   Logos used in the Balkans and Portugal since 2023, the Middle East since 2024 and India and Mainland China since 2009 respectively | |
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| History | |
| Launched | April 20, 1994 (split from Star Plus, Taiwan only)[1] June 1, 1996 (Malaysia) October 1, 2023 (Balkans) 7 February 2024 (Portugal)[2] |
| Replaced | BBC World Service Television 14 October 1991–17 April 1994[1] Fox Movies (Balkans and Portugal) |
| Closed | 31 December 2023 (Taiwan) |
| Replaced by | Fox Movies Premium (2012–2017; Southeast Asia) Fox Movies (Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan; first incarnation) |
| Former names | BBC World Service Television Asia 14 October 1991–1 May 1994 |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Disney+ Hotstar | India |
Star Movies is an Asian-based pay television channel owned by Disney Entertainment. Star Movies was originally launched in 1994 as a single channel broadcast across Asia, but it has regionalized into different localized channels since then. Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific have since rebranded some of the network's international feeds in Hong Kong, Taiwan (SD feed only), and Southeast Asia as Fox Movies, but retains the Star Movies brand in the Middle East & South Asia (except Maldives).
Disney Star continues to operate the Indian feed of the network as a channel specialized in Western films, with the logo remaining completely unchanged since 2009. Meanwhile the Middle Eastern feed is operated by Disney Entertainment, keeping the 2009 logo (still used in India and Mainland China) until adopting the non-Indian Star channels' logo scheme in 2024, while Fox Movies was replaced by a new channel, Star Films.[3] In the Balkans and Portugal, the local versions of Fox Movies were replaced by Star Movies. Star Movies in the Middle East, Balkans and Portugal is managed by The Walt Disney Company.
- ^ a b "Star TV starting pay movie channel to replace BBC World Service". The Straits Times. 24 March 1994. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Perguntas Frequentes - A FOX vai ser STAR Channel". foxtv.pt (in Portuguese). 28 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ "Fox branded channels to undergo rebranding in MENA region". www.broadcastprome.com.