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Star Chinese Movies
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Country	Hong Kong (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 30 September 2023 for Star Chinese Movies); Republic of China (Taiwan) (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 31 December 2023 for Star Chinese Movies); Malaysia (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies and Star Chinese Movies Legend); Singapore (Closed on 1 October 2021 for SCM Legend and Closed on 30 September 2023 for Star Chinese Movies)
Broadcast area	Hong Kong; Taiwan; Singapore
Headquarters	13/F One Harbourfront, 18 Tak Fung Street, Hung Hom, Kowloon(Closed on 2021); 38/F, Oxford House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Road, Quarry Bay (Hong Kong); 19/F, Millennium City 5, 418 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong (alternative Hong Kong headquarters); 1 Fusionopolis View, #06-01 Sandcrawler Building (Southeast Asia); 3 Floor, 183 Tiding Boulevard, Section 2, Neihu District, Taipei City (Taiwan);
Programming
Language(s)	Mandarin ; Cantonese
Picture format	1080i HDTV ; (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific (Disney Entertainment)
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 Star Chinese Movies Legend Now TV feed, Hong Kong); September 13, 2021; 2 years ago (for Star Chinese Movies Legend Transvision feed, Indonesia); 1 October 2021; 2 years ago (for Star Chinese Movies Legend Southeast Asia and Hong Kong feeds only and for Star Chinese Movies Malaysia Unifi TV Feed in Malaysia and Singtel TV in Singapore only); 1 December 2021; 2 years ago (Indonesia, MNC Vision feed); June 1, 2023; 11 months ago (Hong Kong Cable TV feed, Hong Kong); September 30, 2023; 7 months ago (Southeast Asia, Hong Kong); December 31, 2023; 4 months ago (Taiwan)
Former names	Star Mandarin Movies (1 May 1994 – 31 March 1996)

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Star Chinese Movies is a Chinese language pay television channel owned by Disney Networks Group Pacific 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.

The channel mainly broadcasts Hong Kong-produced films and Chinese films (including Chinese films, Taiwanese films, Singapore films, and Malaysian films), as well as bilingual Japanese films, Japanese animations (strip TV series and theatrical versions), Korean films, Thai films, etc., and will digitally restore some Hong Kong action films.

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 Hong Kong Film Awards and the Golden Horse Awards for the Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia (except Singapore and Malaysia, in which sold to their local broadcaster).

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 above (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) and the English below (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 at this date.^[2]

On 13 June 2023, Disney announced that it will be officially ceased broadcasting Star Chinese Movies on 30 September 2023 in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macau on 31 December 2023 in Taiwan.^[5]

Feeds

Taiwan (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 31 December 2023 for Star Chinese Movies)
Hong Kong (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 30 September 2023 for Star Chinese Movies)
Singapore (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 30 September 2023 for Star Chinese Movies)
Southeast Asia (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 30 September 2023 for Star Chinese Movies)
Malaysia (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies and Star Chinese Movies Legend)

References

^ "Star Chinese Movies And Star Chinese Movies Legends Will Ceased Broadcasting On Transvision 13 September 2021". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. 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.
^ Frater, Patrick (14 June 2023). "Disney to Close Remaining Linear TV Channels in Southeast Asia and Korea". Variety. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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

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

[5] Frater, Patrick (14 June 2023). "Disney to Close Remaining Linear TV Channels in Southeast Asia and Korea". Variety. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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 * 3 Floor, 183 Tiding Boulevard, Section 2, Neihu District, Taipei City (Taiwan)}}
 | language = [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] <br> [[Cantonese]]
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-* {{HKG}} (Closed on 1 October 2021 for SCM Legend)
-{{ROC-TW}}<br>{{MYS}} (Closed on 1 October 2021) <br> {{SGP}}  (Closed on 1 October 2021 for SCM Legend)
 | area = [[Hong Kong]]<br>[[Taiwan]]<br>[[Singapore]]
 | owner = [[Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific]] <small>([[Disney Entertainment]])</small>
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 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 above ('''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'') and the English below ('''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 at this date.<ref name="SEAShutdownBundle" />
-On 13 June 2023, Disney announced that it will be officially ceased broadcasting Star Chinese Movies on 31 December 2023 in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=2023-06-14 |title=Disney to Close Remaining Linear TV Channels in Southeast Asia and Korea |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/disney-closing-tv-channels-southeast-asia-korea-1235643667/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
+On 13 June 2023, Disney announced that it will be officially ceased broadcasting Star Chinese Movies on 30 September 2023 in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macau on 31 December 2023 in Taiwan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frater |first=Patrick |date=2023-06-14 |title=Disney to Close Remaining Linear TV Channels in Southeast Asia and Korea |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/disney-closing-tv-channels-southeast-asia-korea-1235643667/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
 ==Feeds==
-* Taiwan (Closed on 31 December 2023)
+* Taiwan (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 31 December 2023 for Star Chinese Movies)
-* Hong Kong (Closed on 30 September 2023)
+* Hong Kong (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 30 September 2023 for Star Chinese Movies)
-* Singapore (Closed on 30 September 2023)
+* Singapore (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 30 September 2023 for Star Chinese Movies)
-* Southeast Asia (Closed on 30 September 2023)
+* Southeast Asia (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies Legend and Closed on 30 September 2023 for Star Chinese Movies)
-* Malaysia (Closed on 1 October 2021)
+* Malaysia (Closed on 1 October 2021 for Star Chinese Movies and Star Chinese Movies Legend)
 ==References==