Star Chinese Movies is a Chinese language

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channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd. It features Chinese films, featuring famous actors such as

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, Sammi Cheng,

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and many more. The channel mainly broadcasts Hong Kong-produced films and Chinese films (including Chinese films,

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, Singapore films, and Malaysian films), as well as bilingual

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, Japanese animations (strip TV series and theatrical versions),

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, etc., and will digitally restore some Hong Kong action films. On April 29, 2017, Star Chinese Movies provided bilingual services, and most of the movies were broadcast in Mandarin and original sound at the same time. Some time periods have added animation periods. The Taiwan version mainly broadcasts Japanese animations, while the Southeast Asian version broadcasts Chinese domestic animations. It is broadcast every day: Taiwan version: 19:00-21:00, Southeast Asia version: 16:30-19:00. In addition, they also obtained the pay TV broadcasting rights of the

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and the

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for the Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia (except Singapore and Malaysia, in which sold to their local broadcaster).

History

It was launched on 1 May 1994 as Star Mandarin Movies. At that time, it screened both

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and Chinese-language films and was focused to a pan-Asian audience split into two television channels: Star Movies International (now

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) and Star Mandarin Movies (now Star Chinese Movies). On 15 December 2007, a sister channel named Star Chinese Movies 2 was launched, the HD and VOD channels launched 3 years later. On 19 May 2012, the Star Chinese Movies 2 and Hong Kong was officially rebranded as Star Chinese Movies Legend. The channel logo was also changed from a star, to a stylized crown. On 1 October 2021, Star Chinese Movies Legend along with most of Fox Networks Asia channels (except National Geographic Asia and National Geographic Wild Asia) end all operations from 1 October 2021 with the very final and last

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movie aired is '' Happy Ghost III''. After final and last

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: ''Běn píndào jiāng bù zài tígōng fúwù gǎnxiè nín chángqí zhīchí yú shōukàn''; lit.: This channel is no longer available, thank you for watching.). All these channels shows moved to

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(in Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and

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(in Southeast Asia outside Singapore and Philippines), however, Star Chinese Movies continues to operate after this date.

Feeds

* Taiwan * Hong Kong (Closed on 1 October 2021 for SCM Legend) * Singapore * Southeast Asia (Closed on 1 October 2021 for SCM Legend) * Middle East * Malaysia (Closed on 1 October 2021)

References

External links

STAR Chinese Movies Taiwan

STAR Chinese Movies HD Taiwan

STAR Chinese Movies Hong Kong

STAR Chinese Movies Hong Kong
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