Star Movies (Balkans)

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Star Movies
Star Movies 2023.svg
Country Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Kosovo
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
Slovenia
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
Programming
Language(s) English (audio)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company Bulgaria (Disney Entertainment)
Sister channels Star Channel
Star Life
National Geographic Channel
Nat Geo Wild
BabyTV
24Kitchen
Star Crime
History
Launched15 October 2012;11 years ago (2012-10-15)
Links
Website http://starchannel-rs.com/ (Serbia)
http://www.starchannel-si.com/ (Slovenia)
https://www.starchanneltv-hr.com/ (Croatia)

Star Movies is a television network, managed by The Walt Disney Company Bulgaria. which airs across several countries in Europe. Its basic programming include numerous 20th Century Studios, Disney, Columbia Pictures, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and DreamWorks.

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It was launched in Bulgaria and other Balkan countries as Fox Movies on 15 October 2012. [1] It is another Hollywood movie channel whose main competitor is HBO Europe. On June 7 2023, it was announced that Fox Movies would be rebrand to Star Movies on October 1, 2023. [2]

Programming

The channel airs the most recent and successful movies airing many genres including drama, comedy, science fiction, action and horror. Programming during the summer slate included hits such as X-Men and The Queen .

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References

  1. "Fox TV to launch in Balkans". Broadband TV News. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. "Fox postaje STAR Channel" [Fox becomes Star Channel]. FoNet portal (in Serbian). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.