FOX Movies | |
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Launched | 1 January 2012 (Hong Kong and selected Southeast Asian countries) 10 June 2017 (Hong Kong and all Southeast Asian countries to replace Fox Movies Premium and Star Movies (Philippines) to Fox Movies) |
Owned by |
Fox Networks Group (owned by 21st Century Fox) |
Picture format |
576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV) |
Slogan | Expect Incredible |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language |
English Cantonese Mandarin Japanese Korean Filipino Tagalog Thai |
Broadcast area |
Hong Kong Indonesia Taiwan (Via Satellite) Macau Malaysia Mongolia Japan (Via Satellite) Nauru (Via Satellite) Nepal (Via Satellite) Singapore Sri Lanka (Via Satellite) Korea Republic (Via Satellite) Philippines Papua New Guinea Palau Thailand East Timor (Via Satellite) Micronesia Myanmar Maldives Cambodia Brunei Fiji Guam Laos Pakistan (Via Satellite) |
Headquarters | Hong Kong |
Formerly called |
Star Movies (1994-2011, except Taiwan, Philippines (until 10 June 2017), India, China, Vietnam, Middle East & North Africa) Fox Movies Premium (10 June 2017) |
Sister channel(s) |
Fox Action Movies Fox Family Movies Star Chinese Movies Channel V Star World Fox Crime FX Asia Fox Asia Fox Sports Asia Fox Filipino tvN National Geographic Channel Asia |
Website | Official Facebook page |
Availability
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Terrestrial | |
5 Network (Myanmar) |
Channel 14 |
Satellite | |
Astro (Malaysia) |
Channel 413 (SD) Channel 433 (HD) |
TrueVisions (Thailand) |
Channel 225 (HD) |
Sky Pacific (Fiji) |
Channel 23 |
Transvision (Indonesia) |
Channel 100 (HD) |
Indovision (Indonesia) |
Channel 16 (SD) Channel 406 (HD) |
Sky Net (Myanmar) |
Channel 20 (SD) |
4TV DTH (Myanmar) |
Channel 17 (SD) Channel 63 (HD) |
BiG TV (Indonesia) |
Channel 108 (HD) |
OkeVision (Indonesia) |
Channel 06 |
OrangeTV (Indonesia) |
Channel 150 |
Cignal (Philippines) |
Channel 55 (SD) Channel 211 (HD) |
G Sat (Philippines) |
Channel 13 (SD) Channel 47 (HD) |
Cable | |
StarHub TV (Singapore) |
Channel 622 (SD/HD) Channel 623 (Fox Movies Play) |
TrueVisions (Thailand) |
Channel 225 (HD) |
First Media (Indonesia) |
Channel 309 (HD) |
Macau CATV (Macau) |
Channel 132 (HD) |
Jogja Medianet (Indonesia) |
Channel 4 |
SkyCable (Philippines) |
Channel 55 (SD; Metro Manila) Channel 170 (HD; Metro Manila) Channel 406 (SD; Bacolod, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Dumaguete, General Santos) Channel 714 (HD; Bacolod, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Dumaguete, General Santos) |
Cablelink (Philippines) |
Channel 47 (SD) Channel 300 (HD) |
Destiny Cable (Philippines) |
Channel 55 (SD Digital) Channel 170 (HD Digital) |
MyCATV Lucena (Philippines) |
Channel 22 |
MediaNet (Maldives) |
Channel 500 (SD) Channel 800 (HD) |
Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) |
Channel 52 |
IPTV | |
now TV (Hong Kong) |
Channel 117 (SD/HD) |
Singtel TV (Singapore) |
Channel 414 (HD) Channel 414 (Fox Movies Play) |
Streaming media | |
M2V Mobile TV (Indonesia) |
Channel 0019 |
FOX+ | Check your local mobile provider for streaming availability |
FOX Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by Fox Networks Group, subsidiaries of 21st Century Fox.
On January 1, 2012, Star Movies was rebranded to FOX Movies Premium and FOX Movies Premium HD, available in Hong Kong and selected Southeast Asian countries. In India, China, Vietnam, Middle East and North Africa, Taiwan and the Philippines (SD only), the Star Movies brand remained.
A new channel, named Fox Movies (Southeast Asian countries only), replaced Fox Movies Premium and Star Movies (Philippines) on June 10th, 2017. In India, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Middle East and North Africa, the Star Movies brand remained.
Fox Movies and Fox Movies HD has first-run contracts for movies distributed by 20th Century Fox, Disney, Columbia Pictures, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and DreamWorks and sub-run contracts for movies from Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. for countries where FOX Movies and FOX Movies HD is available. It also features movies from other movie distributors including: Lions Gate Entertainment, Summit Entertainment and The Weinstein Company. It is another Hollywood movie channel whose main competitor is HBO Asia. Some of its design is based on the movie Tron: Legacy (the first movie aired on FOX Movies Premium) since the countdown to rebranding and has different station IDs based on type and genre of the movie.