Fox Movies (Asia)

### Former names

Star Movies (1994-2012, still remains in China, the Middle East, the Philippines (SD version), India and Taiwan)
Fox Movies Premium (2012-2017, excluding the remaining ones)

## Links

### Website

foxmoviesasia.tv

**Fox Movies** (stylized as FOX Movies, formerly STAR Movies International and FOX Movies Premium) was a Southeast Asian defunct movie channel owned by Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific.

## History

**STAR Movies International** was launched in 1994 as an global feed of STAR Movies operating across the AsiaSat satellite, during the removal of BBC WSTV Asia from it's offerings on STAR TV.

Their movies during the launch was acquired by STAR Plus, which originally launched back in 1991, back then the earlier channel aired movies in the early years of STAR TV from 1991 to 1994. At launch, its programming lineup was consisted of both Hollywood and Chinese films and catered to pan-Asian audiences.

After 1996, this channel never aired Chinese content as they are separated from each other.

On February 1998, it was changed it's logo to match the newest channel STAR News International (now ABP News).

A localised feed intended for the Philippines was launched on 1 January 2010. Four months later, a high-definition channel, STAR Movies HD (varies in different feeds, including STAR Movies HD India, STAR Movies HD Asia and STAR Movies HD Middle East), was launched. A video on demand channel was also launched on 16 September of that same year.

On 1 January 2012, STAR Movies International along with STAR Movies HD Asia, in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia (excluding Vietnam and the Philippines (SD feed)) was rebranded to **FOX Movies Premium** and **FOX Movies Premium HD**. A feature film channel in Hong Kong and some Southeast Asian countries owned by Fox Networks Group (at the time of the launch is Fox International Channels), subsidiaries of 21st Century Fox. Unlike Star Movies, which aired only movies, the channel also airs original content from Fox International Channels, including some sport events that Fox Sports never aired.

In India, China, Middle East and North Africa, Taiwan and the Philippines (SD only), STAR Movies International began to split feeds to localized viewers.

In Vietnam, Fox Movies Premium is no longer broadcasting but Star Movies channel is still currently broadcasting until on 1 November 2017.

On 10 June 2017, Fox Movies Premium in Southeast Asia & Star Movies in the Philippines, relaunched as **FOX Movies**, all coinciding the premiere of the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse.

On 1 November 2017, the Vietnamese feed of Star Movies was rebranded as Fox Movies Vietnam.

On January 18, 2018, STAR Movies Taiwan was rebranded as FOX Movies Taiwan, sharing it's own graphics and branding with the Asian and Middle East feeds, yet Star Movies HD Taiwan remains the original name.

After 27 years of broadcasting, on April 27, 2021, Disney announced that FOX Movies in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong & Star Movies in Mainland China would be closing down on October 1, 2021, at exactly 1:00 am (UTC+08:00)/12:00am (UTC+07:00), after which the channel space created by BBC World Service Television in 1991, folded and ceased to exist. The very final and last movie is *Happy Death Day* (Philippines only) and *Pacific Rim: Uprising* (rest of Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Mainland China (Star Movies)). The channel was never ceased broadcast in Singala, as it was rebranded back to Star Movies.

On 1 January 2022, Fox Movies Taiwan was rebranded to Star Movies Gold. Star Movies HD will remain active and it kept its own programming and its own logo.

On August 15, 2022, FOX Movies Facebook Page unexpectedly reopened after closing on October 1, 2021 when 3 channels of FOX Movies Network stopped broadcasting along with 15 channels of Disney Network Group Asia Pacific.

## Feeds

### Current

* Star Movies Singala (shares schedule from Fox Movies Middle East after October 1st 2021)
* Star Movies Gold Taiwan (launched 1st January 2022)

### Former

* Fox Movies Asia (launched 1st January 2012)
* Fox Movies HD Asia (launched 1st January 2012)
* Fox Movies Philippines (launched 10th June 2017)
* Star Movies Taiwan (split 1st January 2012, reverted on 18th January 2018)
* Fox Movies Centralia (launched 1st June 2014)
* STAR Movies China (launched 1st May 1994, formerly STAR Movies International)

## Branding history

First logo (1994-1996)Second logo (1996-1998)Second logo in 3D.Third logo (1998-2001)Fourth logo (2001-2009)Fourth logo in 3D.Fourth ident (2001-2009)Fifth logo (2009-2012)First HD logo (2010-2012)First on-demand logo (2010-2012, as Star Movies On Demand)Fifth ident (2009-2012, fullscreen, 1)Fifth ident (2009-2012, fullscreen, 2)Fifth ident (2010-2012, widescreen, 1)Fifth ident (2010-2012, widescreen, 2)Sixth logo (2012-2017)Second HD logo (2012-2017)Second on-demand logo (2012-2017, as Fox Movies Play)Final logo (2017-2022)Final on-demand logo (2017-2021, as Fox Movies Play)Seventh ident (2017-2022, 1)Seventh ident (2017-2022, 2)Seventh ident (2017-2022, 3)Final ident (2021, 1)Final ident (2021, 2)