Star Chinese Movies

Star Chinese Movies
衛視電影台
Broadcast area
  • Southeast Asia
  • Hong Kong
  • Macau
  • Taiwan
  • Japan
  • South Korea
  • Mongolia
Headquarters
  • Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Taipei, Taiwan
Programming
Language(s)
Picture formatHDTV 1080i (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerDisney Networks Group Asia Pacific
Sister channelsStar Chinese Channel
History
Launched1 May 1994 (1994-05-01) (Taiwan)
1 June 1996 (1996-06-01) (Malaysia, Astro) (First incarnation)
Closed
  • 31 August 1997 (1997-08-31) (Malaysia, Astro) (First incarnation))
  • 28 August 1998 (1998-08-28) (Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China and Macau (First incarnation))
  • 30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) (Malaysia, Astro) (Second incarnation))
  • 30 September 2023 (2023-09-30) (Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macau (Second incarnation))
  • 31 December 2023 (2023-12-31) (Taiwan)
Replaced byPhoenix Movies Channel (Southeast Asia and Mainland China)
Catchplay Movie Channel (Taiwan)
Astro AEC (Malaysia, Astro)
Former namesStar Mandarin Movies (1 May 1994–31 March 1996)

Star Chinese Movies (Chinese: 衛視電影台) was a Chinese language pay television channel owned by Disney Networks Group Pacific Ltd. The channel mainly broadcast Chinese-language films (including Chinese films, Cantonese films, Taiwanese films, Singaporean films, and Malaysian films), as well as bilingual Japanese films, Japanese animations (strip TV series and theatrical versions), Korean films, Thai films, etc., and digitally restored some Hong Kong action films. At the time of the channel's expansion into Thailand and Indonesia, its owner Fox International Channels claimed that it was the most widely distributed Chinese-language entertainment channel.

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