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Star Chinese Movies
Country	Taiwan
Broadcast area	Taiwan
Programming
Language(s)	Mandarin
Picture format	1080i HDTV ; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd.; (Disney International Operations)
Sister channels	Star Chinese Channel
History
Launched	1 May 1994; 30 years ago; 15 December 2007; 16 years ago (SCM Legend)
Closed	September 1, 2021; 2 years ago (for SCM Legend Now TV feed, Hong Kong); September 13, 2021; 2 years ago (for SCM Legend Transvision feed, Indonesia); 1 October 2021; 2 years ago (for SCM Legend Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan feeds only and for Star Chinese Movies Malaysia and Singtel TV in Singapore only); 1 December 2021; 2 years ago (Indonesia, MNC Vision feed)
Former names	Star Mandarin Movies (1 May 1994 – 31 March 1996)

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Star Chinese Movies is a Taiwanese Chinese language pay television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd for Taiwan only. 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.

The channel mainly broadcasts Taiwanese Mandarin films from 2010s to now and as bilingual Korean films from 2010s to now.

On April 29, 2017, Star Chinese Movies provided bilingual services and most of the movies were broadcast in Mandarin and original sound at the same time.

In addition, they also obtained the pay TV broadcasting rights of the Golden Horse Awards for Taiwan.

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 Chinese Movies 2 was launched, the HD and VOD channels launched 3 years later.

On 19 May 2012, the Star Chinese Movies 2 and Hong Kong was officially rebranded as Star Chinese Movies Legend. The channel logo was also changed from a star, to a stylized crown.^[4]

On 1 October 2021, Star Chinese Movies Legend along with most of Fox Networks Asia channels (except National Geographic Asia and National Geographic Wild Asia) end all operations from 1 October 2021 with the very final and last Raymond Wong Pak-ming movie aired is Happy Ghost III. After final and last Raymond Wong Pak-ming showing the message with Chinese (本頻道將不再提供服務感謝您長期支持與收看; pinyin: Běn píndào jiāng bù zài tígōng fúwù gǎnxiè nín chángqí zhīchí yú shōukàn; lit.: This channel is no longer available, thank you for watching.). All these channels shows moved to Disney+ (in Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Disney+ Hotstar (in Southeast Asia outside Singapore and Philippines), however, Star Chinese Movies continues to operate after this date.^[2]

Feeds

Taiwan

References

^ "Star Chinese Movies And Star Chinese Movies Legends Will Ceased Broadcasting On Transvision 13 September 2021". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b
Multiple sources:
- Frater, Patrick (27 April 2021). "Disney Slashes Linear TV in Asia With 18-Channel Closure, Shifts Focus to Disney Plus". Variety. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- Kanter, Jake (27 April 2021). "Disney Closes 18 Asia TV Channels As It Shifts Focus To Disney+". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- Lai, Adrian (29 April 2021). "Disney To Shut Down 18 Channels In Southeast Asia". IGN. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ "Star Chinese Movies Shut Down Transmission Feed MNC Vision!!!". YouTube.
^ "Fox International and NBCUniversal rebrand channels in Asia". Campaign Asia.

External links

STAR Chinese Movies Taiwan(in Chinese)
STAR Chinese Movies HD Taiwan(in Chinese)

[1] "Star Chinese Movies And Star Chinese Movies Legends Will Ceased Broadcasting On Transvision 13 September 2021". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

[SEAShutdownBundle-2] Multiple sources:
Frater, Patrick (27 April 2021). "Disney Slashes Linear TV in Asia With 18-Channel Closure, Shifts Focus to Disney Plus". Variety. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

Kanter, Jake (27 April 2021). "Disney Closes 18 Asia TV Channels As It Shifts Focus To Disney+". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

Lai, Adrian (29 April 2021). "Disney To Shut Down 18 Channels In Southeast Asia". IGN. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[3] Frater, Patrick (27 April 2021). "Disney Slashes Linear TV in Asia With 18-Channel Closure, Shifts Focus to Disney Plus". Variety. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[4] Kanter, Jake (27 April 2021). "Disney Closes 18 Asia TV Channels As It Shifts Focus To Disney+". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[5] Lai, Adrian (29 April 2021). "Disney To Shut Down 18 Channels In Southeast Asia". IGN. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[3] "Star Chinese Movies Shut Down Transmission Feed MNC Vision!!!". YouTube.

[4] "Fox International and NBCUniversal rebrand channels in Asia". Campaign Asia.

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-{{Short description|Chinese language pay TV channel}}
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-{{Expand Chinese|衛視電影台|date=May 2022}}
-{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
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 | name            = Star Chinese Movies
-| logo            = scm_scmlegend.png
 | launch_date     = {{Start date and age|1 May 1994}}<br>{{Start date and age|15 December 2007}} (SCM Legend)
 | closed_date     = {{End date and age|2021|9|01}} (for SCM Legend Now TV feed, Hong Kong)<br>{{End date and age|2021|9|13}} (for SCM Legend Transvision feed, Indonesia)<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Chinese Movies And Star Chinese Movies Legends Will Ceased Broadcasting On Transvision 13 September 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpldU5oTijQ  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/hpldU5oTijQ |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=12 September 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br>{{End date and age|1 October 2021}} (for SCM Legend Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan feeds only and for Star Chinese Movies Malaysia and [[Singtel TV]] in Singapore only)<ref name="SEAShutdownBundle">Multiple sources:
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 | sister_channels = [[Star Chinese Channel]]
 | picture_format  = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]] <br/>(downscaled to [[16:9]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
-| language        = [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] <br> [[Cantonese]]
+| language        = [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]
+| country         = [[Taiwan]]
-| country         = Hong Kong (Closed on 1 October 2021 for SCM Legend) <br> [[Malaysia]] (Closed on 1 October 2021) <br> Singapore <br> Taiwan
+| area            = [[Taiwan]]
-| area            = [[Hong Kong]]<br>[[China]]<br>[[Asia]] (except [[Malaysia]] from 1 October 2021)<br>[[United Kingdom]]<br>[[Africa]]
 | owner           = The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd.<br /><small>([[Disney International Operations]])</small>
 }}
-'''Star Chinese Movies''' is a Chinese language [[pay television]] channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd. 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''' is a Taiwanese Chinese language [[pay television]] channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd for Taiwan only. 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.
-The channel mainly broadcasts [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong-produced films]] and [[Cinema of China|Chinese films]] (including [[Cinema of China|Chinese films]], [[List of Taiwanese films|Taiwanese films]], [[Cinema of Singapore|Singapore films]], and [[Cinema of Malaysia|Malaysian films]]), as well as bilingual [[Cinema of Japan|Japanese films]], [[Anime|Japanese animations]] (strip TV series and theatrical versions), [[Cinema of Korea|Korean films]], [[Cinema of Thailand|Thai films]], etc., and will [[Film preservation|digitally restore]] some Hong Kong action films.
+The channel mainly broadcasts [[List of Taiwanese films|Taiwanese Mandarin films]] from 2010s to now and as bilingual [[Cinema of Korea|Korean films]] from 2010s to now.
-On April 29, 2017, Star Chinese Movies provided bilingual services, and most of the movies were broadcast in Mandarin and original sound at the same time.
+On April 29, 2017, Star Chinese Movies provided bilingual services and most of the movies were broadcast in Mandarin and original sound at the same time.
-Some time periods have added animation periods. The Taiwan version mainly broadcasts Japanese animations, while the Southeast Asian version broadcasts Chinese domestic animations. It is broadcast every day: Taiwan version: 19:00-21:00, Southeast Asia version: 16:30-19:00.
-In addition, they also obtained the pay TV broadcasting rights of the [[Hong Kong Film Award|Hong Kong Film Awards]] and the [[Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards|Golden Horse Awards]] for the Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia (except Singapore and Malaysia, in which sold to their local broadcaster).
+In addition, they also obtained the pay TV broadcasting rights of the [[Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards|Golden Horse Awards]] for Taiwan.
 ==History==
 It was launched on 1 May 1994 as Star Mandarin Movies. At that time, it screened both [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] and Chinese-language films and was focused to a pan-Asian audience split into two television channels: [[Star Movies|Star Movies International]] (now [[Fox Movies (Asia)|Fox Movies]]) and Star Mandarin Movies (now Star Chinese Movies).
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 ==Feeds==
 * Taiwan
-* Hong Kong (Closed on 1 October 2021 for SCM Legend)
-* Singapore
-* Southeast Asia (Closed on 1 October 2021 for SCM Legend)
-* Middle East
-* Malaysia (Closed on 1 October 2021)
 ==References==
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 * [https://www.dngtw.tw/scm/ STAR Chinese Movies Taiwan]{{in lang|zh}}
 * [https://www.dngtw.tw/scmhd/ STAR Chinese Movies HD Taiwan]{{in lang|zh}}
-* [https://archive.today/20091224130522/http://intl.startv.com.tw/cmov/index.asp STAR Chinese Movies Hong Kong]
-* [http://www.now-tv.com/channel/139 STAR Chinese Movies Hong Kong] at www.{{Not a typo|now-tv}}.com
-{{Television in Hong Kong}}
-{{Television in the People's Republic of China}}
 {{Television in the Republic of China}}
 {{Star TV}}
-[[Category:Television networks in China]]
-[[Category:Movie channels in Hong Kong]]
-[[Category:Movie channels in Singapore]]
 [[Category:Movie channels in Taiwan]]
 [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1994]]