Disney Star

Background
Disney Star is an Indian TV corporation. It was founded in 1990 by Hutchison Whampoa, which also owned the health and beauty retailer A.S. Watson Group at the time.

1st Logo (1990-1993)
Logo: TBA.

Technique: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Extinct.

2nd Logo (1993-1994)
Logo: We see the earth, then a laser beam appears, and the Star TV logo appears, for the channel variant, we see the Star TV logo and zooms out in a different camera, and then it zooms out to the inner Star.

Variants:


 * Prime Sports: We see the channel variant of the Star TV ident, and the women doing activities, and then the Prime Sports words appear one by one.
 * Star Chinese Channel: We see the channel variant of the Star TV ident, and then there are raindrops, and then a green typhoon symbol and the words "China Satellite TV" appear.
 * Star Plus: We see the channel variant of the Star TV ident, and then stars and ribbons spin and make colors, and form the Star Plus logo.

Technique: TBA.

Music/Sounds: A voiceover saying "You're watching the Star TV Network, serving across 33 (or 53) countries around the region.", the voiceover was also in Chinese. For the channel variant, The same voiceover says "You're watching the Star TV Network, and you are now watching [CHANNEL NAME]". However, like the last line, it was also in Chinese.

Availability: Extinct.

3rd Logo (1994-1995)
Logo: We see an background, and the same star symbol from the last logo appears by zooming in and with the "TV" text. For the channel variant, it shows the last frame from the main variant, but the Star TV logo zooms out and the channel logo at the time fades in, either it cuts or fade to the variants shown below.

Variants:
 * Prime Sports: Same as the 1993 variant but the endcap shows the full Prime Sports logo.
 * Star Chinese Movies: Same as the Star Movies variant.
 * Star Movies: We see the doubled outlined star spinning, while the filmstrip follows it, then the strip rolls, then the Star Movies logo goes up.
 * Star Plus: Same as the 1993 variant.
 * TBA.

Technique: 2D animation for the main logo by Novocom, the designer overtime also designed both NBC Super Channel, TCS Channel 5 and BSkyB idents.

Music/Sounds: Several notes with the twinkling sound few seconds before the logo appears, then the announcer saying "This is the STAR TV Network". For the channel variant, the same announcer saying "This is the STAR TV Network, and you're watching [CHANNEL NAME]".

Availability: Extinct.

4th Logo (1995-1998)
Logo: We see the orange lasers, then the Star TV logo spins, and then it zooms out to the Star TV logo.

Variants:
 * Channel V: We begin with the Star TV logo, then it transitions into a 2D animation, and then a hand holds the "V", and the rest of the logo appears.
 * Star Chinese Channel: We begin with the Star TV logo, then it fades out to the Chinese persons doing karate, and then the Star forms the Star Chinese Channel logo.
 * Star Movies: We begin with the Star TV logo, then the "TV" in the Star disappears and the Star is spinning, then it fades into the background of movies in orange tint, the Star Movies logo (the same as the Star TV Network logos, but below is replaced with MOVIES) appears.
 * Before action movies, the ident goes normal, until the Star Movies logo transitions into a structure that looks like 20th Century Fox's 1994 structure, and the 20th Century Fox text is replaced with the Star Movies 3D logo with few differences, the "STAR" text was removed, and "ACTION" is seen spinning across the star.
 * For the Chinese variant, the "MOVIES" text and the text behind the logo are translated into Chinese. Also, the faces are different.
 * Star Plus: We begin with the Star TV logo, then the background fades to the studio, and then the Star forms the Star Plus logo.
 * Star World: Same as the Star Plus ident but the logo is replaced with Star World.
 * Viva Cinema: We begin with the Star TV logo, then the background fades into the filmstrip and a control room, the Star TV logo spins into the Viva Cinema logo, it was used until 2001 when the Star TV logo changed.
 * TBA.

Technique: A mix of 3D animation and live-action.

Music/Sounds: Voiceover saying "This is STAR, and you're watching [CHANNEL NAME]", varies when it's Chinese, Hindi, Tamil, or Tagalog.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * Star Movies:
 * Normal and Chinese versions use the short fanfare.
 * Action version used the fanfare but additional notes and a repeat of the short fanfare.
 * Star Plus/World: A piano notes, and then a low pitched 3 piano notes, and then a long ending note.

Availability: Extinct.

5th Logo (1998-2001)
Logo: TBA.

Variants:
 * Star Chinese Channel: Same as the 1996 variant but the Star TV logo animation uses the then-current version.
 * Star Chinese Movies: We see a Chinese actor talking inside the Star Chinese Movies logo on the black background.
 * Star Movies: We see the Star Movies logo spinning on a - gradient background, then it cuts to the driving view of the road at day with pine trees surrounding it, then the static and finally it cuts to a spotlight view with an Star Movies logo and the slogan "Come Home to the Stars".
 * One of the variants had the same logo from the beginning. After it reveals, it cuts into the scenes from one of the movies, until the Star Movies logo from the beginning appears, and a scene from a movie.
 * Star News: We begin with the Star TV logo, and it fades into the globe, and the text "Breakfast News" appears.
 * For the normal variant, the Star News logo forms instead of the text appearing.
 * Star Sports: We begin with the Star TV logo, then the Star Sports logo spins, and then the website "espnstar.com" (which was ESPN Star Sports' website at the time) appears one by one.
 * Star World: We begin with the Star TV logo, then the globe appears and the Star TV logo spins into the Star World logo.
 * TBA.

Technique: A mix of 2D and 3D animation. For the Star Movies variants, live-action for the roadview and scenes from the movies.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last logo.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * Star Movies: The announcer says "Come Home to the Stars on the Star's Movie Channel", and then a static noise plays when the static appears.
 * A variant shows a music, then the announcer says "Welcome to the Star Movies, where the Stars will reach you. Star Movies."
 * Star Sports: The words in the beginning, "This is" and "You're watching" are swapped places.

Availability: Extinct, can be found on YouTube.

6th Logo (2001-)
Logo: We see the logo split into 5 on a blue background, surrounded by a white circle split into 2, and a logo forms by moving the camera to the right.

Variants:
 * Channel V (2001-2009): We begin with the Star TV logo, and then we see a stop-motion animation on the white background, 2 spacemen got eaten by an alien monster, and then the spaceman trying to fight back, and then the alien monster vomits a TV with the Channel V logo inside, and 3D animation of Channel V logo forming, and then the Channel V logo goes up in the stop-motion animation.
 * Channel V (Taiwan, 2007-2009): We see a green paper origami on a grey background, and then it spins, changes shapes, and forms the V, and the word "channel" and the brackets appear.
 * Channel V (Taiwan, 2009-2018): We see the robotics forming the logos, and the text V spins like particles, the V forms, and the brackets go to the V, and then the word "channel" appears.
 * Channel V (Thailand, 2009-2014): We see a girl doing at work using the printer, then a shadow monster goes in and then a girl presses a button, and the Channel V logo appears on a paper.
 * Channel V (2011-2020): We see the audio lines with text: "[V] plays music" above it one by one, and then the Channel V HD logo appears.
 * Star Chinese Movies (2001-2008): Same as the Star Movies 2001 ident, but the logo is white and blue and the logo is Chinese, and after the Star TV logo, it was a blue-tinted ident.
 * Star Chinese Movies (2008-2012): Same as the Star Gold 2005 ident, but the Star Gold logo was replaced by the Chinese logo from the last ident, and then the slogan says this in Chinese: "The Most Focus of the Film Industry"
 * Star Movies (2001-2009): We begin with the Star TV logo, and then the filmstrip with all of the frames has the Star TV logo moves and the ident camera goes in many views, then the Star Movies logo appeared.
 * Star Movies (2009-present): We see the studio spotlight (that had color varies in variants) and the Star Movies logo in front of it without an "O", and then the lines (according to color in variants) form a letter O and then the Star Movies logo appeared.
 * Blue: Same but the lights and lines are, Used during nighttime.
 * Orange: Same but the lights and lines are, Used during daytime.
 * Star Movies (the Philippines, 2014-2017): TBA.
 * Star Movies (Taiwan, 2012-2014): We begin with the Fox International Channels logo, and then it zooms out to the 2009 orange variant.
 * Star Movies (Taiwan, 2014): We begin with the Fox International Channels logo, and then it zooms out to the Star Movies logo with the words "MOVIES" painted in spotlights.
 * Star Movies (Taiwan, 2014-2016): We begin with the Fox International Channels logo, and then a letter O spins into the popcorn friends on the left, and Star Movies logo is stuck into the number "69" on it, and then letter O (FOX text) spins back.
 * Star Movies (Middle East, 2020-present): We see the logo being formed in blue lines.
 * Star Movies HD (India, 2011-2019): We see the man, the car appears, then it driving on the bridge, and then hits the wall, and then the man got into the forests, and then runs into the building rooftop and then falls, and hits in the town similar to Chinatown, and then orange smoke appears and the same HD animation logo from Star World HD appears, and then it spins to the Star Movies HD logo.
 * Star World (2001-2005): We begin with the Star TV logo, and then the lines with the Star World logo on the camera form from the end to the left, and then the Star World logo appears.
 * Star World (2005-2008):
 * We see the ribbons, they spin and move, then the Star World logo forms by ribbons.
 * For the 3rd variant, we see the arrows, then it crashes, and then in slow-motion, after, the Star World logo appears.
 * Viva Cinema (2001-2003): Same as the 1996 variant, but the Star TV logo animation now uses the current.
 * Xing Kong (2001-2012):
 * For the first variant, We see the red background similar to the main Star TV ident, and the Xing Kong logo had been split into parts, and then it reassemble and the words: "www.xingkong.com.cn" appear.
 * Starting in 2006, it has changed: The ident was shortened to the last 5 seconds, it had been removed the voiceover and "This is STAR" animation.
 * Xing Kong (2012-2016): We see the Xing Kong logo appearing from the left to the right on a white background.
 * Xing Kong (2016- ): TBA.
 * TBA.

Technique: Most of idents are CGI animation/live-action. The Channel V Taiwan (2007-2009) and Channel V Thailand (2009-2014) idents is 2D.

Music/Sounds: A alien theme sound and a voice same as the last 2 logos, and then the audio music/sounds, for the Star News (2001-2005 and 2005-2012) variant it uses different music.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * Channel V (Taiwan, 2009-2018): A ambient noise, combined with a transformers-like sound effect when the V forms, changes the main music, and instead, the "You're watching STAR" voice appeared at the end of the ident/logo.
 * Star Chinese Channel (2001-2012): A Chinese sci-fi? music, and then the 3 piano notes.
 * Star Movies (2001-2009): A drumroll, and then a theme.
 * Xing Kong (2001-present): Same as Star Chinese Channel (2001-2012) music, but it was rearranged.
 * TBA.

Availability: Current. This logo is being used in tandem with the 1st logo as Disney Star.

1st Logo (2011-2016)
Logo: TBA.

Variants:
 * Star Movies HD (Taiwan, 2012-present): We see the cyan blocks in a blue background playing around, and then the text in Chinese words: "We are now watching" appears, and then it zooms out to the Star Movies HD logo.
 * TBA.

Technique: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Extinct.

2nd Logo (2016-2022)
Logo: TBA.

Variants: TBA.

Technique: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Extinct.

(2022-)
Note: This video can be seen here.

Logo: On a white background, we see the famous "Disney" signature drawing itself. When it keeps drawing, we see a Mickey Mouse face in orange fades in, then the "DISNEY" text slides to the left when a vertical line appears and the Star logo with the current symbol from the last two logo slides out to the right reading "DISNEY Star". Then the logo shines and the face's ears moves.

Technique: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Current. First seen on Disney Star's Twitter account, which was uploaded after the renaming.