Star Chinese Movies
Star Chinese Movies is a Singaporean Chinese language pay television channel owned by Star China Media and Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, subsidiary of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International. It features Chinese films, featuring famous actors such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Stephen Chow and many more. Star Chinese Movies headquarters are located in Singapore.
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| Country | Hong Kong Malaysia Singapore Taiwan |
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| Broadcast area | Malaysia United Kingdom |
| Slogan | Expect Incredible |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Mandarin Cantonese |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
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| History | |
| Launched | 1 May 1994 15 December 2007 (Star Legend Movies) |
| Former names | Star Mandarin Movies (1 May 1994 – 31 March 1996) |
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| Website | STAR Chinese Movies Taiwan STAR Chinese Movies Hong Kong |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 85 (Chinese) |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 94 (Chinese) Channel 98 (Legend) |
| Taiwan Cable Television (Taiwan) | Channel 61 (Chinese) |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 204 (Chinese HD) Channel 205 (Legend HD) |
| Macau Cable Television (Macau) | Channel 46 (Movies HD) Channel 45 (Legend) |
| Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 94 (Chinese HD) Channel 98 (Legend) |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 202 (Chinese) Channel 206 (Legend) |
| MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 780 (Chinese) Channel 781 (Legend) |
| Virgin Media (United Kingdom) | Channel 772 |
| Satellite | |
| MNC Vision (Indonesia) | Channel 18 (Chinese) Channel 24 (Legend) Channel 416 (HD) |
| Good TV (Thailand) | Channel 47 (Chinese HD) |
| Transvision (Indonesia) | Channel 142 (Chinese) Channel 143 (Legend) |
| Sky Net (Myanmar) | Channel 32 (Chinese) |
| OSN (Middle East) | Channel 751 |
| Sky (United Kingdom) | Channel 793 |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 302 (Legend) (Coming Soon) Channel 301 (HD) (Coming Soon) |
| TrueVisions(Thailand) | Channel 229 (Chinese HD, Coming Soon) Channel 230 (Legend, Coming Soon) |
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| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 139 (Chinese HD) Channel 140 (Legend) |
| Unifi TV (Malaysia) | Channel 226 (SCM Legend HD) Channel 228 (SCM HD) |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 571 (Chinese HD/VOD) Channel 573 (Legend HD/VOD) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 866 (Chinese HD) Channel 867 (Legend) Channel 864 (Chinese VOD) Channel 865 (Legend VOD) |
| TOT iptv (Thailand) | Channel 261 (Legend) |
| My.T (Mauritius) | Channel 97 |
History
It was launched on 1 May 1994 as Star Mandarin Movies. At that time, it screened both Hollywood and Chinese-language films and was focused to a pan-Asian audience split into two television channels: Star Movies International (now Fox Movies) and Star Mandarin Movies (now Star Chinese Movies).
On 15 December 2007, a sister channel named Star Legend Movies was launched.
On 19 May 2012, the Hong Kong was officially rebranded. The channel logo was also changed from a star, to a crown.
Feeds
- Taiwan
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
- Southeast Asia
- Middle East
- Malaysia
- United Kingdom
References
External links
- STAR Chinese Movies Taiwan(in Chinese)
- STAR Chinese Movies HD Taiwan(in Chinese)
- STAR Chinese Movies Hong Kong
- STAR Chinese Movies Hong Kong at www.now-tv.com
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