Star Movies is a Portuguese pay television movie channel owned by The Walt Disney Company Portugal.[1] It was launched on 1 July 2011.[2]
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| Country | Portugal Angola Mozambique |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Lisbon |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Portuguese |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company Portugal |
| Parent | The Walt Disney Company Iberia S.L. |
| Sister channels | Star Channel Star Life Star Comedy Star Crime 24Kitchen National Geographic Nat Geo Wild BabyTV |
| History | |
| Launched | 7 February 2024 |
| Replaced | Fox Next |
| Former names | Fox Movies (2011-2024) |
| Links | |
| Website | startv |
History
editAs Fox Movies
editFox Movies started broadcasting on July 1, 2011 as the "natural successor" to Fox Next. Already from the start, the channel had an HD feed, at the time of launching, 80% of the movies in its back catalog were already HD-ready.[3]
The channel airs the most recent and successful movies in many genres including drama, comedy, science fiction, action and horror.[1] Programming during the summer slate of 2011 included hits such as X-Men and The Queen.[2] Within months of its launch, the channel had planned the start of themed seasons.[3]
Following Disney's acquisition of the Fox Networks Group in 2019, the channel began to promote certain events around releases on Disney+ or theatrical releases from Disney. Such examples include airings from Predator and Predator 2 to promote the release of Prey on Disney+, and airings of the Indiana Jones films to promote the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in theaters.
As Star Movies
editOn November 27, 2023, Disney has announced that Fox Movies was going to rebrand to Star Movies on 7 February 2024.[4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Fox Movies to launch in Portugal". Broadband TV News. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ^ a b "Fox Movies adds Portuguese flavour | News". Rapid TV News. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ^ a b "FOX Movies oferece filmes para toda a família". Correio da Manhã. 19 February 2003. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "Disney ends Fox brand in Portugal". theportugalnews.com. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ "Perguntas Frequentes - A FOX vai ser STAR Channel". foxtv.pt (in Portuguese). 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ "Canais Fox vão mudar de nome e assumir marca Star" [Fox channels will change their name and adopt the Star brand]. publico.pt (in Portuguese). 2023-11-27. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ^ "Canais FOX vão passar a ser Star Channel já em 2024". marketeer.sapo.pt. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
External links
edit- Official website (in Portuguese)