Star Films

{{Infobox television channel

| name = Star Films

| logo = Star Films 2024.svg

| launch_date = {{start date and age|2024|03|01|df=y}}

| closed_date = {{End date and age|df=yes|2024|11|01}}{{cite website|title=Channel Log |url=https://en.kingofsat.net/channelhistory.php?ch=24475 |access-date=1 November 2024|work=King of Sat|date=1 November 2024|url-status=live }}

| picture_format = 1080i (HDTV 16:9)

| owner = The Walt Disney Company EMEA (Disney Entertainment)

| language = {{flatlist|

English
Arabic}}

| area = Middle East and North Africa

| headquarters = Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

| former_names = Fox Movies (2008–2024)

| sister_channels = {{flatlist|

}}

| online_serv_1 =

| online_chan_1 =

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Star Films (formerly known as Fox Movies) was a Middle Eastern pay television movie channel that was launched in 2008, as joint venture between News Corporation and Rotana Media Services.{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |date=2008-12-01 |title=Fox introduces TV series channel in the Middle East - eb247 - Companies And Markets - Media - Emirates24{{!}}7 |url=https://www.emirates247.com/eb247/companies-markets/media/fox-introduces-tv-series-channel-in-the-middle-east-2008-12-01-1.228412 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.emirates247.com |language=en |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105633/https://www.emirates247.com/eb247/companies-markets/media/fox-introduces-tv-series-channel-in-the-middle-east-2008-12-01-1.228412 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2008-05-02 |title=Middle East Gets New Free Movie Channel |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/311534 |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Arab News |language=en |archive-date=February 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215123936/https://www.arabnews.com/node/311534 |url-status=live }}

History

=As Fox Movies=

On 1 May 2008, Fox Movies was launched by Fox International Channels and Rotana Media Services along with Fox Series channels in the Middle East market.{{cite news |title=Fox moves MENA channels to Abu Dhabi |url=https://www.c21media.net/fox-moves-mena-channels-to-abu-dhabi/ |access-date=11 June 2019 |work=C21media |date=8 March 2010 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617193019/https://www.c21media.net/fox-moves-mena-channels-to-abu-dhabi/ |url-status=live }} Fox then purchased a stake in Rotana, while the joint venture agreed with Disney to carry Disney and American Broadcasting Company content on the two channels for four years.{{cite news |title=How has American entertainment become omnipresent in the Arab world? |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/06/132137/how-has-american-entertainment-become-omnipresent-in-the-arab-world/ |access-date=11 June 2019 |work=Morocco World News |date=6 June 2014 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617193001/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/06/132137/how-has-american-entertainment-become-omnipresent-in-the-arab-world/ |url-status=live }} In early March 2010, Fox International Channels agreed to move its Middle East and North Africa market channels' operations from Hong Kong and other locations to an Abu Dhabi facility.

=As Star Films=

On 1 March 2024, Fox Movies was rebranded as Star Films.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcastprome.com/news/fox-branded-channels-to-undergo-rebranding-in-mena-region/|title=Fox branded channels to undergo rebranding in MENA region|website=www.broadcastprome.com|date=February 2, 2024|access-date=March 1, 2024|archive-date=February 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209040158/https://www.broadcastprome.com/news/fox-branded-channels-to-undergo-rebranding-in-mena-region/|url-status=live}} It closed on November 1, 2024.{{cite website|title=Channel Log |url=https://en.kingofsat.net/channelhistory.php?ch=24475 |access-date=1 November 2024|work=King of Sat|date=1 November 2024|url-status=live }}