Star Movies (Indian TV channel)

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Star Movies

Logo used since January 1, 2009
Type	Television Channel
Country	India
Broadcast area	Indian subcontinent
Headquarters	Mumbai
Programming
Language(s)	English Hindi Tamil
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	JioStar
Sister channels	Star Movies Select (SD&HD) JioStar channels
History
Launched	1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Availability
Streaming media
Disney+ Hotstar	India

Star Movies is an Indian regional-language pay television movie channel owned by JioStar. this is the Indian version of Star Movies. It' primary focus is Hollywood films.

Star Movies was launched by Star TV. It was bought by News Corporation who formed Star India to operate the channel.^[1]

In March 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox for $71 million.^{[citation needed][2]}

The channel ceased broadcasting in Sri Lanka on 1 February 2015 due to content rights issues, leaving the country with no Star Movies or Fox Movies channel.^{[citation needed]}

The channel was relaunched in Sri Lanka in 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Star Movies has had an exclusive content deal with Walt Disney Studios, Marvel Studios, 20th Century Studios and Lionsgate. Star Movies also shows movies from other studios.

Star Movies India launched their HD feed on 15 October 2013.