Fox Movies (Southeast Asia)
Fox Movies is an Southeast Asian movie channel owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, subsidiaries of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International.
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| Launched | 1 January 2012 |
| Owned by | Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i (Philippines only)/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Slogan | Expect Incredible |
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| Headquarters | Hong Kong |
| Formerly called | Star Movies (1994–2011, except in Taiwan, Philippines (SD feed until 2017), India, China, Vietnam, Middle East & North Africa) Fox Movies Premium (1 January 2012-10 June 2017, including Philippines for HD feed) |
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| Website | www |
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| Terrestrial | |
| Nexmedia (Indonesia) | Channel 501 |
| Satellite | |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 413 (HD) Channel 433 (SD) |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 225 (HD) |
| Sky Pacific (Fiji) | Channel 23 |
| Transvision (Indonesia) | Channel 100 (HD) |
| MNC Vision (Indonesia) | Channel 14 (SD) Channel 409 (HD) |
| BiG TV (Indonesia) | Channel 108 (HD) |
| OrangeTV (Indonesia) | Channel 150 |
| SKYNET (Myanmar) | Channel 26 (SD) Channel 108 (HD) |
| Cignal (Philippines) | Channel 55 (SD) Channel 211 (HD) |
| G Sat (Philippines) | Channel 13 (SD) Channel 47 (HD) |
| VTC Digital (Vietnam) | Channel 7 (HD) Channel 44 (SD) |
| K+ (Vietnam) | Channel 28 (HD) Channel 206 (SD) |
| NJOI (Malaysia) | Channel 413 (HD) Channel 433 (SD) |
| Cable | |
| TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 225 (HD) |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 309 (HD) |
| Macau CATV (Macau) | Channel 132 (HD) |
| Jogja Medianet (Indonesia) | Channel 4 |
| SkyCable (Philippines) | Metro Manila: Channel 55 (SD) Channel 170 (HD) Nationwide: Channel 406 (SD) Channel 714 (HD) |
| SkyCable Zamboanga City | Channel 22 (Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines) |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 47 (SD) Channel 300 (HD) |
| Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 55 (SD) Channel 170 (HD) |
| MyCATV Lucena (Philippines) | Channel 22 |
| MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 500 (SD) Channel 800 (HD) |
| Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 77 (SD) Channel 237 (HD) |
| Southern CableVision Inc. (SCVI) (Philippines) | Channel 26 (SD) |
| VTVCab (Vietnam) | Channel 47 (HD) |
| HTVC (Vietnam) | Channel 59 |
| SCTV (Vietnam) | Channel 54 |
| South Luzon CATV (Philippines) | Channel 29 (Analog) Channel 203 (Digital) |
| Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 214 (HD) |
| Good TV (Thailand) | Channel 44 (HD) |
| AIS Playbox (Thailand) | Channel (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 117 (SD/HD) |
| UseeTV (Indonesia) | Channel 607 (SD) Channel 998 (HD) |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 414 (HD/VOD) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 622 (HD) Channel 623 (VOD) |
| MyTV (Vietnam) | Channel 55 (HD) |
| FPT TV (Vietnam) | Channel 17 (HD) |
| Unifi TV (Malaysia) | Channel 960 (old) Channel 401 (new) (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| M2V Mobile TV (Indonesia) | Channel 19 |
| FOX+ | Available in Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong |
History
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, 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 10, 2017.
On November 1, 2017, Star Movies Vietnam was rebranded as Fox Movies Vietnam.[1]
On January 18, 2018, Star Movies Taiwan was rebranded as Fox Movies Taiwan, yet Star Movies HD Taiwan remains the original name.
Overview
Fox Movies and Fox Movies HD has first-run contracts for movies distributed by 20th Century Studios, 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.
Operating channels
Fox Movies Asia
Fox Movies Asia (formerly known as Fox Movies Premium) is transmitted in Southeast Asia. It is the only advertisement free version of Fox Movies and, unlike other versions of Fox Movies, this version also spends minimal time promoting its own upcoming movies. The channel does not air promotions of movies classified as unsuitable for people aged under eighteen until 8pm SEAT and 9pm for Malaysia. This channel broadcasts 24 hours a day.
Fox Movies Philippines
On June 10, 2017, in line with its Southeast Asian counterpart (Fox Movies Premium), Star Movies in the Philippines was rebranded as Fox Movies. Like its predecessor, it also has English subtitles daily, as well as local advertisements when the movie is taking a break (its HD counterpart, however, does not because of the HD channel formerly using its Asian feed (Fox Movies Premium) and Fox Movies Asia feed). The channel typically broadcasts action, comedy, animation and horror/suspense films every day and drama films on early morning.
On June 12, 2017, the HD channel was converted into Philippine feed during independence day of the Philippines but the Asia feed will continue to broadcast via live streaming on a subscription-based FOX+ which is available to Cignal, Globe, Smart and PLDT Home subscribers and with Chinese subtitles on their movies (along with Fox Family Movies and Fox Action Movies) which it later removed and replaced by Fox Sports including (2 & 3).
On January 1, 2020, FOX Movies Philippines, along with its Philippine-based operating channels: Fox Life, FOX, and National Geographic SD, were reverted back to their main Southeast Asian feed. The channel started showing main feed plugs and retained the English subtitles on the movie after the revert, but this feed still initiates a local opt-out after a movie and a lesser ad break in the middle of the movie to accommodate local advertisements.
Fox Movies HD
On January 1, 2012, Star Movies HD was rebranded as Fox Movies Premium HD in selected Asian territories where Star Movies has been renamed to Fox Movies Premium. On June 10, 2017, Fox Movies Premium HD has been renamed itself as Fox Movies HD.
References
- FOX Movies và FOX Life chính thức lên sóng truyền hình MobiTV Archived 2017-10-30 at the Wayback Machine retrieved via http://mobitv.hanoi.vn 10-20-2017
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