Fox Family Movies was a
Southeast Asian
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...
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
Indovision, but it had expanded to
Taiwan and
Philippines and it broadcast to the rest of Southeast Asia.
Overview and History
Fox Family Movies has first-run contracts for movies distributed by
Disney, (
20th Century Studios
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), (
Walt Disney Pictures),
Universal Pictures,
Paramount Pictures
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,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Warner Bros.,
StudioCanal, as well as featured movies from other movie distributors including
Lionsgate,
Summit Entertainment and
The Weinstein Company. This movie channel targets family-oriented movies providing a unique opportunity for young and old to bond over the best movie magic. The channel offers at least 60 different movies every month and a primetime premiere every Friday, along with eye-catching thematic nights and special programming events to keep viewers glued to the TV screen, it is another competitor to
HBO Family Asia. Unlike
Fox Movies and
Fox Action Movies this channel is also available in Dual Language for some movies. This channel is similar to those of
Fox Movies in the Middle East. This channel, unlike Fox Movies (Philippine feed), has no commercial breaks during the movie. In the Philippine feed of the channel (distributed by OmniContent Management Inc.) it uses 4:3 letterbox for the SD channel simulcast from the SEA feed and during commercials, the SEA feed will replaced by the local feed for the teaser to other
Fox Networks Group Philippines
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channels as well as local advertisements, it reverts to SEA feed where the movie plays.
Due to agreement between Fox Networks Group, The Walt Disney Company and Astro, FOX Family Movies cannot appear other Malaysian TV providers until February 1, 2018, this channel is available on Unifi TV channel 403.
On October 1, 2021, Fox Family Movies (along with
Fox Movies &
Fox Action Movies) including 15 Disney owned channels would cease operations at around 1:00 am (Philippines & Malaysia) or 12:00 am (Indonesia, Thailand & Vietnam) after 11 years of broadcasting after ''Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket'' aired as its final film,
however the Middle East and North Africa feed of the channel, along with FX and Fox Crime, were operating until its cessation on December 1, 2022, outlived its main Asia feed.
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Mass media in Southeast Asia
Cable television in Hong Kong
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Television channels and stations established in 2010
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2022
English-language television stations
Movie channels in Singapore
Movie channels in Malaysia
Movie channels in Indonesia
Movie channels in Hong Kong
Movie channels in Thailand
Movie channels in the Philippines