Yes Base

Yes Stars Base
	Yes Stars Base intertitle
Country	Israel
Programming
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3); 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Yes (Israel's satellite television provider)
History
Launched	December 14, 2008
Former names	Yes Stars 3 (2007-2008)

Yes Stars Base (styled as Yes Stars Base)^[1] is an Israeli television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider - Yes, which broadcasts American and British TV shows joint with Hot's channel HOT3 before it was moved to Hot Family.^[2] The channel aired on December 14, 2008, on channel 15 - as part of the latest television shows' channels re-brand by Yes. The channel replaced the former Yes Stars 3.^[2]^[3] Shows like The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle and Kyle XY are broadcast on this channel.

In December 2009, Yes Base moved to channel 16 toward the re-brand of Yes Stars 2010 channels.

On November 4, 2015, yes Base was canceled.

Picture Formats[edit]

Yes Stars Base airs shows in four formats:

Normal (4:3)
Letterboxed (4:3)
Pan & Scan (4:3)
Widescreen (16:9)

In order to watch widescreen (16:9) shows on a 4:3 TV, there are three options for viewing the picture:

4:3 Letterbox (Widescreen with black bars - Original Aspect Ratio)
16:9 (Anamorphic Widescreen)
4:3 (Pan & scan)

Choosing the format of the picture is in the digital set-top box setup. The setup does not affect shows not broadcast in Widescreen.

History of the channel[edit]

The logo of yes stars 3 from March 4, 2007 and until March 13, 2008.

On March 4, 2007, yes replaced the channel Channel 3 of yes - which was actually Channel 3 and has been cancelled on March 3 - with yes stars 3, as part of the re-brand of the foreign TV shows channels and expanding yes stars to 3 channels - yes stars 1, yes stars 2 and yes stars 3.