STAR Movies

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STAR Movies

Launched	1994
Owned by	STAR TV
Broadcast area	Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Middle East, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Vietnam.
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Availability
Satellite
Astro (Malaysia)	Channel 413
Astro Nusantara (Indonesia)	Channel 65
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka)	Channel 5
Dream Satellite TV (Philippines)	Channel 30
Tata Sky (India)	Channel 341
TrueVisions (Thailand)	Channel 15
Dish TV (India)	Channel 419
Sky Pacific (Fiji)	Channel 14
CBTV (China)	Channel 307
TelkomVision (Indonesia)	Channel 105
ADD (Middle East)
Indovision (Indonesia)	Channel 11
Sun Direct TV (India)	Channel 97
Big TV (India)	Channel 3440
MRTV (Myanmar)	Channel ???
STAR Select (Middle East)
Cable
Cablelink (Philippines)	Channel 40
SkyCable (Philippines)	Channel 55 / Channel 63 in some areas that has an Addressable Box
StarHub CableTV (Singapore)	Channel 58
TrueVisions (Thailand)	Channel 15
First Media (Indonesia)	Channel 295
Macau CATV (Macau)	Channel 40
Taiwan CATV (Taiwan)	Channel 69
Vietbao CATV (Vietnam)	Channel 59
Global Destiny Cable (Philippines)	Available by 2008
MediaNet (Maldives)	Channel 18
Hathway (India)	Channel 75
United Communication Service (Bangladesh)	Channel 12
IPTV over ADSL
now TV (Hong Kong)	Channel 117

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 movies distributed by 20th Century Fox, Buena Vista International, MGM and Studio Canal and sub-run contracts for movies from Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures for 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, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Middle East, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.

Several commercial breaks are seen during movies in the Indian feed. The Asian feed does not have such interruptions.

1 Operating Channels
2 Trivia
3 History
4 Gallery
5 External links

[edit] Operating Channels

[edit] STAR Movies International

This beam is targeted towards Southeast Asia and China Feed. This beam is the only advertisement free version of Star Movies. Unlike the rest of the versions of Star Movies, this version also spends minimal time even for its movie promos. The channel also doesn't air movies classified 18 or above. All promos aired on this channel are in Hong Kong and Malaysia times.

This was the original Star Movies that was later re launched with total customization for the South East Asian markets. Due to the severe unpopularity of Star Movies India, in countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Star TV has officially replaced the Indian beam with the South East Asian beam in those countries. Star Movies SEA has some locally produced shows such as VIP Access, The Ticket.

This channel also holds the record of showing all 21 James Bond movies back to back and as of recent the X Men trilogy. (This fact is only endorsed by the channel's on air promos)

[edit] STAR Movies India

This beam is targeted towards India and the rest of South Asia. As of late the beam is only present in Nepal and Bhutan outside India. This beam has many advertisement breaks during films, creating an annoying viewer experience. As most Indian channels share this disadvantage, Indian viewers are forced to bear with it. The channel has higher TAM ratings in India over HBO South Asia. This is the only region where Star Movies enjoys a lead in the viewer ratings.

Star Movies India is available on all DTH platforms across India and is available as part of the Star India bouquet. It is also among the most popular English movie channels in India and carried by most cable operators in the country.

However in contrast to STAR Movies International the number of new movies premiered are comparatively less in number.

[edit] STAR Movies Middle East

This beam is targeted towards the Middle East. Movies aired on this beam are very sub-standard. The channel comes with Arabic subtitles. Since the middle east is a very culturally sensitive area, a lot of censorship is imposed on the movies. Most of the movies aired on the channel are old since the channel doesn't own the license to air most movies while they are new in the region. Due to the unpopularity of Star Movies India in Pakistan. Star TV has replaced it with the Middle East version.

[edit] STAR Movies Taiwan

This beam is targeted towards Taiwan specifically. This beam is advertisement supported but does not air many adverts like the Indian version. This is the most localized version of Star Movies, since most voice overs in promos aired are in the local language. This channel also comes with Chinese subtitles.

[edit] Trivia

STAR Movies was the first ever pay channel in India.
The English STAR Movies is the first movie channel to show all James Bond films.

[edit] History

STAR Movies was launched in 1994 that time the channel was replacing BBC World. At that time it used to screen both English and Chinese movies and catered for the pan-Asian audience. In 1997 STAR Movies launched a separate beam for audiences in the Gulf and India, followed by STAR Movies International which was launched in 1998 for viewers in Southeast Asia and selected east Asian countries like China. Today STAR Movies has 4 channels including STAR Movies International (Southeast Asia/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). But unlike STAR Movies India, the movies on STAR Movies Middle East are quite sub-standard.^{[citation needed]}