4Star is a channel focusing on a "fun-loving" concept, being launched on January 5, 1996; about 6 days before 4USA was launched. It was formerly called 4Life from 1996 to 2000, and then "Fourless" from 2000 to 2006. It was then called 4☆ from 2006 to 2014, and since 2014; has been called 4Star. It is the Channel 4 equivalent of the real-life channel 5Star.