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n pay-television entertainment
channel
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, owned and operated by
Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific
Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited, (formerly Satellite Television Asian Region Limited (from 2001 trading as Star TV, stylised as STAR TV, and then as Star until 2009), subsequently Fox International Channels Asia Pacific Limited and Fo ...
, a subsidiary of
Disney International Operations
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Corporate
Walt Disney Studios
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Disney Studio Services
Disney Theatrica ...
. It was launched on 2004 along with
Playhouse Disney
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.
In
India
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, the channel was replaced by an Indian localised feed in September 2012; however, some TV providers continue to distribute the Asian feed.
In South Korea, Tcast, the licensor for the Fox channels in the country, announced on December 31, 2020 that it had terminated its license agreement with The Walt Disney Company Korea renaming its channels. FX in that region would become .
Officially cease broadcasting and transmission on last day and night of August 2021 at 11:59:59pm, FX along with most of
The Walt Disney Company
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channels (
Fox Crime
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,
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
,
Fox Life
Fox Life is an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, except for the Middle East, Bulgaria, Portugal, the Balkans, India and Greece.
The ...
,
Disney Junior
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,
Disney Channel
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,
Nat Geo People
Nat Geo People was an international pay television channel owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). Targeted at female audiences, with programming fo ...
,
Fox Movies
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,
Fox Action Movies
Fox Action Movies was a Southeast Asian pay television channel centered towards broadcasting action-themed and horror-themed films. It is owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific. The channel's feed-in India was rebranded as Star Movies Action ...
,
Fox Family Movies
Fox Family Movies was a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. The channel was initially available in Singapore via StarHub TV and Indonesia via Indov ...
, Star Movies China, SCM Legend, and five of its sports channels) cease transmission on Now TV Hong Kong.
After 17 years of broadcasting, FX along with most of The Walt Disney Company channels across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong (
Fox Crime
Fox Crime (stylized as FOXCRIME) is a television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group, which airs across several countries of Europe, Africa and Asia such as Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Its basic programming include numero ...
,
Fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
,
Fox Life
Fox Life is an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time, except for the Middle East, Bulgaria, Portugal, the Balkans, India and Greece.
The ...
,
Disney Junior
Disney Junior is an American pay television network owned by the Walt Disney Television (part of Disney General Entertainment Content) unit of The Walt Disney Company through Disney Branded Television. Aimed mainly at children two to seven yea ...
,
Disney Channel
Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...
,
Nat Geo People
Nat Geo People was an international pay television channel owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%). Targeted at female audiences, with programming fo ...
,
Fox Movies
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
,
Fox Action Movies
Fox Action Movies was a Southeast Asian pay television channel centered towards broadcasting action-themed and horror-themed films. It is owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific. The channel's feed-in India was rebranded as Star Movies Action ...
,
Fox Family Movies
Fox Family Movies was a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. The channel was initially available in Singapore via StarHub TV and Indonesia via Indov ...
, Star Movies China, SCM Legend, and five of its sports channels) officially ceased broadcasting and transmission on 1 October 2021 at 12:59:59am. Most of these channel's shows moved to
Disney+
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(in Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and
Disney+ Hotstar
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(in Southeast Asia outside Singapore and Philippines).
Feeds
*Southeast Asia (except Brunei, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan)
*Philippines
*High definition feed
See also
*
FX
*
Fox Networks Group
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*
STAR TV Star TV may refer to:
* E! (Canadian TV channel) (formerly Star!), a Canadian entertainment news channel
* Las Estrellas (Spanish for The Stars), the Mexican television network
* Estrella TV (Spanish for Star TV), the American Spanish-language net ...
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Cable television in Hong Kong