Star Chinese Movies

For a TV channel that replaced the STAR Chinese Movies in Chinese mainland in 1998, see Phoenix Movies Channel.

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
Languages
Picture formatHDTV 1080i (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Limited
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, and Mainland China; 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 The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Limited. The channel mainly broadcast Chinese-language films (including Chinese, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Singaporean, and Malaysian films), as well as bilingual Japanese films, Japanese animations (TV series and theatrical versions), Korean films, Thai films, and digitally restored classic 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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