STAR Movies
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| Satellite | |
| Astro Indonesia | Channel 65 |
| True Visions Thailand | Channel 15 Digital (14 Analogue) |
| SkyCable Philippines | Channel 55 |
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| StarHub Cable Vision (Singapore) | Channel 58 |
STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV.
It features movies from American film companies such as Disney, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Miramax Films, MGM, Universal Pictures, Canal Plus and other movie distributors. It is a Hollywood movie channel which gives a stiff competition to HBO Asia.
Star Movies has first-run contracts for the movies distributed by 20th Century Fox, Buena Vista International, MGM and Studio Canal for the countries where Star Movies is available.
It is noted for airing the hit American television series, Lost, which is currently in its second season in India.
It is available in Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Philippines, Middle East, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and China.
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[edit] Operating Channels
- STAR Movies International (South East Asia/China Feed)
- STAR Movies India
- STAR Movies Middle East
- STAR Movies Taiwan
[edit] Trivia
- The English STAR Movies is the first movie channel to show all James Bond films.
- On The Lot is a new reality show on STAR Movies that is a competition with Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett as the judges on short films. The winner will get a 1 million $ contract with Dreamworks SKG.
- STAR Movies offers some movies from nearby theaters like Deck The Halls, Employee Of The Month,...
[edit] History
STAR Movies once a channel combine Hollywood and Hong Kong Movies launched in 1994. Then followed by STAR Movies in India and Middle East in one channel. Today STAR Movies has 4 channel including STAR Movies International (South East Asia and China Feed), STAR Movies Taiwan, STAR Movies India and STAR Movies Middle East once tie-up with India feed, now a separate channel for viewers in Gulf region. STAR Chinese Movies is now a separate channel. (The other one is STAR Mandarin Movies, a movie channel excusively in Taiwan and selected asian countries).
[edit] Criticsm
- STAR Movies India often airs movies which previously aired on HBO Asia like Madagascar, Red Eye, War Of The Worlds, Waterworld,... to challenge with HBO South Asia.
- STAR Movies International often copies the shows and premieres of HBO and Cinemax U.S. like: Stars War: The Complete Saga and Fantastic Four, In Her Shoes, Transporter 2,... to challenge with HBO Asia. It also has sub-run which airs movies which previously aired on HBO Asia.
- STAR Movies International Official Site was too lazy to update their features, about twice a month.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Star Movies at indya.com
- Star Movies at STAR Select
