5Star
5Star (stylized as 5STAR) is a British free-to-air television channel owned by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited,[1] 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 5* 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.[2]
This article is about the British television channel. For other uses, see Five star.Country
United Kingdom
English
5Star +1
15 October 2006
Five Life (2006–08)
Fiver (2008–11)
5* (2011–16)
Ratings[edit]
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%.[53] 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.
Five Life logo
(15 October 2006 – 27 April 2008)
First Fiver logo
(28 April – 6 October 2008)
Final Fiver logo
(7 October 2008 – 7 March 2011)
5* logo
(7 March 2011 – 11 February 2016)
5Star logo
(11 February 2016 – 1 September 2019)
