| STAR Movies | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1 May 1994 |
| Closed | 31 December 2011 (except Taiwan, Philippines, India, China, Vietnam, Middle East) |
| Owned by | STAR TV Fox International Channels (owned by News Corporation) |
| Slogan | Come Home To The Stars (1994-2011, as STAR Movies) |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Broadcast area | Philippines, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Middle East, China, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Maldives, and Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
| Replaced | BBC World |
| Sister channel(s) | STAR Gold, STAR Chinese Movies, Fox Family Movies and Fox Movies Premium |
| Website | http://www.starmoviesasia.tv |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Dream Satellite TV (Philippines) |
Channel 18 |
| Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) |
Channel 45 |
| G Sat (Philippines) |
Channel 10 |
| Tata Sky (India) |
Channel 341 (SD) Channel 342 (HD) |
| Dish TV (India) |
Channel 419 |
| CBTV (China) |
Channel 307 |
| ADD (Middle East) |
Channel 1708 |
| Sun Direct TV (India) |
Channel 97 |
| Big TV (India) |
Channel 3440 |
| Airtel digital TV (India) |
Channel 90 |
| VTC Digital (Vietnam) |
Channel 16 |
| K+ (Vietnam) |
Channel ?? |
| Videocon D2H (India) |
Channel 33 |
| DishHD (Taiwan) |
Channel 6320 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Cablelink (Philippines) |
Channel 40 |
| SkyCable (Philippines) |
Channel 55 |
| Taiwan CATV (Taiwan) |
Channel 69 |
| Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) |
Channel 52 |
| Vietnam cable television (VCTV) (Vietnam) |
Channel 49 |
| United Communication Service (Bangladesh) |
Channel 12 |
| Southern Networks (Pakistan) |
Channel 46 |
| HTVC (Vietnam) |
Channel 60 |
| SCTV (Vietnam) |
Channel 54 |
| DHA Teleman (Pakistan) |
Channel 27 |
| Hathway (India) |
Channel 75 |
| MediaNet (Maldives) |
Channel 600 (SD) Channel 800 (HD) |
| Island TV (Addu City) |
Channel 18 |
| IPTV | |
| PTCL Smart TV (Pakistan) |
Channel 72 |
| PEO TV (Sri Lanka) |
Channel 33 |
STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, subsidiaries of News Corporation. Star Movies now has been upgraded into Fox Movies Premium and Fox Movies Premium HD started 1 January 2012 affecting its broadcast area except India, China, Vietnam, Middle East, Taiwan and the Philippines.[1]
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STAR Movies was launched on 1 May 1994. At that time, it screened both Hong Kong English and Hong Kong Cantonese movies and catered to a pan-Asian audience split into two stations: STAR Movies – is a American English movie channel and STAR Chinese Movies - is a Hong Kong Cantonese & Mandarin (Taiwan & SE Asia) movie channel.
On 1 August 1994, STAR Movies launched a separate channel for viewers in the Persian Gulf region and India, followed by STAR Movies International.
It was launched on 31 March 1996 for viewers in Southeast Asia, Mainland China, East Asia countries. STAR Movies currently has five channels, STAR Movies Asia (in Southeast Asia and People's Republic of China), STAR Movies Taiwan in Taiwan, STAR Movies India, STAR Movies Middle East and STAR Movies Philippines.
STAR Movies Philippines was launched on 1 January 2010, it viewers there had previously seen STAR Movies International.
STAR Movies HD Asia was launched on 1 May 2010.
STAR Movies On Demand Asia was launched on 16 September 2010.[2]
On January 1, 2012, STAR Movies was be rebranded to Fox Movies Premium and will be available in Hong Kong and selected Southeast Asian countries. The STAR Movies brand will be continued in India, China, Vietnam, Middle East, Taiwan and the Philippines.
STAR Movies has first-run contracts for movies distributed by 20th Century Fox, Disney, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, and Studio Canal and sub-run contracts for movies from Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. for countries where STAR Movies is available. It also features movies from other movie distributors including: Lions Gate Entertainment, Summit Entertainment and The Weinstein Company. It is a Hollywood movie channel whose main competitor is HBO Asia.
STAR Movies India is transmitted in India, Bhutan and Bangladesh. The channel has higher ratings in India than HBO South Asia, the only region where STAR Movies enjoys a lead in the viewer ratings. The channel is available on all DTH platforms across India and as part of the Star India bouquet. In contrast to STAR Movies International, the number of new movies premiered is comparatively low. This is the only beam that is managed by Star TV and not managed by Fox International Channels.
STAR Movies has an Arabic subtitled movie channel for viewers in the Middle East. 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 does not own the license to air newer productions to the region. As Pakistan is also a culturally sensitive country, STAR TV has replaced the Indian feed with the Middle East version there.
An advertisement supported version of STAR Movies is targeted towards Taiwan specifically. It is the most localized version of STAR Movies, since most voice-overs in promotions for up-coming movies are in Mandarin Chinese. The channel also comes with Chinese subtitles.
STAR Movies International began broadcasting to the Philippines on 30 November 2009 with advertisements during and after the featured movie. The channel was simulcast with the Southeast Asia and China feed until 31 December 2009; a Philippines exclusive channel was launched on 1 January 2010.[3] It also has an English subtitle daily, but in selected film titles only.
STAR Movies International official launched their own HD (High Definition) channel in Asia on May 1, 2010. This channel is now available in AsiaSat 5. It now shares the same schedule via regular STAR Movies International, but is different in advertisement (including their logo, with the HD mark at the upper right side of the screen).[4] This channel is currently available in Philippines, Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan, India (2011), Malaysia and Indonesia only. Star Movies India, launched their HD feed along with STAR TV India HD channels on 15th April, 2011. This is a commercial free feed and has a different schedule than Star Movies India.
on July 15 2011, STAR Movies HD Taiwan was officially launch separate from the Asian feed. However the said channel is different TV schedule from regular STAR Movies Taiwan feed. [5]
On January 1, 2012, STAR Movies HD was rebranded to Fox Movies Premium HD in selected Asian territories. [6]
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