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Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific
Formerly	List Quford Limited (31 August 1990–31 January 1991); Hutchvision Channel Services (31 January 1991–4 July 1991); Satellite Television Asian Region (4 July 1991–2 September 2014); Fox International Channels Asia Pacific (2 September 2014–29 February 2016); Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific (29 February 2016–1 October 2021); Star TV (former trade name); Star (former trade name); ;
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Media; Television; Satellite television
Founded	31 August 1990 (original) ; 1 October 2021; 2 years ago (The Walt Disney Southeast Asia) ; 1 October 2021; 2 years ago (The Walt Disney Taiwan)
Founder	Richard Li
Defunct	1 October 2021; 2 years ago (original); 30 September 2023; 9 months ago (official) (Southeast Asia & Hong Kong); 31 December 2023; 6 months ago (official) (Taiwan)
Fate	Merged with Disney Branded Television
Headquarters	13/F One Harbourfront, 18 Tak Fung Street, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong (former) (31 August 1990-31 December 2011); 38/F, Oxford House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong (The Walt Disney Company (Hong Kong) Limited) (1 January 2012-1 October 2021); 19/F, Millennium City 5, 418 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong (The Walt Disney Company (Hong Kong) Limited) (1 October 2021-31 December 2023); 1 Fusionopolis View, #06-01 Sandcrawler Building, Singapore 138577 (The Walt Disney Southeast Asia) (1 October 2021-31 December 2023); 11 Floor, 183 Tiding Boulevard, Section 2, Neihu District, Taipei City, Taiwan, 11493 (The Walt Disney Taiwan) (1 October 2021-31 December 2023)
Areas served	East Asia; South Asia; Southeast Asia; Middle East
Products	Pay television; Direct-broadcast satellite
Services	Television channels
Owner	Hutchison Whampoa (1 August 1990–30 June 1993); News Corporation (1 July 1993–27 June 2013); 21st Century Fox (28 June 2013–19 March 2019); The Walt Disney Company (20 March 2019–31 December 2023)
Parent	Cheung Kong Holdings (1 August 1990–30 June 1993); Fox Networks Group (1 July 1993–19 March 2019); Disney Branded Television (20 March 2019–31 December 2023)
Subsidiaries	Star India (1990–2014); Star China Media (1991–2014); Star Select (1997–2014); Phoenix Television (12.15%);
Website	thewaltdisneycompany.com/

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Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific, formerly Satellite Television Asian Region (from 2001 trading as Star TV, stylised as STAR TV, and then as Star until 2009), subsequently Fox International Channels Asia Pacific, and Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, is a Hong Kong-based commercial broadcasting company operating multiple specialty television channels. The company was founded in 1991 by Hong Kong businessman Richard Li.

Originally established by Hutchison Whampoa and later acquired by the original News Corporation, Star TV was once the most prominent satellite television broadcaster in the entire Asia region. On 20 March 2019 following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets, Fox Networks Group Asia and Star India became a part of Disney, and Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific merged with Disney Branded Television unit.

DNG Asia Pacific's channels were available in Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East.

History

Launch

The company was originally registered to the Companies Registry of Hong Kong as Quford Limited on 31 August 1990. The company was renamed Hutchvision Channel Services Limited on 31 January 1991 before becoming Satellite Television Asian Region Limited (Chinese: 衛星電視有限公司; lit. 'Satellite Television Limited') on 4 July 1991. It was established by Hutchison Whampoa and was headed by Richard Li (son of Li Ka-Shing, the founder of Cheung Kong which owns Hutchison Whampoa).

The company operated its television channels under a unified brand, Star TV (Chinese: 衛星電視; pinyin: Wèixīng Diànshì; lit. 'Satellite Television'). The company's strategy was to target the top 5 percent of Asian elites who spoke English and had bought power to offer pan-Asian English programming.^[1] In its initial years, the channels were broadcast over AsiaSat 1 communication satellite operated by Asia Satellite Telecommunications which was a consortium of Hutchison Whampoa, China International Trust and Investment Corporation and Cable & Wireless Worldwide and its digital electronic services was funded by Sony based in Tokyo.^{[citation needed]} As with the satellite's footprint, the channels reached from the Far East to the Middle East, broadcasting across 38 countries around the region.

Star TV launched these channels with their first programmes were:^{[citation needed]}

On 1 October 1992, Star TV added Zee TV (which targeted Hindi-speaking audiences) from Zee Telefilms in India to its line-up.

In 1993, Goldman Sachs became the exclusive advisor to Hutchison Whampoa Limited and the Li family for the largest merger to date.^[2] In February 1993, Julian Mounter, former director-general of Television New Zealand, was appointed as president and Chief Executive of the company.^[3] In March 1993, Star TV was offered to join ranks made by the Asia Business News.^[4] By that year, the service's advertisement bookings were extensive. Julian Mounter — the chief executive and the president of HutchVision, stated that the company plans to launch the AsiaSat 2 satellite in the next two years, while starting their pay-TV services. Julian Mounter also signed agreements with four companies, mostly the programme suppliers, that he stated that the company will have as many than six channels operating by April 1994. He also said that the programmes will include more English and Chinese movie channels, a business channel, a children's channel, and what was supposed to be a documentary channel, and another entertainment channel. With the launch of the new AsiaSat satellite, Star TV would have to be capable for broadcasting as many as one-hundred channels.^[5] In June 1993, Star TV and Wharf Cable signed a deal in which Hong Kong's new cable television provider would carry Star TV's channels.^[6] However, the deal was terminated in February 1994 in the carriage dispute between the two parties.^[7]

Sale to News Corporation

Star TV's viewership across Asia have increased over the years, and it attracted advertisers. But the business was making loss. The company has been looking for an Anglophone partner for financial investments, additional English language programming and technical assistance, especially to launch a pay-television system that would carry encrypted channels.^[8]

By late April 1993, Pearson approached Star TV's owners, and was expected to pay up to GBP 100 million.^[8] Pearson (which owned minor stake in British broadcasters BSkyB and Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television at the time, and have just acquired Thames Television) has been looking to expand its media business outside the UK, especially because the British laws at that time did not allow Pearson to expand more on UK television business.^[9]^[10] Pearson was looking for the 66% of the company, but the deal was reported to have required the Hong Kong side to remain active shareholders, making the deal to be turned down.^[9]^[10] The initial negotiations with Rupert Murdoch were reported to have foundered after the Australian businessman demanded a controlling stake in the Hong Kong company.^[8] On 1 July 1993, Murdoch's News Corporation purchased 63.6% of Star TV for US$525 million, half in cash, half in News Corporation's ordinary shares, blocking offers from Pearson. The deal came after News Corporation failed to acquire 22% of TVB because of regulatory issues.^[11]^[12]^[13] News Corporation acquired the remaining 36.4% for US$299 million in July 1995.^[14]^[15] Li family and Hutchison Whampoa would retain its shares in Hutchvision Hong Kong Limited, which uplinked Star TV's channels.^[11]^[12]^[14]^[15] With the amount of money made from the 1993 sale, Richard Li went on to establish his own venture, Pacific Century Group.^[16] It was later theorized by author Shiau Hong-chi wrote that Murdoch's purchase of Star TV was based on a theory of media globalization assuming that people across every nation and languages would watch the same TV programs with as little effort as possible with the original plan for Star TV being to broadcast popular American shows to Asian audience. However, the plan would deem unsuccessful with Star TV being forced to invest heavly on local branches to make local shows for the Asian audience.^[17] On 1 August 1993, following News Corporation's takeover, Julian Mounter resigned as Chief Executive of the company. Sam Chisholm, who was the head of BSkyB at the time, became acting Chief Executive before he was formally appointed.^[18]^[19]^[20]

In January 1994, James Griffiths resigned as a managing director, while Gary Davey became the managing director.^[21] With the controversial removal of BBC World Service Television from the company's satellite television offerings for Northeast Asia in mid-April 1994 (discussed below), Star TV replaced the BBC channel with two channels; English-language film channel Star Movies and Chinese-language film channel Star Chinese Movies.^[22] The decision about replacing WSTV with the movie channels were made while Star TV considering the launch of a documentary and educational channel that two companies had a joint-venture in them.^[23] In April 1994, Star TV had formed a three-year partnership from Asia Television, as Star TV struggled to be the part of the Chinese-language programme battle with TVB. The joint-venture marked the beginning of the long-term cooperation for the programmes and for the co-productions. However, this agreement also supersedes the previous program supply deal made in 1991 (with ATV being the part of the Chinese Channel's programming and Star was still being owned by the Li Ka-Shing family) that it were foundered due to the strike. Star TV also acquired one-thousand hours annually of prime-time dramas and special programming dubbed in Mandarin Chinese. ATV also provided dubbing and other facilities for the Star TV Network.

The joint-venture also co-produced fewer than 40 hours of quality dramas per year, broadcast simultaneously with ATV showing the original programming in Cantonese in the British Hong Kong territory, and Star TV showing them in Mandarin Chinese. In addition, Star TV also operated the Chinese Channel in competition to TVB. Star TV also bought a library of more than 570 Chinese films from the Golden Harvest Group and had recently announced an deal of more than 50 films to be produced in the next three years by Media Asia Film.^[24]

Star TV and Viacom (MTV) ended partnership that supplied music television programming, so Star TV launched Channel V to replace the American brand. The Indian version was launched on 23 May 1994, it was followed by four additional versions: Channel V International, Channel V Thailand, Channel V Korea, Channel V Japan, and another three versions in Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese and Cantonese.^[25] Star TV split its satellite signal to both northern and southern beams, resulting in a change for both operations. The northern beam included Prime Sports, Channel V, Star Plus, Star Movies and Star Chinese Channel, while the southern beam had Prime Sports, Channel V, Star Plus, BBC WSTV, Zee TV and Zee Cinema.^[26] However, Star Sports' northern beam featured soccer and gymnastics, while the southern beam included cricket for the Indian viewers.^[27] However, after the purchase of a 49.9% interest of Zee TV in early-1994, the northern beam launched Zee News and Zee Cinema, which were Zee TV's sister channels.^[28]

In Summer 1995, Star TV considering the plans to launch at least thirty channels on the service when AsiaSat 2 was launched. The new channels let the Star TV Network to further customize its services for other regions and cultures.^[29]

In early-1996, Star TV formed a third-party joint-venture as Phoenix Satellite Television Corporation, offering three channels on its service targeting China, with Phoenix Chinese Channel offering variety & entertainment, Star Sports and Phoenix Movies.^[30] On 30 March 1996 at 7 pm Hong Kong Time, Star TV split into Star Plus and Star Chinese Channel by certain areas.^[31]

In 1997, Star TV launched Star Select package of television channels targeting the Middle East via the Orbit (now OSN) service. In 1998, Star TV and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer were in discussion to launch a new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's movie channel in India. Rathikant Basu also stated that the company was considering to launch four new regional channels, including those in Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati and Punjabi.^[32] In December 1998, the Star TV Network's channels were supposed to be removed on the Indovision service due to a bitter clash between the company and Indovision.^[33] However, the court granted Star TV's decision to not sell its channels anywhere across Indonesia. During the same month, Star TV announced its partnership with Phoenix Satellite TV and in cooperation with the European-based Chinese News and Entertainment to launch Phoenix Europe, a Mandarin-language channel that will broadcast entertainment and news from Phoenix Television's libraries to European audiences in August of the same year.^[34]

In May 1999, Star TV migrated its services from AsiaSat 1 and 2 to AsiaSat 3S.^[35] By late-1999 to the early-2000s, Star TV used AsiaSat 3S and Palapa C2 to broadcast across Asia and the Middle East in 53 countries with the audience reaching up to 300 million. Star Chinese Channel, Phoenix Chinese Channel, Star Plus, Star World, Channel V, ESPN, Star Sports, Star Movies, Phoenix Movies, Viva Cinema, Star News, Zee News, Zee Cinema, Zee TV, Fox News, Sky News and the National Geographic Channel were broadcast on the service at the time.^[36]

In 2000, Star TV inserted even more focus in the two markets, including China and India. In India, Star TV started to increase a number of Hindi programming seen on Star Plus and received an success from the Indian Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and with several Hindi-language popular serials, beating their own rivals — Zee TV and Sony Entertainment Television. The Indian operations was estimated to account for 55% of Star TV's revenues in Asia at the time.^[37] On 15 January 2000, Star TV added Disney Channel, as the company handling it's distribution and ad sales for the channel, it marks the second partnership with The Walt Disney Company, which also owned ESPN. On 1 July 2000, Zee TV ended partnership with Star TV. The Hong Kong-based company converted Star Plus to a Hindi entertainment channel, and introduced Star World in the area as an English entertainment replacement.

On New Year's Day (1 January) 2001 at midnight stroke, the company was rebranded from Star TV to Star, reflecting the company's evolution from a television brand to a multi-service, multi-platform brand. In Chinese, the company referred itself as Xīngkōng Chuánméi (Chinese: 星空傳媒; lit. 'Star Media') instead of Wèixīng Diànshì from then on. It introduced a new set of logos. The logo scheme of the Star network (the name of the channel next to the Star logo icon, contained within a rectangle with two opposite corners rounded) that had been used throughout 2007 (but it still used by Xing Kong, antv and tvOne's news programs Kabar^[38] as of 2023). Static Design (a broadcasting design arm of Static 2358, now-defunct) designed the company and the seven channels' identities.^[39]

Star TV aired the high-definition programme Angel in 2006, in co-production with the Singaporean Mediacorp Studios. The show was scheduled to have 40 episodes aired, and shot in Taiwan. The show was aired on Star Chinese Channel in Taiwan and via Mediacorp in Singapore, the Star TV handling distribution and sales in other countries. In addition, Star Chinese Movies had been announced that the channel has investment in three high-definition films, to be executive produced by Derek Yee Tung-sing. Plus, the National Geographic Channel involved up to 30% in one-thousand hours of high-definition programming commissioned in Asia (excluding Japan).^[40]

2009 restructure, refocus on East and Southeast Asia

On 19 August 2009, News Corporation announced a restructure of Star. Star India and Star Greater China would be separated from Star's headquarters in Hong Kong, and the heads of the former two companies would report directly to James Murdoch, News Corporation's then-Chairman and Chief Executive for Europe and Asia.^[41]^[42]^[43]

Star India took over all of Star's operations in India, as well as sales and distribution of Fox-branded channels in the region. It also took over Star's distribution offices in the Middle East, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Star Greater China would oversee Star Chinese Channel, Star Chinese Movies, Star Chinese Movies 2, Xing Kong and Channel V Mainland China, as well as Fortune Star film library.
The original Star TV company became Fox International Channels Asia Pacific, and would now focus on East and Southeast Asia. It also took over the representation of FIC channels from NGC Network Asia, LLC (the channels that were distributed by Star anyway). The company would continue to distribute its channels in the Middle East, and would take responsibility of the distribution of Star India and Star Greater China's channels in Asia outside their respective home markets.

Despite the 2009 reorganisations, the company did not immediately change its legal name from Satellite Television Asian Region Limited. It only changed its legal name to Fox International Channels Asia Pacific Limited (Chinese: 福斯國際電視網有限公司; lit. 'Fox International Television Network Limited') on 2 September 2014.

In August 2010, it was announced that News Corporation would sell a controlling stake in its assets in mainland China to China Media Capital (CMC).^[44]^[45]^[46] Xing Kong (both domestic and international versions) and Channel V Mainland China, plus Fortune Star film library were in the sale,^[44]^[45]^[46] and a joint venture named Star China Media was created in the process. CMC acquired the remaining stake in Star China Media in January 2014.^[47]^[48]^[49]

In June 2012, it was announced that News Corporation would buy ESPN International's share in the joint venture ESPN Star Sports.^[50]^[51] The versions of ESPN broadcast in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia were rebranded as Fox Sports on 28 January 2013,^[52]^[53] and Star Sports became Fox Sports 2 on 15 August 2014.^[54]^[55] The Fox Sports rebrand did not affect India and East Asia: In India, Star India took over ESPN Star Sports' Indian subsidiary,^[56] and kept the ESPN name until 6 November 2013, when all of Star India's sports channels were relaunched under the Star Sports brand;^[57]^[58]^[59] a version of Star Sports broadcast to mainland China and South Korea kept the brand, and instead, the version of ESPN for mainland China was renamed Star Sports 2 on 1 January 2014.

In the wake of 2011 News Corporation scandals, the original News Corporation was split into 21st Century Fox and the new News Corp on 28 June 2013, with the television businesses (which FIC Asia was a part of) going to 21st Century Fox. In October 2013, 12.15% of share in Phoenix Television held by 21st Century Fox (through Star) was sold to TPG Capital for HK$1.66 billion (about US$213.73 million).^[60]^[61]^[62]^[63] This and 2014 sale of Star China Media marked 21st Century Fox's exit from Mandarin entertainment television market in mainland China.

By 2014, Fox International Channels Middle East took over the distribution of Star World, Star Movies, National Geographic-branded channels, Fox-branded channels, Channel V International, Baby TV and Sky News in the Middle East and North Africa from Star Select. (Now renamed Fox Networks Group Middle East, the Middle East business is, together with FNG Asia Pacific, still a part of the wider FNG Asia operations.)

In January 2016, the company's parent unit, Fox International Channels, was announced to be split into three divisions, which would see the heads of newly renamed Fox Networks Group Europe, Fox Networks Group Latin America and Fox Networks Group Asia all reporting to CEO Peter Rice and COO Randy Freer at Fox Networks Group in the United States, thus abolishing Fox International Channels as a separate unit from 21st Century Fox's television business in the U.S.^[64] Accordingly, the company was officially launched new name and logo to becomes Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited (Chinese: 福斯傳媒有限公司; lit. 'Fox Media Limited') on 29 February 2016.

On 5 December 2017, Star India's Chairman and CEO Uday Shankar was appointed as 21st Century Fox's president for Asia, and the President of Fox Networks Group Asia would report directly to Shankar (instead of the equivalent at FNG U.S.).^[65]

Disney ownership and channel operations closure

With the acquisition of 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets by The Walt Disney Company, FNG Asia Pacific (including FNG Taiwan, and FNG's remaining businesses in mainland China), as well as Star India, became a part of Disney and FNG Asia were integrated into Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International (now Disney International Operations) unit. Fox Networks Group Asia was split into three, as to plug into the Disney International structure with offices in Shanghai (Northern Asia), Mumbai (India) and Singapore (Southeast Asia). The reconfiguration and layoff began on 29 June 2020 with layoff focused on FNG Asia's Hung Hom, Kowloon headquarters, which dates back to the 1993 acquisition by a 21st Century Fox predecessor of PCCW.^[66]

The Walt Disney Company announced was officially closing broadcast and transmission of all 18 cable channels removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am HKT after officially closing ceremony or grand closing was all 18 cable channels closedown.

This included Fox Sports Asia, which broadcast Formula 1 and MotoGP alongside with all four major Grand Slams and even most UFC fights at the time and also Fox Movies Asia (including Fox Action Movies and Fox Family Movies) which no longer aired Walt Disney Studios films in early 2021 as they prioritized the rollout for Disney+ (or Disney+ Hotstar for Southeast Asian countries outside Singapore and Philippines).^[67]

National Geographic (including National Geographic Wild), Star Chinese Channel and Star Chinese Movies will remain on-air as most of Fox Sports Asia programming are relocated to other sports broadcasters following the shutdown such as the newly launched SPOTV (which immediately replace Fox Sports Asia network and has acquired rights for MotoGP, WorldSBK, Wimbledon and the US Open) and another Fox Sports Asia rival BeIN Sports (which now owns rights for the Australian Open and the French Open/Roland-Garros along with Formula 1 starting 2023) while Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Studios films, especially to newer releases officially new relocated moving shift to Disney+ (or Disney+ Hotstar) content hub. The rest of general entertainment content including various series from Disney's television production groups (ABC Signature and 20th Television) and other third-party productions (including the co-production with their television production groups) are either shift to Disney+/Disney+ Hotstar or through Fox's rival channels/streaming platform such as Lifetime (which also part-owned by Disney through its 50% stake in A&E Networks), AXN, Rock Entertainment, TrueVisions (True Series), Now TV (Now Studio), Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Catchplay+ and many more.

On Friday, 1 October 2021 at 01:00:00am SST, Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited was officially launched new name and logo to becomes Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited so officially launched new located, new transmitter, new headquarters, new studios, new network, new provider, new content, new media city, new broadcast drive, new transmission, new power, new station, new operation, new corporate and new head office to 1 Fusionopolis View, #06-01 Sandcrawler Building, Singapore 138577 so added plus two created digital subscription pay network and Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific officially spliting ceremony into The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) and The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) by certain areas.

The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. officially launching ceremony or grand launching based in Singapore on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 01:00:00am SST with two subscription television network such as National Geographic Partners two subscription television channel such as National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild and BabyTV was offcially opening ceremony by President of Singapore Halimah Yacob on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 01:00:00am SST.
The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd. officially launching ceremony or grand launching based in Taiwan on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 01:00:00am NST with four Taiwanese subscription television channel such as Star Chinese Channel Taiwan, Star Chinese Movies Taiwan, Star Entertainment Channel Taiwan and Star Movies Gold and Star Movies HD Taiwan was offcially opening ceremony by President of the Republic of China Tsai Ing-wen on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 01:00:00am NST.

On Friday, 1 October 2021 at 01:00:00am SST, Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific was officially opening ceremony or grand opening celebrate on air from various locations; the Marina Bay Sands for Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific (Southeast Asia) and the Taipei 101 for Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific (Taiwan). At the same time, Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific officially 'split' its beam. Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific (Taiwan) has opened up its production facilities in Taipei, Taiwan. Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific (Southeast Asia) was launched on the Singapore Beam. Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific (Taiwan) was launched on the Taiwan Beam. Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific (Southeast Asia) has opened up its production facilities in Singapore.

This caused some of their employees, including Singapore-based marketing leads Daniel Tan and Shoba Martin to leave the company following the cable TV operation shutdown.^[68]

The decision has been criticized due to poor Internet connectivity in some areas alongside with no launch plans for Disney+ in some smaller markets especially in some parts of Southeast Asia where the channels operate.

In Taiwan, Disney Channel officially ceased broadcast and transmission on New Year's Day (1 January) 2022 at midnight stroke NST as officially moved and shift to focus on Disney+^[69] so Fox Movies Taiwan and Fox Taiwan was officially launched new name and renamed to becomes Star Movies Gold and Star Movies HD Taiwan and Star World Taiwan was officially relaunching ceremony.^[70] This marked the only country with Disney/Fox channels operating under the Star brand alongside existing Star Chinese Movies Taiwan and Star Chinese Channel Taiwan.

National Geographic and National Geographic Wild was officially closing broadcast and transmission in Malaysia on Tuesday, 31 January 2023 at 11:59:59pm MST.

The Walt Disney Company announced was officially closing broadcast and transmission of all 5 cable channels removed delete on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm KST/HKT/Taiwan Time after officially closing ceremony or grand closing was all six cable channels closedown. The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. and The Walt Disney Company (Hong Kong) Limited officially closing ceremony or grand closing based in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and South Korea at stroke of midnight on Sunday, 1 October 2023 at 00:00:00am KST/HKT/Taiwan Time with five Hong Kong closedown subscription television network such as Baby TV, National Geographic, Star Chinese Channel and Star Chinese Movies was officially closing broadcast and transmission in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and South Korea on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm KST/HKT. Nat Geo Wild was officially closing broadcast and transmission in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and South Korea and Taiwan on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm KST/HKT/Taiwan Time was offcially closing ceremony by Catherine, Princess of Wales officially connected with Princess Charlotte of Wales officially accessed by Mabel in held at Changi Airport on same day.

The Walt Disney Company announced was officially closing broadcast and transmission of all 7 cable channels removed delete on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm Taiwan Time after officially closing ceremony or grand closing was all six cable channels closedown. The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd. officially closing ceremony or grand closing based in Taiwan at stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (1 January) 2024 at 00:00:00am NST with six Taiwanese closedown subscription television channel such as Baby TV Taiwan, National Geographic Channel Taiwan, Star Chinese Channel Taiwan, Star Chinese Movies, Star Entertainment Channel and Star Movies Gold and Star Movies HD Taiwan was officially closing broadcast and transmission in Taiwan on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm Taiwan Time was offcially closing ceremony by President of the Republic of China Tsai Ing-wen on same day.

Controversy

The BBC and Star TV originally signed a deal under which the Hong Kong operator would carry the BBC channel for 10 years.^[20] But in March 1994, the BBC and Star TV reached a deal after an out-of-court settlement that would gradually drop BBC World Service Television from the satellite broadcaster's offerings. BBC WSTV would be dropped from the channel line-up for Northeast Asia by mid-April that year, but would be available in the rest of Asia until 31 March 1996.^[22]^[71] The deal came after such demands from the government of the People's Republic of China.^[72]

It was alleged that the PRC government was unhappy with BBC coverage of China^[72] and Murdoch's September 1993 speech, which declared "(telecommunications) have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere... satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels",^[72]^[73] so the Beijing government threatened to block Star TV in the huge mainland Chinese market if the BBC was not withdrawn.^[72] The former prime minister, Li Peng,requested and obtained the ban of satellite dishes throughout the country.^[73]

There were also reported concerns surrounding editorial control of BBC WSTV after News Corporation's acquisition of Star TV.^[20]

The subsequent removal of the BBC channel and many ensuing declarations from Murdoch led critics to believe the businessman was striving to appease the Chinese government in order to have the ban lifted.^[73] Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) gave Rupert Murdoch a mock award titled the "P.U.-Litzer Prize" for "Media Hypocrite of the Year" in 1994.^[72]

In 2001, the BBC and CITVC signed a deal that would make BBC World available to "upmarket hotels, as well as guest houses and foreign apartments" in mainland China.^[74]

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^ Jacob, R. (2002-04-15). "Star begins to shine as it reports a profit". Financial Times. p. 29.
^ Kompilasi OBB Kabar News tvOne - New Look 2023
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^ Frater, Patrick (2006-06-28). "Star TV shines on high-def 'Angel'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
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^ Watkins, Mary; Li, Kenneth "News Corp announces Star TV shake-up" Financial Times 19 August 2009
^ Chu, Karen (18 August 2009). "News Corp. confirms Star TV breakup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b Young, Doug "News Corp sells controlling stake in China TV channels" Reuters 9 August 2010
^ ^a ^b Chu, Karen "News Corp. sells Chinese-language channels to CMC" Associated Press 9 August 2010 (via The Hollywood Reporter)
^ ^a ^b Coonan, Clifford "China Media Capital buys Star China" Variety 9 August 2010
^ "Star China's Management Team and China Media Capital to Acquire 21st Century Fox's Entire Stake in Star China TV Joint Venture" 21st Century Fox Business Wire 2 January 2014
^ Patnaik, Sampad "21st Century Fox sells Star China TV stake" Reuters 2 January 2014
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^ Szalai, Georg (6 June 2012). "News Corp. to Buy Out ESPN's Stake in Asian TV Venture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Steel, Emily (7 June 2012). "News Corp to take over ESPN Star Sports". Financial Times. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Terrado, Reuben (9 January 2013). "ESPN fades off in Asia as Fox takes over". Spin.ph. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Chan, U-Gene (24 January 2013). "ESPN network to be renamed FOX Sports in Singapore, Asia". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Christensen, Nic (4 July 2014). "Fox to reorganises its sports channels". Mumbrella Asia. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Valisno, Jeffrey O. (26 August 2014). "Fox completes rebranding of sports channels". BusinessWorld. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "ESPN Star Sports to be under Star in India". Business Standard. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ Engineer, Tariq (31 January 2013). "As ESPN turns to Fox, expect more local Indian sports programming". Firstpost. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "Star Sports: A new logo, packaging & brand identity". Indian Television. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Star junks ESPN brand, launches Star Sports with 6 channels and website". MxM. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "TPG to Acquire 21st Century Fox's Stake in Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Limited" (press release) TPG Capital; 21st Century Fox Business Wire 18 October 2013
^ Tan, Clement "TPG pays Murdoch unit $214 million for Chinese media company stake" Reuters 19 October 2013
^ Joshua, Fellman "TPG China Media Buys Remaining Fox Stake in Phoenix Satellite TV" Bloomberg L.P. 18 October 2013
^ Frater, Patrick "21st Century Fox Sells Phoenix Stake" Variety 22 October 2013
^ Littleton, Cynthia (11 January 2016). "Fox Reorganizes International Channels Division, CEO Hernan Lopez to Exit". Variety. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ Frater, Patrick (5 December 2017). "Uday Shankar to Head 21st Century Fox in Asia". Variety. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^ Frater, Patrick; Chow, Vivienne (June 29, 2020). "Redundancies at Disney in Hong Kong as Fox's Asia TV Operations Are Dispersed". Variety. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^
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^
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External links

Disney Networks Group in Taiwan
Former official website of Star at the Wayback Machine (archive index): The startv.com domain is now owned by Star India.
Fox Networks Group in Mainland China at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Star TV Archived 2017-06-19 at the Wayback Machine at the Museum of Broadcast Communications's Encyclopedia of Television

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 ==History==
 ===Launch===
-The company was originally registered to the Companies Registry of Hong Kong as '''Quford Limited''' on 31 August 1990. The company was renamed '''Hutchvision Channel Services Limited''' on 31 January 1991 before becoming '''Satellite Television Asian Region Limited''' ({{Lang-zh|t=衛星電視有限公司|l=Satellite Television Limited}}) on 4 July 1991. It was established by [[Hutchison Whampoa]] (which also owned the health and beauty retailer [[A.S. Watson Group]] at the time) and was headed by [[Richard Li]] (son of [[Li Ka-Shing]], the founder of [[Cheung Kong]] which owns [[Hutchison Whampoa]]).
+The company was originally registered to the Companies Registry of Hong Kong as '''Quford Limited''' on 31 August 1990. The company was renamed '''Hutchvision Channel Services Limited''' on 31 January 1991 before becoming '''Satellite Television Asian Region Limited''' ({{Lang-zh|t=衛星電視有限公司|l=Satellite Television Limited}}) on 4 July 1991. It was established by Hutchison Whampoa and was headed by [[Richard Li]] (son of [[Li Ka-Shing]], the founder of [[Cheung Kong]] which owns Hutchison Whampoa).
-The company operated its television channels under a unified brand, '''Star TV''' ({{Lang-zh|t=衛星電視|p=Wèixīng Diànshì|l=Satellite Television}}). The company's strategy was to target the top 5 percent of Asian elites who spoke English and had bought power to offer pan-Asian English programming.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tanzar |first=A. |date=1991-11-11 |title=The Asian village |pages=58 |work=Forbes}}</ref> In its initial years, the channels were broadcast over AsiaSat 1 communication satellite operated by [[AsiaSat|Asia Satellite Telecommunications]] which was a consortium of [[Hutchison Whampoa]], [[CITIC Group|China International Trust and Investment Corporation]] and [[Cable & Wireless Worldwide]] and its digital electronic services was funded by [[Sony]] based in [[Tokyo]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} As with the satellite's footprint, the channels reached from the [[Far East]] to the [[Middle East]], broadcasting across 38 countries around the region. The Star TV Network's initial line-up of advertisement-supported five [[free-to-air|free-to-air channels]] at its launch were as follows:
+The company operated its television channels under a unified brand, '''Star TV''' ({{Lang-zh|t=衛星電視|p=Wèixīng Diànshì|l=Satellite Television}}). The company's strategy was to target the top 5 percent of Asian elites who spoke English and had bought power to offer pan-Asian English programming.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tanzar |first=A. |date=1991-11-11 |title=The Asian village |pages=58 |work=Forbes}}</ref> In its initial years, the channels were broadcast over AsiaSat 1 communication satellite operated by [[AsiaSat|Asia Satellite Telecommunications]] which was a consortium of Hutchison Whampoa, [[CITIC Group|China International Trust and Investment Corporation]] and [[Cable & Wireless Worldwide]] and its digital electronic services was funded by [[Sony]] based in [[Tokyo]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} As with the satellite's footprint, the channels reached from the Far East to the Middle East, broadcasting across 38 countries around the region.
-# '''[[Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network)|Prime Sports]]''' ({{Lang|zh-Hant|體育台}}; officially launched on 26 August 1991): [[24-hour clock|24-hour]] [[Broadcasting of sports events|multi-sport television channel]] broadcast in English and Chinese; joint venture with [[Tele-Communications Inc.|TCI]] in the United States which owned [[Prime Sports|Prime Network]].
-# '''[[Channel V|MTV]]''' ({{Lang|zh-Hant|音樂台}}; officially launched on 15 September 1991): [[24-hour clock|24-hour]] [[Music television|music channel]] broadcast in English, [[Hindi language|Hindi]] and [[Chinese language|Chinese]], focused on [[pop music]]; joint venture with [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]] in the United States which owned the [[MTV|American TV channel of the same name]].
-# '''[[BBC World Service Television|BBC WSTV]]''' ({{Lang|zh-Hant|英語新聞台}}; officially launched on 14 October 1991): [[24-hour clock|24-hour]] [[news]], [[current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] and [[information]] from the [[BBC]]. This version of [[BBC World Service Television]] didn't air entertainment programmes as [[Star World|Entertainment]] broadcast these at the time (despite the name).
-# '''[[Star Chinese Channel|Chinese Channel]]''' ({{Lang|zh-Hant|中文台}}; officially launched on 21 October 1991): [[24-hour clock|24-hour]] all full [[Mandarin language|Mandarin Chinese]] and [[Hong Kong Cantonese|Cantonese]] [[variety show|variety]] [[entertainment|entertainment channel]] that showcased full [[Hong Kong Cantonese|Cantonese]] and [[Chinese language]] content provided by [[China Television|CTV]] in [[Taiwan]] and [[Asia Television|ATV]] in [[Hong Kong]] broadcasts from [[Mainland China]]; also showed [[television series]] from other [[Greater China]] countries including [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]] and [[Taiwan]].
-# '''[[Star World|Entertainment]]''' ({{Lang|zh-Hant|英語娛樂台}}; officially launched on 15 December 1991): [[24-hour clock|24-hour]] English language [[variety show|variety]] [[entertainment|entertainment channel]] which showed [[dramas]] and [[variety shows]] from [[English language|English-speaking]] countries including [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].
 Star TV launched these channels with their first programmes were:{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
-# [[Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network)|Prime Sports]]: '''[[1991 US Open (tennis)|New York City US Open Tennis]]''' (officially launched on 26 August 1991 at 17:00 [[Hong Kong Time]])
-# [[Channel V|MTV]]: '''[[1991 MTV Video Music Awards]]''' (officially launched on 15 September 1991 at 06:00 [[Hong Kong Time]])
-# [[BBC World Service Television|BBC WSTV]]: '''[[BBC News]]''' (officially launched on 14 October 1991 at 12:00 [[Hong Kong Time]])
-# [[Star Chinese Channel|Chinese Channel]]: '''[[Doraemon (1979 TV series)|Doraemon]]''' (officially launched on 21 October 1991 at 16:30 [[Hong Kong Time]])
-# [[Star World|Entertainment]]: '''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''' (officially launched on 15 December 1991 at 18:00 [[Hong Kong Time]])
 On 1 October 1992, Star TV added [[Zee TV]] (which targeted [[Hindi]]-speaking audiences) from [[Zee Entertainment Enterprises|Zee Telefilms]] in India to its line-up.
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 In 1993, [[Goldman Sachs]] became the exclusive advisor to Hutchison Whampoa Limited and the Li family for the largest merger to date.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1993: Goldman Sachs' Hong Kong Relationships Pave the Way for Largest Asia Media Merger |url=https://www.goldmansachs.com/our-firm/history/moments/1993-star-tv.html |website=[[Goldman Sachs]]}}</ref>
 In February 1993, Julian Mounter, former director-general of [[Television New Zealand]], was appointed as president and Chief Executive of the company.<ref name="Variety-93FEB08">Ilott, Terry "[https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/mounter-prez-hutchvision-103813/ Mounter: prez, Hutchvision]" ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' 8 February 1993</ref>
-In March 1993, Star TV was offered to join ranks made by the [[Asia Business News]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Star Woos ABN for Asian Pay-TV |work=The New York Times |date=8 April 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/08/business/worldbusiness/IHT-star-woos-abn-for-asian-paytv.html |last1=Murphy |first1=Kevin }}</ref> By that year, the service's advertisement bookings were [[Audi]], [[Canon Inc.|Canon]], [[Coca-Cola]], [[Hennessy]], [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi Strauss]], [[Mastercard|MasterCard]], [[Mobil]], [[Motorola]], [[NEC]], [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Panasonic]], [[Pepsi|Pepsi-Cola]], [[Reebok]], [[Sony]], [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]], [[Shell plc|Shell]] and [[Toshiba]]. Julian Mounter — the chief executive and the president of HutchVision, stated that the company plans to launch the AsiaSat 2 satellite in the next two years, while starting their pay-TV services. Julian Mounter also signed agreements with four companies, mostly the programme suppliers, that he stated that the company will have as many than six channels operating by April 1994. He also said that the programmes will include more [[English language|English]] and [[Chinese language|Chinese]] movie channels, a business channel, a children's channel, and what was supposed to be a documentary channel, and another entertainment channel. With the launch of the new AsiaSat satellite, Star TV would have to be capable for broadcasting as many as one-hundred channels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Courtney |first=Christine |date=1993-05-11 |title=Media : A Star Rises in the East : Hong Kong-based Star Television, the first pan-Asian network, has seen astounding growth. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-11-wr-34106-story.html |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In June 1993, Star TV and [[Hong Kong Cable Television|Wharf Cable]] signed a deal in which Hong Kong's new [[cable television]] provider would carry Star TV's channels.<ref>"[https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/wharf-pacts-with-hutchvision-107552/ Wharf pacts with HutchVision]" ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' 7 June 1993</ref> However, the deal was terminated in February 1994 in the carriage dispute between the two parties.<ref>"[https://variety.com/1994/tv/news/star-tv-drops-wharf-pact-118753/ Star TV drops Wharf pact]" [[Reuters]] 28 February 1994 via ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''</ref>
+In March 1993, Star TV was offered to join ranks made by the [[Asia Business News]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Star Woos ABN for Asian Pay-TV |work=The New York Times |date=8 April 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/08/business/worldbusiness/IHT-star-woos-abn-for-asian-paytv.html |last1=Murphy |first1=Kevin }}</ref> By that year, the service's advertisement bookings were extensive. Julian Mounter — the chief executive and the president of HutchVision, stated that the company plans to launch the AsiaSat 2 satellite in the next two years, while starting their pay-TV services. Julian Mounter also signed agreements with four companies, mostly the programme suppliers, that he stated that the company will have as many than six channels operating by April 1994. He also said that the programmes will include more [[English language|English]] and [[Chinese language|Chinese]] movie channels, a business channel, a children's channel, and what was supposed to be a documentary channel, and another entertainment channel. With the launch of the new AsiaSat satellite, Star TV would have to be capable for broadcasting as many as one-hundred channels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Courtney |first=Christine |date=1993-05-11 |title=Media : A Star Rises in the East : Hong Kong-based Star Television, the first pan-Asian network, has seen astounding growth. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-11-wr-34106-story.html |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In June 1993, Star TV and [[Hong Kong Cable Television|Wharf Cable]] signed a deal in which Hong Kong's new cable television provider would carry Star TV's channels.<ref>"[https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/wharf-pacts-with-hutchvision-107552/ Wharf pacts with HutchVision]" ''Variety'' 7 June 1993</ref> However, the deal was terminated in February 1994 in the carriage dispute between the two parties.<ref>"[https://variety.com/1994/tv/news/star-tv-drops-wharf-pact-118753/ Star TV drops Wharf pact]" [[Reuters]] 28 February 1994 via ''Variety''</ref>
 ===Sale to News Corporation===
 Star TV's viewership across Asia have increased over the years, and it attracted advertisers. But the business was making loss. The company has been looking for an [[Anglophone]] partner for financial investments, additional English language programming and technical assistance, especially to launch a pay-television system that would carry encrypted channels.<ref name="UKIndy-93MAY02">{{cite news |last1=Amoore |first1=Topaz |last2=Nisse |first2=Jason |title=Pearson chases TV stake in Hong Kong |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/pearson-chases-tv-stake-in-hong-kong-2320598.html |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=2 May 1993}}</ref>
-By late April 1993, [[Pearson plc|Pearson]] approached Star TV's owners, and was expected to pay up to GBP 100 million.<ref name="UKIndy-93MAY02" /> Pearson (which owned minor stake in British broadcasters [[Sky Group|BSkyB]] and [[Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television]] at the time, and have just acquired [[Thames Television]]) has been looking to expand its media business outside the UK, especially because the British laws at that time did not allow Pearson to expand more on UK television business.<ref name="NYT-93JUL28">{{cite news |last1=Ipsen |first1=Erik |title=Pearson Sheds Units to Focus More on Media |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/28/business/worldbusiness/IHT-pearson-sheds-units-to-focus-more-on-media.html |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=28 July 1993}}</ref><ref name="Variety-93JUL28">{{cite news |last1=Dawtrey |first1=Adam |title=Star-crossed Pearson rethinks |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/star-crossed-pearson-rethinks-109099/ |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=28 July 1993}}</ref> Pearson was looking for the 66% of the company, but the deal was reported to have required the Hong Kong side to remain active shareholders, making the deal to be turned down.<ref name="NYT-93JUL28" /><ref name="Variety-93JUL28" /> The initial negotiations with [[Rupert Murdoch]] were reported to have foundered after the Australian businessman demanded a controlling stake in the Hong Kong company.<ref name="UKIndy-93MAY02" /> On 1 July 1993, Murdoch's [[News Corporation]] purchased 63.6% of Star TV for [[United States dollar|US$]]525 million, half in cash, half in News Corporation's ordinary shares, blocking offers from Pearson. The deal came after News Corporation failed to acquire 22% of [[TVB]] because of regulatory issues.<ref name="SCMP-93JUL27">Tam, Luisa "[https://www.scmp.com/article/38310/news-buys-star-tv News buys Star TV]" ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' 27 July 1993 ''SCMP'' was owned by [[News Corporation]] at the time of announcement.</ref><ref name="Variety-93JUL27">{{cite web|last=Palmer |first=Rhonda |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/murdoch-catches-rising-star-108977/ |title=Murdoch catches rising Star |publisher=Variety |date=27 July 1993 |access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="NYT-93AUG23">{{cite web|last=Shenon |first=Philip |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/23/business/the-media-business-star-tv-extends-murdoch-s-reach.html |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Star TV Extends Murdoch's Reach |work=The New York Times |date=23 August 1993 |access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> News Corporation acquired the remaining 36.4% for US$299 million in July 1995.<ref name="SCMP-95JUL19">Kennedy, Sean "[https://www.scmp.com/article/124893/mogul-takes-all-star Mogul takes all of Star]" ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' 19 July 1995</ref><ref name="Variety-95JUL24">"[https://variety.com/1995/scene/markets-festivals/murdoch-takes-over-star-99129461/ Murdoch Takes Over Star]" ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' 24 July 1995</ref> Li family and Hutchison Whampoa would retain its shares in Hutchvision Hong Kong Limited, which uplinked Star TV's channels.<ref name="SCMP-93JUL27" /><ref name="Variety-93JUL27" /><ref name="SCMP-95JUL19" /><ref name="Variety-95JUL24" /> With the amount of money made from the 1993 sale, Richard Li went on to establish his own venture, [[Pacific Century Group]].<ref name="LAT-94APR11">Courtney, Christine "[https://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-11/business/fi-44804_1_hong-kong Hong Kong Rich Kid Turns Asia on Its Headset : Media: Richard Li declines family job to found satellite-TV venture. Next goal is pan-Asian 'information exchange.']" ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' 11 April 1994</ref> It was later theorized by author Shiau Hong-chi wrote that Murdoch's purchase of Star TV was based on a theory of media [[globalization]] assuming that people across every nation and languages would watch the same TV programs with as little effort as possible with the original plan for Star TV being to broadcast popular American shows to Asian audience. However, the plan would deem unsuccessful with Star TV being forced to invest heavly on local branches to make local shows for the Asian audience.<ref name="SHIAU">Shiau, Hong-chi. ''Animating the cute, the mean and the beautiful: the production and consumption of animation: Taiwan's struggles in the age of globalization''. Saarbrucken [Germany]: VDM, Verlag Dr. Muller. 2008.  {{ISBN|9783639093971}} {{OCLC|298596290}}</ref> On 1 August 1993, following News Corporation's takeover, Julian Mounter resigned as Chief Executive of the company. [[Sam Chisholm]], who was the head of BSkyB at the time, became acting Chief Executive before he was formally appointed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Rhonda |title=Mounter dismounts Star TV |url=https://variety.com/1993/biz/news/mounter-dismounts-star-tv-109283/ |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=4 August 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hotten |first1=Russell |last2=Poole |first2=Teresa |title=Mounter quits as StarTV chief |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/mounter-quits-as-startv-chief-1459209.html |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=5 August 1993}}</ref><ref name="UKIndy-93AUG08">{{cite news |last1=Nisse |first1=Jason |title=BSkyB chief in move to Murdoch's Star TV |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/bskyb-chief-in-move-to-murdochs-star-tv-1459955.html |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=8 August 1993}}</ref>
+By late April 1993, [[Pearson plc|Pearson]] approached Star TV's owners, and was expected to pay up to GBP 100 million.<ref name="UKIndy-93MAY02" /> Pearson (which owned minor stake in British broadcasters [[Sky Group|BSkyB]] and [[Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television]] at the time, and have just acquired [[Thames Television]]) has been looking to expand its media business outside the UK, especially because the British laws at that time did not allow Pearson to expand more on UK television business.<ref name="NYT-93JUL28">{{cite news |last1=Ipsen |first1=Erik |title=Pearson Sheds Units to Focus More on Media |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/28/business/worldbusiness/IHT-pearson-sheds-units-to-focus-more-on-media.html |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=28 July 1993}}</ref><ref name="Variety-93JUL28">{{cite news |last1=Dawtrey |first1=Adam |title=Star-crossed Pearson rethinks |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/star-crossed-pearson-rethinks-109099/ |access-date=6 January 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=28 July 1993}}</ref> Pearson was looking for the 66% of the company, but the deal was reported to have required the Hong Kong side to remain active shareholders, making the deal to be turned down.<ref name="NYT-93JUL28" /><ref name="Variety-93JUL28" /> The initial negotiations with [[Rupert Murdoch]] were reported to have foundered after the Australian businessman demanded a controlling stake in the Hong Kong company.<ref name="UKIndy-93MAY02" /> On 1 July 1993, Murdoch's [[News Corporation]] purchased 63.6% of Star TV for [[United States dollar|US$]]525 million, half in cash, half in News Corporation's ordinary shares, blocking offers from Pearson. The deal came after News Corporation failed to acquire 22% of [[TVB]] because of regulatory issues.<ref name="SCMP-93JUL27">Tam, Luisa "[https://www.scmp.com/article/38310/news-buys-star-tv News buys Star TV]" ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' 27 July 1993 ''SCMP'' was owned by [[News Corporation]] at the time of announcement.</ref><ref name="Variety-93JUL27">{{cite web|last=Palmer |first=Rhonda |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/murdoch-catches-rising-star-108977/ |title=Murdoch catches rising Star |publisher=Variety |date=27 July 1993 |access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="NYT-93AUG23">{{cite web|last=Shenon |first=Philip |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/23/business/the-media-business-star-tv-extends-murdoch-s-reach.html |title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Star TV Extends Murdoch's Reach |work=The New York Times |date=23 August 1993 |access-date=29 June 2013}}</ref> News Corporation acquired the remaining 36.4% for US$299 million in July 1995.<ref name="SCMP-95JUL19">Kennedy, Sean "[https://www.scmp.com/article/124893/mogul-takes-all-star Mogul takes all of Star]" ''[[South China Morning Post]]'' 19 July 1995</ref><ref name="Variety-95JUL24">"[https://variety.com/1995/scene/markets-festivals/murdoch-takes-over-star-99129461/ Murdoch Takes Over Star]" ''Variety'' 24 July 1995</ref> Li family and Hutchison Whampoa would retain its shares in Hutchvision Hong Kong Limited, which uplinked Star TV's channels.<ref name="SCMP-93JUL27" /><ref name="Variety-93JUL27" /><ref name="SCMP-95JUL19" /><ref name="Variety-95JUL24" /> With the amount of money made from the 1993 sale, Richard Li went on to establish his own venture, [[Pacific Century Group]].<ref name="LAT-94APR11">Courtney, Christine "[https://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-11/business/fi-44804_1_hong-kong Hong Kong Rich Kid Turns Asia on Its Headset : Media: Richard Li declines family job to found satellite-TV venture. Next goal is pan-Asian 'information exchange.']" ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' 11 April 1994</ref> It was later theorized by author Shiau Hong-chi wrote that Murdoch's purchase of Star TV was based on a theory of media globalization assuming that people across every nation and languages would watch the same TV programs with as little effort as possible with the original plan for Star TV being to broadcast popular American shows to Asian audience. However, the plan would deem unsuccessful with Star TV being forced to invest heavly on local branches to make local shows for the Asian audience.<ref name="SHIAU">Shiau, Hong-chi. ''Animating the cute, the mean and the beautiful: the production and consumption of animation: Taiwan's struggles in the age of globalization''. Saarbrucken [Germany]: VDM, Verlag Dr. Muller. 2008.  {{ISBN|9783639093971}} {{OCLC|298596290}}</ref> On 1 August 1993, following News Corporation's takeover, Julian Mounter resigned as Chief Executive of the company. [[Sam Chisholm]], who was the head of BSkyB at the time, became acting Chief Executive before he was formally appointed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Rhonda |title=Mounter dismounts Star TV |url=https://variety.com/1993/biz/news/mounter-dismounts-star-tv-109283/ |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=4 August 1993}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hotten |first1=Russell |last2=Poole |first2=Teresa |title=Mounter quits as StarTV chief |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/mounter-quits-as-startv-chief-1459209.html |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=5 August 1993}}</ref><ref name="UKIndy-93AUG08">{{cite news |last1=Nisse |first1=Jason |title=BSkyB chief in move to Murdoch's Star TV |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/bskyb-chief-in-move-to-murdochs-star-tv-1459955.html |access-date=7 January 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=8 August 1993}}</ref>
 In January 1994, James Griffiths resigned as a managing director, while Gary Davey became the managing director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Kevin |date=1994-01-06 |title=Star TV Said to Replace Its Chairman, Again |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/06/business/worldbusiness/IHT-star-tv-said-to-replace-its-chairman-again.html |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> With the controversial removal of [[BBC World Service Television]] from the company's satellite television offerings for [[Northeast Asia]] in mid-April 1994 (discussed [[#Removal of BBC WSTV from line-up|below]]), Star TV replaced the BBC channel with two channels; English-language film channel [[Fox Movies (Asia)|Star Movies]] and Chinese-language film channel [[Star Chinese Movies]].<ref name="UPI-94MAR22" /> The decision about replacing WSTV with the movie channels were made while Star TV considering the launch of a documentary and educational channel that two companies had a joint-venture in them.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lippman |first=John |date=1994-01-13 |title=Troubled Star TV Sees Fast Growth in Asia |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-13-fi-11465-story.html |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> In April 1994, Star TV had formed a three-year partnership from [[Asia Television]], as Star TV struggled to be the part of the Chinese-language programme battle with [[TVB]]. The joint-venture marked the beginning of the long-term cooperation for the programmes and for the co-productions. However, this agreement also supersedes the previous program supply deal made in 1991 (with ATV being the part of the Chinese Channel's programming and Star was still being owned by the Li Ka-Shing family) that it were foundered due to the strike. Star TV also acquired one-thousand hours annually of prime-time dramas and special programming dubbed in [[Mandarin Chinese]]. ATV also provided dubbing and other facilities for the Star TV Network.
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 In Summer 1995, Star TV considering the plans to launch at least thirty channels on the service when AsiaSat 2 was launched. The new channels let the Star TV Network to further customize its services for other regions and cultures.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Groves |first=Don |date=1995-01-01 |title=Star Tv To Launch 30 More Channels |url=https://variety.com/1995/scene/markets-festivals/star-tv-to-launch-30-more-channels-99125471/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
-In early-1996, Star TV formed a third-party joint-venture as [[Phoenix Television|Phoenix Satellite Television Corporation]], offering three channels on its service targeting China, with [[Phoenix Television|Phoenix Chinese Channel]] offering variety & entertainment, [[Star Sports (East Asian TV channel)|Star Sports]] and Phoenix Movies.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Star's Phoenix rises over China |pages=16 |work=Television Business International}}</ref> On 30 March 1996 at 7 pm [[Hong Kong Time]], Star TV split into Star Plus and Star Chinese Channel by certain areas:
+In early-1996, Star TV formed a third-party joint-venture as [[Phoenix Television|Phoenix Satellite Television Corporation]], offering three channels on its service targeting China, with [[Phoenix Television|Phoenix Chinese Channel]] offering variety & entertainment, [[Star Sports (East Asian TV channel)|Star Sports]] and Phoenix Movies.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Star's Phoenix rises over China |pages=16 |work=Television Business International}}</ref> On 30 March 1996 at 7 pm [[Hong Kong Time]], Star TV split into Star Plus and Star Chinese Channel by certain areas.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Maureen |title=Asian TV team christens venture ESPN Star Sports |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/asian-tv-team-christens-venture-espn-star-sports-1117433553/ |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=15 January 1997}}</ref>
-* [[Star Plus]] would continue to serve viewers in [[South Asia]] and the [[Middle East]], while [[East Asia|East]] and [[Southeast Asian]] viewers would receive the newly relaunched [[Star World]] channel.
-* [[Star Chinese Channel]] would still be available to the viewers in [[Taiwan]], but the television watchers in [[Hong Kong]] and the [[Mainland China]] would get the new [[Phoenix Chinese Channel]] instead. On 6 May 1996, Star TV launched Viva Cinema, the 24-hour [[Filipino language|Filipino]] film channel, in partnership with [[Viva Entertainment]]. Star later exited from the partnership and did not renew their contract, and the channel was relaunched as [[Pinoy Box Office]] on 1 August 2003. In September 1996, Star TV formed a partnership with [[NDTV]], offering news programming to the prime-time slot seen on Star Plus, the joint-venture expansion led to the launch of [[ABP News|Star News]], a news channel targeting India.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bamzai |first=K. |date=1998-03-24 |title=Murdoch's "skypaper" to be permanent |work=Indian Express}}</ref> NDTV left the channel's business and [[ABP Group]] took its space in 2003, before [[Star India]] completely gave up and sold their share in 2012. On 1 October 1996, Star Sports (since renamed from Prime Sports) and ESPN Asia have agreed to combine their loss making operations in Asia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rival sport channels ESPN, Star TV team up together |url=https://adage.com/article/news/rival-sport-channels-espn-star-tv-team/11852/ |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=[[Advertising Age]] |date=9 October 1996}}</ref> The new joint venture, later named [[Fox Sports Asia|ESPN Star Sports]], would be headquartered in Singapore (where ESPN's operations in Asia were based in).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Maureen |title=Asian TV team christens venture ESPN Star Sports |url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/asian-tv-team-christens-venture-espn-star-sports-1117433553/ |access-date=11 January 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=15 January 1997}}</ref>
 In 1997, Star TV launched Star Select package of television channels targeting the [[Middle East]] via the Orbit (now [[OSN]]) service. In 1998, Star TV and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] were in discussion to launch a new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's movie channel in India. Rathikant Basu also stated that the company was considering to launch four new regional channels, including those in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathur |first=Arti |date=1998-09-24 |title=Star TV India, MGM talk movie channel |url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/star-tv-india-mgm-talk-movie-channel-1117480739/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In December 1998, the Star TV Network's channels were supposed to be removed on the [[MNC Vision|Indovision]] service due to a bitter clash between the company and Indovision.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Groves |first=Don |date=1998-11-05 |title=Sat spat showdown set for Star TV, Indovision |url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/sat-spat-showdown-set-for-star-tv-indovision-1117488187/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> However, the court granted Star TV's decision to not sell its channels anywhere across Indonesia. During the same month, Star TV announced its partnership with [[Phoenix Television|Phoenix Satellite TV]] and in cooperation with the European-based [[Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel|Chinese News and Entertainment]] to launch Phoenix Europe, a Mandarin-language channel that will broadcast entertainment and news from Phoenix Television's libraries to European audiences in August of the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Groves |first=Don |date=1999-07-15 |title=Star wins in Jakarta court |url=https://variety.com/1999/biz/news/star-wins-in-jakarta-court-1117742980/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
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 The Walt Disney Company announced was officially closing broadcast and transmission of all 18 cable channels removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]] after officially closing ceremony or grand closing was all 18 cable channels closedown.
-#'''[[Fox (Asian TV channel)|Fox]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[FX (Asian TV channel)|FX]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Fox Sports (Asian TV network)|Fox Sports]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Fox Sports (Asian TV network)|Fox Sports 2]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Fox Sports (Asian TV network)|Fox Sports 3]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Fox Life]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Fox Movies (Southeast Asian TV channel)|Fox Movies]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Fox Action Movies]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Fox Family Movies]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Fox Crime (Asian TV channel)|Fox Crime]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Nat Geo People]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Star Movies|Star Movies China]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Star Sports (East Asian TV channel)|Star Sports]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Star Sports (East Asian TV channel)|Star Sports 2]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Star Chinese Movies|Star Chinese Movies Legend]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Disney Channel (Asian TV channel)|Disney Channel]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Disney Junior (Asian TV channel)|Disney Junior]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-#'''[[Channel V|Channel <nowiki>[V]</nowiki>]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Friday, 1 October 2021 at 00:59:59am [[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
 This included [[Fox Sports (Asian TV network)|Fox Sports Asia]], which broadcast [[Formula 1]] and [[MotoGP]] alongside with all four major [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slams]] and even most [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]] fights at the time and also [[Fox Movies (Southeast Asian TV channel)|Fox Movies Asia]] (including [[Fox Action Movies]] and [[Fox Family Movies]]) which no longer aired [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] films in early 2021 as they prioritized the rollout for [[Disney+]] (or [[Disney+ Hotstar]] for Southeast Asian countries outside Singapore and Philippines).<ref name="SEAShutdownBundle">Multiple sources:
 *{{cite news|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=April 27, 2021|title=Disney Slashes Linear TV in Asia With 18-Channel Closure, Shifts Focus to Disney Plus|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/asia/disney-closing-tv-channels-in-asia-1234961166/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921002441/https://variety.com/2021/tv/asia/disney-closing-tv-channels-in-asia-1234961166/|archive-date=September 21, 2021|access-date=September 21, 2021|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}
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 The Walt Disney Company announced was officially closing broadcast and transmission of all 5 cable channels removed delete on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Korea Standard Time|KST]]/[[Hong Kong Time|HKT]]/[[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]] after officially closing ceremony or grand closing was all six cable channels closedown. The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. and The Walt Disney Company (Hong Kong) Limited officially closing ceremony or grand closing based in [[Southeast Asia]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[South Korea]] at stroke of midnight on Sunday, 1 October 2023 at 00:00:00am [[Korea Standard Time|KST]]/[[Hong Kong Time|HKT]]/[[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]] with five Hong Kong closedown [[subscription television|subscription television network]] such as [[Baby TV]], [[National Geographic (Asian TV channel)|National Geographic]], [[Star Chinese Channel]] and [[Star Chinese Movies]] was officially closing broadcast and transmission in [[Southeast Asia]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[South Korea]] on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Korea Standard Time|KST]]/[[Hong Kong Time|HKT]]. [[Nat Geo Wild]] was officially closing broadcast and transmission in [[Southeast Asia]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[South Korea]] and [[Taiwan]] on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Korea Standard Time|KST]]/[[Hong Kong Time|HKT]]/[[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]] was offcially closing ceremony by [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]] officially connected with [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (born 2015)|Princess Charlotte of Wales]] officially accessed by [[Mabel (singer)|Mabel]] in held at [[Changi Airport]] on same day.
-*'''[[National Geographic (Asian TV channel)|National Geographic Channel]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Korea Standard Time|KST]]/[[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-*'''[[Nat Geo Wild]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Korea Standard Time|KST]]/[[Hong Kong Time|HKT]]/[[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]])
-*'''[[BabyTV]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Korea Standard Time|KST]]/[[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-*'''[[Star Chinese Movies]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Korea Standard Time|KST]]/[[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
-*'''[[Star Chinese Channel]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Saturday, 30 September 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Korea Standard Time|KST]]/[[Hong Kong Time|HKT]])
 The Walt Disney Company announced was officially closing broadcast and transmission of all 7 cable channels removed delete on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]] after officially closing ceremony or grand closing was all six cable channels closedown. The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd. officially closing ceremony or grand closing based in [[Taiwan]] at stroke of midnight on [[New Year's Day]] (1 January) 2024 at 00:00:00am [[Time in Taiwan|NST]] with six Taiwanese closedown [[subscription television|subscription television channel]] such as [[Baby TV|Baby TV Taiwan]], [[National Geographic (Asian TV channel)|National Geographic Channel Taiwan]], [[Star Chinese Channel|Star Chinese Channel Taiwan]], [[Star Chinese Movies]], [[Star Chinese Channel|Star Entertainment Channel]] and [[Star Movies|Star Movies Gold and Star Movies HD Taiwan]] was officially closing broadcast and transmission in [[Taiwan]] on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]] was offcially closing ceremony by [[President of the Republic of China]] [[Tsai Ing-wen]] on same day.
-*'''[[Baby TV|Baby TV Taiwan]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]])
-*'''[[National Geographic (Asian TV channel)|National Geographic Channel Taiwan]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]])
-*'''[[Star Chinese Channel|Star Chinese Channel Taiwan]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]])
-*'''[[Star Chinese Movies]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]])
-*'''[[Star Chinese Channel|Star Entertainment Channel]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]])
-*'''[[Star Movies|Star Movies Gold and Star Movies HD Taiwan]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]])
-*'''[[Star World|Star World Taiwan]]''' (officially closing broadcast and transmission of all provider removed delete on Sunday, 31 December 2023 at 11:59:59pm [[Time in Taiwan|Taiwan Time]])
-==List of television channels==
-=== Current ===
-*'''The Walt Disney Company (Taiwan) Ltd.'''
-**'''[[National Geographic (Asian TV channel)|National Geographic Channel]]''' – a 24-hour channel available in HD and now officially shift its ownership to [[National Geographic Partners]].
-**'''[[Star Chinese Channel|Star Chinese Channel Taiwan]]''' – a 24-hour [[Taiwanese Mandarin]] entertainment channel available only in Taiwan. It is one of the five original Star TV channels when it launched on 21 October 1991. It currently broadcasts on signals for Taiwan audiences.
-**'''[[Star Chinese Movies|Star Chinese Movies Taiwan]]''' – a 24-hour [[Taiwanese Mandarin]] movie channel available only in [[Taiwan]]. Was split off from Star Chinese Channel and launched on 1 May 1994 as "Star Mandarin Movies" and re-launched on 30 March 1996 as "Star Chinese Movies". It currently broadcasts on signals for Taiwan audiences.
-**'''[[Star Chinese Channel|Star Entertainment Channel Taiwan]]''' – a 24-hour [[Taiwanese Mandarin]] entertainment channel available on [[CHT MOD]] only in Taiwan and certain cable TV providers in Taiwan.
-**'''[[Star Movies|Star Movies Gold and Star Movies HD Taiwan]]''' – a 24-hour HD Taiwanese English movie channels available only in Taiwan. Star Movies Gold and Star Movies HD have its own programming and logo.
-**'''[[Star World|Star World Taiwan]]''' – a 24-hour Taiwanese English entertainment channel available only in Taiwan relaunched based in [[Taiwan]] on New Year's Day (1 January) 2022 at midnight stroke [[Time in Taiwan|NST]].
-=== Former ===
-*'''[[National Geographic (Asian TV channel)|National Geographic Channel]]''' – a 24-hour channel available in HD and now officially shift its ownership to [[National Geographic Partners]]. HK, Korea, CHT MOD & SEA feeds.
-*'''[[Star Chinese Movies]]''' - a 24-hour Cantonese and Mandarin movie channel available in HD. HK & SEA feeds.
-*'''[[Star Chinese Channel|Star Chinese Channel]]''' – a 24-hour [[Taiwanese Mandarin]] entertainment channel available only in Taiwan. It is one of the five original Star TV channels when it launched on 21 October 1991. It currently broadcasts on signals for Hong Kong & South East Asian audiences.
-*'''[[Nat Geo Wild]]''' – a 24-hour channel available in HD and now officially shift its ownership to [[National Geographic Partners]].
-*'''[[BabyTV]]''' – the first 24-hour commercial-free channel for children under pre-schoolers. This channel is now available worldwide.
-*'''[[Fox (Asian TV channel)|Fox]]''' – a 24-hour Southeast Asian entertainment channel.
-*'''[[FX (Asian TV channel)|FX]]''' – a 24-hour channel offering a broad mix programming targeted at male audiences including comedy, action sports, drama series, reality shows, cars and swimsuit model programs. It was available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Indonesia and Malaysia.
-*'''[[Fox Sports (Asian TV network)|Fox Sports]]''' – a 24-hour sports channel.
-*'''[[Fox Life]]''' – a 24-hour channel offering broad programming of television series, sitcoms and movies programs. It was available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
-*'''[[Fox Movies (Southeast Asian TV channel)|Fox Movies]]''' – a 24-hour English movie channel which was available in Macau, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Singapore, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Maldives, Cambodia, Brunei, Fiji, Guam, Laos, Vietnam, and Malaysia. The Taiwan feed of Fox Movies was rebranded to [[Star Movies|Star Movies Gold]] on January 1, 2022.
-*'''[[Fox Action Movies]]'''
-*'''[[Fox Family Movies]]''' – a 24-hour Southeast Asian movie channel.
-*'''[[Fox Crime (Asian TV channel)|Fox Crime]]''' – the first and only 24-hour factual and fictional entertainment television channel dedicated to crime, investigation and mystery. Available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, the Middle East and South Korea.
-*'''[[Nat Geo People]]''' – formerly known as A1 and Nat Geo Adventure.
-*'''[[Nat Geo Music]]'''
-*'''[[Star Sports (East Asian TV channel)|Star Sports]]''' – a 24-hour sports channel available only in Mainland China.
-*'''[[Star Chinese Channel]]''' - a 24-hour Mandarin entertainment channel available only in the Asia Pacific.
-*'''[[Star Chinese Movies|Star Chinese Movies Legend]]''' – (formerly known as STAR Chinese Movies 2) a 24-hour Cantonese and Mandarin movie channel that shows popular Chinese box-office hits from the 1970 until 1993. It is currently available in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Macau, Indonesia, the Middle East and Malaysia.
-*'''[[Disney Channel (Asian TV channel)|Disney Channel]]''' – 24-hour pan-Asian pay TV channel which was available in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
-*'''[[Disney Junior (Asian TV channel)|Disney Junior]]''' – 24-hour Southeast Asian pay TV channel which was available in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
-*'''[[Disney XD (Southeast Asian TV channel)|Disney XD]]''' – 24-hour Southeast Asian pay TV channel which was available in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
-*'''[[Channel V|Channel <nowiki>[V]</nowiki>]]''' – a 24-hour international music video channel. There were local versions of Channel [V] in Hong Kong, Macau, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan (the Republic of China), the Philippines, India, Thailand, and Australia.
-*'''[[Fox Sports (Middle Eastern TV channel)|Fox Sports Middle East]]'''
-*'''[[Fox Filipino]]''' – a 24-hour Filipino language general entertainment channel broadcast in the Philippines.
-*'''[[TVN (Asian TV channel)|tvN]]''' – a 24-hour Korean language entertainment channel managed by [[CJ E&M]], available to audiences in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.
-*'''[[Xing Kong]]''' – also known as '''Star Space''', is a Mandarin general entertainment channel in People's Republic of China. It was available in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Middle East, India, and Indonesia.
-*'''[[.tv (TV channel)|.tv]]'''
-*'''[[Phoenix Television|Phoenix Chinese Channel]]''' – a 24-hour Mandarin international news and entertainment channel it was launched on 30 March 1996. Available in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
-*'''[[Phoenix InfoNews Channel]]''' – a 24-hour Mandarin international news channel it was launched on 1 January 2001. Available on Worldwide
-*'''[[Phoenix Movies Channel]]''' – a 24-hour Mandarin movie channel in People's Republic of China it was launched on 28 August 1998. Available in China and the Middle East.
-*'''[[Phoenix Hong Kong Channel]]''' – a 24-hour Cantonese news and entertainment channel in Hong Kong it was launched on 28 March 2011. Available on Hong Kong, Asia Pacific (Except ASEAN), Middle East, Australia, and the United States.
-*'''[[antv]]''' – an national private commercial free-to-air terrestrial television network in Indonesia.
-* '''[[Pinoy Box Office|Viva Cinema]]''' – a Filipino Movie Channel from [[Viva Films]] in the Philippines subsidiary of [[Viva Entertainment]].
-* '''[[BBC World Service Television]]''' (now BBC World News) – a 24-hour English news channel and one of the original Star TV channels when it launched on 14 October 1991. It was a joint venture between BBC World News and Star TV, a subsidiary of [[International BBC television channels|BBC International Television]], a member of BBC Television, and owned by BBC. It ended its affiliation on 31 March 1996 to broadcast separate ways.
-* '''[[ABP News|Star News]]''' (now ABP News) – a 24-hour Hindi and English news channel in India was launched on 18 February 1998.
-* '''[[MTV (Southeast Asian TV channel)|MTV Asia]]''' – a 24-hour music video channel and one of the original Star TV channels when it launched on 15 September 1991 a joint venture between [[MTV Networks Asia Pacific]] owned by [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]] and Star TV; but it ended its affiliation on 2 May 1994 to broadcast separate ways and was replaced by [[Channel V]].
-* '''[[Prime Sports]]''' – a 24-hour English and Mandarin sports channel and one of the original Star TV channels when it launched on 21 August 1991 a joint venture between Prime Network and Star TV; but it ended its affiliation 30 March 1996 to broadcast separate ways and it was replaced by [[Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network)|Star Sports]].
-* '''Film Indonesia''' – a 24-hour Indonesian movie channel.
-* '''[[Star Channel (Japan)|Star Channel]]''' – a 24-hour Japanese movie channel.
-* '''[[Star Plus]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel.
-* '''[[Star Channel (Japan)|Star Plus Japan]]''' – a 24-hour Japanese entertainment channel.
-* '''[[TechTV]]''' – a 24-hour computer channel. It was formerly seen in the Middle East via Star Select.
-* '''EL TV''' – a 24-hour Hindi entertainment channel. EL TV ended its relationship with Star TV in 1999.
-* '''[[Zee TV]]''' – a 24-hour Hindi entertainment channel. [[Zee Network]] ended its relationship with Star TV in 1999.
-* '''[[Zee Cinema]]''' – a 24-hour Hindi movie channel. Zee Network ended its relationship with Star TV in 1999.
-* '''[[CNBC Asia]]''' – a 24-hour English business news channel launched on 20 June 1995, this channel terminated within 2006 replacing [[CNBC Europe]]. It was formerly available in the Middle East via Star Select.
-* '''[[CNBC Europe]]''' – a 24-hour English business news channel, formerly available on Star Select in the Middle East. This channel was terminated on 31 March 2007.
-* '''[[History TV18|The History Channel]]''' – a 24-hour history and biography channel in India. This channel was relaunched as '''[[Fox Life India|Fox History and Entertainment]]''' in November 2008.
-* '''[[Jetix]]''' – a 24-hour kids channel, formerly available on Star Select in the Middle East. This channel was terminated on 30 November 2008.
-*'''[[Channel V Korea]]''' – a music channel, the South Korean affiliate of Channel V, launched on 16 June 2001. The channel was temporarily shut down on 31 December 2008.
-*'''[[Fox News Channel]]''' – a 24-hour American international news channel and it was launched on 7 October 1996.
-*'''[[Sky News]]''' – a British international news channel available on Europe and Asia Pacific.
-*'''[[ITV Choice|ITV Granada]]''' – a 24-hour British entertainment from [[ITV plc]] now only available on Star Select in the Middle East, dropped from the line-up in the rest of Asia in 2002. It was formerly known as '''Granada UKTV''' and '''Granada TV'''.
-*'''[[ESPN Asia|ESPN Star Sports]]''' – a 24-hour sports channel with broadcast by [[ESPN Star Sports]] (ESS) a joint venture with [[ESPN International]].
-*'''[[ESPNews|ESPNews Asia]]''' – a [[24-hour clock|24-hour]] sports news channel.
-*'''[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel and was launched on 30 August 1993.
-*'''[[Asianet Plus]]''' – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 23 July 2005.
-*'''[[Asianet Movies]]''' – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 15 July 2012.
-*'''[[STAR World Asia|Star World Asia]]''' – a 24-hour English entertainment channel with to Southeast Asia and one of the five original Star TV channels when it launched on 15 December 1991 as "Star Plus" and re-launched on 31 March 1996 as "Star World".
-*'''[[Star Vijay]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 24 November 1994.
-*'''[[Star Gold]]''' – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 17 September 2000.
-*'''[[Star Maa]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched in 2002.
-*'''[[Star Utsav]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 7 June 2004.
-*'''[[Star Suvarna]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 17 June 2007.
-*'''[[Star Jalsha]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 8 September 2008.
-*'''[[Star Pravah]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel. It was launched on 24 November 2008.
-*'''[[Movies OK]]''' – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 6 May 2012.
-*'''[[Star World Premiere]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel that aired popular shows from the United States and was launched on 24 September 2013.
-*'''[[Star Suvarna Plus]]''' – a 24-hour Indian movie channel. It was launched on 14 August 2013.
-*'''[[Jalsha Movies|Star Jalsha Movies]]''' – a 24-hour Indian entertainment channel and was launched on 24 September 2013.
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