Fox Movies is an international

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owned by

Fox Networks Group Fox Networks Group (FNG) is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company that oversees international television assets that were acquired from 21st Century Fox. It produces and distributes more than 300 entertainment, film, sports and factual channe ...

, a part of

Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED), formerly Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International (DTCI), is one of The Walt Disney Company's five major business segments consisting of Disney's streaming services and overseas media busi ...

. The channel was launched on February 8, 2007.

History

fXM: Movies from Fox channel in the US was renamed to Fox Movie Channel on March 1, 2000 until September 2013 when the channel changed its name back to FXM. In 2008, Fox Movies was launched by

Fox International Channels Fox Networks Group (FNG) is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company that oversees international television assets that were acquired from 21st Century Fox. It produces and distributes more than 300 entertainment, film, sports and factual channe ...

and Rotana Media Services along with Fox Series channels in the Middle East market. Fox then purchased a stake in Rotana, while the joint venture agreed with Disney to carry Disney and

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content on the two channels for four years. In early March 2010, Fox International Channels agreed to move its Middle East and North Africa market channels' operations from Hong Kong and other locations to an Abu Dhabi facility. On 1 July 2011, Fox Movies was made available in Portugal on pay services and Angola and Mozambique on free-to-air. On July 1, 2011, Fox Movies was launched by Fox International Channels Portugal with airing many genres including

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and horror with programming during the summer slate included hits such as ''

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''. On January 1, 2012,

Star Movies Star Movies is an Asian pay television network originally owned by The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd., Fox Networks Group Middle East and Disney Star. In March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired Star TV for $71 billion with ...

was rebranded to Fox Movies Premium and FOX Movies Premium HD, available in Hong Kong and selected Southeast Asian countries. In India, China, Middle East and North Africa, Taiwan and the Philippines (SD only), the Star Movies brand remained until July 2017 when was rebranded to Fox Movies. On October 2, 2012,

would launch another Fox Movies with being available to

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regions.

Market channels

References

External links

Official Site
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