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Yes Real is an Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i television channel carried by the Israeli satellite television provider - yes, which broadcasts American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and British
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 TV Shows of the Reality Television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 genres. The channel began airing on July 3, 2011, on channel 15, replacing yes SCI FI

yes Real airs all of its schedule in High Definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...

 simulcast on yes Real HD on channel 515.

Shows broadcast on yes Real

  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
    Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is a reality television series providing home renovations for less fortunate families and community schools etc...

  • American Idol
    American Idol
    American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...

     - Season 10
  • Biggest Loser - Season 10
  • Wipeout
  • the Amazing Race
    The Amazing Race
    The Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams...

     - Season 17
  • The Bachelor
  • I Love Money
    I Love Money
    I Love Money is an American reality television series airing on VH1, and is a spin-off of Flavor of Love, Charm School, I Love New York, Rock of Love, Real Chance of Love, For the Love of Ray J, Daisy of Love and Megan Wants a Millionaire. Former contestants on these shows compete in physical and...

  • Hell's Kitchen
    Hell's Kitchen (U.S.)
    Hell's Kitchen is an American reality-television cooking competition broadcast on Fox...

  • STORIbook Weddings
    STORIbook Weddings
    Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings is a reality television series from Oxygen that premiered on April 6, 2011. The show follows celebrities turned wedding planners Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott as they turn one lucky couple's wedding from ordinary to an extraordinary Hollywood affair each week...

  • Total Wipeout
    Total Wipeout
    Total Wipeout is a British game show, hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, which first aired on 3 January 2009. Each week 20 contestants compete in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenges are based in large pools of water or mud and generally involve large...


yes stars Next / yes Next

On January 17, 2010, yes launced the channel Yes Next (styled as yes Next and formerly called yes stars Next), which broadcast American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, British
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i TV shows from all genres. The concept of the channel was to air shows approaching to the younger demographics. The channel began airing on January 17, 2010 on channel 15 - as part of the latest television shows' channels re-brand by yes. yes Next also aired shows which were available in HD in High Definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...

 simulcast on yes Next HD.

On January 15, 2011, yes Next went off-air and was replaced by yes SCI FI. yes SCI FI will air all of its schedule in high definition simulcast on yes SCI FI HD.

yes SCI FI

On January 15, 2011 yes Next replaced by yes SCI FI, which broadcasts American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and British
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 TV Shows of the Science Fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 and Thrillers genres. The channel airs the shows' new episodes on weeknights (Sundays - Thursdays) and on Saturday, and its re-runs on weekdays and weekends (Fridays - Saturdays).

In July 3, 2011 yes SCI FI raplaced by yes Real

Picture Formats

yes Real airs shows in 4 formats:
  • Normal (4:3)
  • Letterbox
    Letterbox
    Letterboxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio. The resulting videographic image has mattes above and below it; these mattes are part of the image...

     (4:3)
  • Pan & Scan
    Pan and scan
    Pan and scan is a method of adjusting widescreen film images so that they can be shown within the proportions of a standard definition 4:3 aspect ratio television screen, often cropping off the sides of the original widescreen image to focus on the composition's most important aspects...

     (4:3)
  • Widescreen
    Widescreen
    Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film....

     (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)
    Anamorphic widescreen
    Anamorphic widescreen, when applied to DVD manufacture, is a video process that horizontally squeezes a widescreen image so that it can be stored in a standard 4:3 aspect ratio DVD image frame. Compatible playback equipment can then re-expand the horizontal dimension to show the original widescreen...

  • 4:3 (Pan & scan)


Choosing the format of the picture is in the digital set-top box
Set-top box
A set-top box or set-top unit is an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen or other display device.-History:Before the...

setup. The setup does not affect shows which are not broadcasted in Widescreen.

yes SCI FI HD airs the shows in High Definition 1080i and in widecreen (16:9) at all times. Shows that are not shot in HD are upscaled to 1080i.
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