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 15 December 2007 (SCM Legend) |
| Closed | September 1, 2021 (for SCM Legend Now TV feed, Hong Kong) September 13, 2021 (for SCM Legend Transvision feed, Indonesia)[1] 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)[2] 1 December 2021 (Indonesia, MNC Vision feed)[3] |
| Former names | Star Mandarin Movies (1 May 1994 – 31 March 1996) |
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)