 - Discovery Channel
• 016 - Discovery Travel & Living
• 074 - BBC Knowledge
• 077 - NAT GEO WILD

World News:

• 013 - BBC World News
• 014 - CNN International
• 015 - CNBC
• 025 - Bloomberg Television
• 097 - CCTV-9

Entertainment:

• 017 - Hallmark Channel
• 018 - STAR WORLD
• 019 - AXN
• 020 - MTV Southeast Asia
• 132 - FOX

Kids:

• 032 - Nickelodeon
• 033 - Disney Channel
• 034 - Playhouse Disney
• 035 - Cartoon Network

Chinese Entertainment:

• 046 - STAR CHINESE CHANNEL
• 049 - TVBS-NEWS
• 053 - TVB8
• 056 - E City
• 256 - E City (+2) (timeshift channel of E City, broadcasting 2 hours later.)
• E-City On Demand

Chinese Infotainment:

• 050 - Phoenix Chinese Channel
• 051 - MTV China
• 052 - CTI TV
• 054 - TVBS Asia

Lifestyle:

• 069 - Asian Food Channel
• 070 - Discovery Home & Health
• 071 - Discovery Science
• 072 - Discovery Turbo
• 080 - E! Entertainment
• 095 - Bio.

Basic Upsize

Kids:

• 031 - CBeebies
• 036 - Boomerang
• 038 - JimJam

Lifestyle:

• 065 - Turner Classic Movies
• 076 - BBC Entertainment
• 081 - The Style Network
• 082 - MGM
• 083 - BBC Lifestyle
• 087 - FX

Education:

• 073 - NAT GEO ADVENTURE
• 078 - CI
• 131 - NAT GEO MUSIC

Entertainment:

• 084 - Animax
• 085 - Channel [V] International
• 086 - FOX CRIME
• 098 - Sci Fi
• 099 - Universal Channel
• 100 - AXN Beyond

World News:

• 075 - Fox News Channel
• 092 - SKY NEWS
• 093 - HLN

Chinese Infotainment:

• 101 - Channel [V] China
• 102 - Channel [V] Taiwan
• 104 - Asia Travel
• 105 - Xing Kong
• 106 - Phoenix InfoNews Channel

Chinese Entertainment:

• 057 - JET TV
• 103 - TTV World
• 107 - TVB Xing He
• 108 - TVB Classic
• 175 - tvN

Add-On

Sports:

• 021 - SuperSports Plus
• 022 - SuperSports
• 023 - ESPN
• 024 - STAR SPORTS
• 026 - Golf Channel
• 027 - Football Channel
• 113 - Eurosport
• 114 - Eurosportnews
• 115 - Goal TV 1
• 116 - Goal TV 2
• 118 - FC 1
• 119 - FC 2
• 120 - FC 3
• 121 - FC 4
• 304 - Sports HD
• BPL On Demand
• WWE Series On Demand

All Sports Network Pack:

• 117 - All Sports Network
• 305 - All Sports Network HD

Cricket:

• 109 - NEO Cricket
• 110 - STAR Cricket
• 111 - Cricket Extra

Horse Racing:

• 088, 089 - Horse Racing

Chinese:

• 047 - CCTV-4
• 048 - TVBJ
• 055 - VV Drama
• 255 - VV Drama (+3) (timeshift channel of VV Drama, broadcasting 3 hours later)
• TVBJ On Demand
• VV Drama On Demand

Asia:

• 028 - STAR VIJAY
• 029 - Sun TV
• 030 - Vannathirai
• 040 - Sensasi
• 041 - STAR PLUS
• 042 - STAR GOLD
• 090 - Zee TV
• 091 - Sony Entertainment Television
• 094 - Asianet
• 150 - Zee Cinema
• 161 - MNC The Indonesian Channel

Movies:

• 058 - STAR MOVIES
• 059 - MAX
• 060 - HBO
• 061 - Celestial Movies
• 062 - STAR CHINESE MOVIES
• 064 - Celestial Classic Movies

STAR CHINESE MOVIES Pack:

• 062 - STAR CHINESE MOVIES
• 063 - STAR CHINESE MOVIES 2

THE HBO PAK:

• 060 - HBO
• 066 - HBO Signature
• 067 - HBO HiTS
• 068 - HBO Family
• 602 - HBO HD
• HBO On Demand

Specialty:

• 037 - BabyTV
• 079 - Fashion TV
• 401 - Playin' TV

International:

• 043 - NHK World Premium
• 044 - TV5 Monde Asie
• 171 - The Filipino Channel

HD Add-On

Education HD:

• 301 - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL HD
• 302 - Discovery HD
• 303 - History HD

On Demand Add-On

• Disney Channel @ Play
• Ruyi Hokkien Channel On Demand
• KaraOK! (Ch 888)

Video-On-Demand (StarHub Demand TV)

• On-Demand video/movie screening from Demand TV (VOD) portal

Former channels

• 007/017 - Turner Network Television (removed in the late 1990s)
• 007 - SportsCity, later renamed CityTV (ceased transmission in 2002 by MediaCorp)
• 008 - SPH MediaWorks Channel i (ceased transmission due to the merger with MediaCorp in 2005)
• 034 - Eureka Learning Channel (ceased transmission in early 2000s, now replaced with Playhouse Disney)
• 049 - Asia Plus (removed in 2008, now replaced with TVBS-NEWS)
• 051 - MTV Mandarin (removed in August 2008, now replaced with MTV China)
• 059 - HBO Asia (Without Chinese subtitles, replaced with MAX in the late 1990s)
• 081 - Soundtrack Channel (removed in 2008)
• 083 - Zone Reality (removed in July 2008)
• 104 - ETTV Asia (removed in 2008)
• 303 - HD Showcase (removed in August 2008, now replaced with The History Channel HD)
• 402 - HubTV (ceased transmission on 4th January 2010)

Services & Features

• Games on Playin'TV/FunZone (All set-top boxes)
• Demand TV (HubStation and all other set-top boxes if connected to StarHub Maxonline via cable modem)
• Smart TV (Program or Series Recording Features) (HubStation)
• Free SurfLite 1000 (Download: 1 Mbit/s Upload: 256kbit/s) (HubStation)
• Digital Voice Service (HubStation + Integrated Access Device (IAD))
• iMail (Email) (HubStation)
• Chat/SMS (HubStation)
• Program Start Over Controlling (Hubstation)
• Ability to subscribe channels via "Blue" button (Hubstation)
• KaraOK! Channel 888 (Hubstation and Hubstation HD)

Types and Prices(inc. of GST) of Set-top Boxes

• Analogue [Model: IDPBB, CT-1900] - No longer in use
• Digital [Model: ABQ-1H57-SCV, DCI155HB, SCV-2110C] - Main box w/GST: S$4.28/month, if used as additional box w/GST: S$12.84/month
• High Definition (HD) [Model: SCV-3800C] - Main box w/GST: S$6.42/month, if used as additional box w/GST: S$14.98/month
• HubStation (DVR/Smart TV) [Model: DCI62SHB] - Main box w/GST: S$8.56/month, if used as additional box w/GST: S$17.12/month
• HubStation HD (HD DVR/Smart TV) [Model: DC182SHB] - Main box w/GST: $14.98/month, if used as additional box w/GST: S$23.54/month

The first set-top boxes were produced by Jerrold Communications from 1995 to 1998; after the Jerrold name went out of use, and following its subsequent acquisation by Motorola, the subsequent set-top boxes were produced by Motorola from 1998 to 2004. During that period, a second design was introduced, which is also seen in the commercial announcing the end of analogue cable transmission on 30 June 2009. The Digital, HD, Hubstation & Hubstation HD set-top boxes were made by Advanced Digital Broadcast and Thomson SA.

Smart Card

The smart card that StarHub TV provides are the Nagravision ones. It is given to all digital based set-top boxes. The digital, HD, Hubstation and Hubstation HD uses the same type of card. It is black on the top showing the StarHub's logo and name, and at the back, the card is white and has a golden chip that stores the subscriber's information and channels they subscribe to and there is a message saying, "do not remove the smart card from the set top box's slot to avoid service disruption".

References

External links

• StarHub TV's official website