5*
Launched	15 October 2006 (2006-10-15)
Owned by	Northern & Shell (Richard Desmond)
Picture format	576i (SDTV 16:9, 4:3)
Audience share	0.4% 0.1% (+1) (August 2011, BARB)
Country	United Kingdom
Formerly called	Five.2 (working title) Five Life (2006-2008) Fiver (2008-2011)
Sister channel(s)	Channel 5 5USA
Timeshift service	5* +1
Website	Channel5.com/5star
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 30
Satellite
Freesat	Channel 131 Channel 132 (+1)
Sky (UK only)	Channel 176 Channel 236 (+1)
Astra 1N	10964H 22000 5/6 10964H 22000 5/6 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 151 Channel 152 (+1)
Smallworld Cable	Channel 145
IPTV
TalkTalk TV	Channel 31
Internet television
TVCatchup	Watch live (UK only) Watch live (+1) (UK only)

5* (pronounced "five star") is a television channel in the United Kingdom owned by Northern & Shell. The channel was launched as "Five Life" on 15 October 2006, and was rebranded as "Fiver" on 28 April 2008, and "5*" on 7 March 2011. The channel is available on digital television via Freesat, Freeview, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media It was originally launched alongside 5USA by Channel 5, in order to create a multi-channel strategy, which all other analogue broadcasters had already achieved. 5* broadcasts between 13:00 and 00:00.^[1][2] 5* is a sister channel of Channel 5 and 5USA.

History[link]

Five Life (2006-2008)[link]

Five Life was originally intended to be a female-oriented channel with an emphasis on lifestyle programming. Channel 5 announced that programming on Five Life included The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Love My Way, Windfall and Angela's Eyes, as well as a weekday double-bill of the chat show Trisha Goddard and new episodes and a weekly omnibus of Home and Away. Repeats of teenage drama Dawson's Creek started showing in December 2006.^[3][4]

The first programme broadcast on Five Life was Inside the Priory, a documentary about The Priory clinic, at 8pm. The launch of Five Life marked the start of Five's digital multi-channel strategy designed to compete with similar strategies from its rivals Channel 4 and ITV plc.

On 11 January 2007, it was announced that Five Life had acquired the multi-channel rights to air popular axed ITV dramas, Bad Girls (Series 4-8) and Footballers' Wives from Spring 2007.

On 28 August 2007, Five Life launched a timeshift channel named Five Life +1.^[5]

Fiver (2008-2011)[link]

At 06:00 on 28 April 2008, Five Life relaunched as Fiver with a new on and off-air identity and a raft of new shows added to the schedule. These included Celebrity Rehab, Dirt and re-runs of Sex and the City.^[6]

5* (2011-present)[link]

On 7 March 2011, the channel was rebranded as 5*, supported by a new logo and branding to underline the fun-loving image of the channel. On 11 April 2011, 5* reduced its broadcast hours to 13:00 to 00:00, replacing the lost hours with more teleshopping. Milkshake! programmes (for children aged 7 and under) are no longer broadcast on this channel because of this reduction, but Milkshake! continues to broadcast on Channel 5.^[7]

On 18 January 2012, 5* received its highest-ever rating for the channel since it launched in 2006. 5* began broadcasting Live from the House, the one hour live feed for Big Brother that airs after every eviction. It started out well with over three hundred thousand viewers but skyrocketed on 18 January receiving 1.04 million viewers (994,000 on 5* and 41,000 on the time shift channel, 5*+1) with a audience share of over 5%. The live feed for Big Brother was brought back by popular demand and it's expected with these ratings they will continue to air it.

Launch night[link]

The schedule for the primetime shows on the launch night of Five Life was as follows:

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%.^[8]

Programming[link]

Current programming[link]

Homegrown Drama[link]

• Minder
• Push
• Tripping Over

Former programming[link]

Relaunch night (as Fiver)[link]

The schedule for the primetime shows on the launch night of Fiver were as follows:

Former logos[link]

• 

  Five Life logo
  (15 October 2006-27 April 2008).
• 

  First Fiver logo
  (28 April-6 October 2008).
• 

  Final Fiver logo
  (7 October 2008-6 March 2011).

References[link]

External links[link]

• 5* at Channel5.com.

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Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa in Brooklyn, New York in August 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Cameron Jibril Thomaz
Born	(1987-09-08) September 8, 1987 (age 24) Minot, North Dakota, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Rostrum, Taylor Gang, Warner Bros., Atlantic
Associated acts	Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Curren$y, Big Sean, Chevy Woods, Mac Miller, Juicy J, Tinie Tempah, Yelawolf, Maroon 5, Big K.R.I.T.
Website	wizkhalifa.com

Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single, "Say Yeah", received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008.^[1] Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. and released his second album, Deal or No Deal, in November 2009. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010; he then signed with Atlantic Records.^[2] He is also well known for his debut single for Atlantic, "Black and Yellow", which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut album for the label, Rolling Papers, was released on March 29, 2011.^[3]