Yes Action (stylized as yes Action and formerly called ''yes stars Action'') is an Israeli television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider - ''
yes
Yes or YES may refer to:
* An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no
Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
* YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...
'', which broadcasts
American
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,
British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English, ...
and
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i TV shows of the thrillers, Sci-Fi, action and competitive reality genres. The channel aired on December 14, 2008 on channel 13 - as part of the latest television shows' channels re-brand by ''yes''. The channel replaced the former ''yes stars 2''. The channel airs the shows' new episodes on weeknights (Sundays - Thursdays), and its re-runs on weekdays and weekends (Fridays - Saturdays).
''yes Action'' schedule is being simulcasted in
High Definition on ''yes Action HD'' on channel 17.
Picture Formats
''yes Action'' airs shows in 4 formats:
* Normal (4:3)
*
Letterboxed
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(4:3)
*
Pan & Scan (4:3)
*
Widescreen
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(16:9)
In order to watch widescreen (16:9) shows on a 4:3 TV, there are 3 options to see 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
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setup. The setup does not affect shows which are not broadcast in Widescreen.
''yes Action HD'' airs the shows in High Definition 1080i and in widescreen (16:9) at all times. Shows that are not shot in HD are upscaled to 1080i.
History of the channel
On March 4, 2007, ''yes'' replaced the channel ''
yesSTARS'' - which has been cancelled on March 3, 2007 after exactly a year - with ''yes stars 2'', as part of the re-brand of the foreign TV shows channels and expanding yesSTARS to 3 channels - ''
yes stars 1'', ''yes stars 2'' and ''
yes stars 3''.
On March 14, 2008, as part of a new re-brand of the television shows channels on ''yes'', ''yes Stars 2'' obtained a new logo.
On December 14, 2008, as part of another re-brand of the channels, ''yes stars 2'' was replaced with ''yes stars Action'', and as of April 22, 2009 simulcasted its entire schedule in High Definition on ''yes stars Action HD'', replacing
yes stars HD
Yes or YES may refer to:
* An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no
Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
* YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...
, which aired most of the channel's shows in HD.
On August 20, 2010, the word ''stars'' was removed from the channel name.
Shows broadcast on yes Action
External links
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{{Television in Israel
Television channels in Israel
Yes (Israel)