Fox Family Movies
Fox Family Movies is a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International. The channel is initially available in Singapore via StarHub TV and Indonesia via Indovision, but it has now expanded to Taiwan and Philippines and it currently broadcasts to the rest of Southeast Asia.[1][2]
Fox Family Movies | |
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Launched | September 16, 2010 |
Owned by | Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
Slogan | Watch and feel |
Country | Hong Kong Indonesia Malaysia Singapore |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | Brunei Cambodia Hong Kong Indonesia Laos Malaysia Maldives MENA Myanmar Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand Vietnam |
Headquarters | Hong Kong |
Sister channel(s) |
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Website | foxfamilymovies |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Nexmedia (Indonesia) | Channel 512 |
Satellite | |
BiG TV (Indonesia) | Channel 17 |
K-VISION (Indonesia) | Channel 101 (HD) |
MNC Vision (Indonesia) | Channel 15 (SD) Channel 410 (HD) |
Transvision (Indonesia) | Channel 101 (HD) |
Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 414 (HD) |
NJOI (Malaysia) | Channel 414 (HD) |
beIN (MENA) | Channel 62 (HD) |
Sky Net (Myanmar) | Channel 27 (SD) |
Cignal (Philippines) | Channel 52 (SD) |
DishHD (Taiwan) | Channel 6325 |
Good TV (Thailand) | Channel 49 (HD) |
TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 227 (HD) |
Cable | |
First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 58 Channel 331 (HD) |
Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) | Channel 215 (HD) |
Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 129 (HD) |
MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 504 (SD) Channel 801 (HD) |
Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 48 (SD) |
Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Digital: Channel 61 (SD) Channel 171 (HD) Analog: Channel 43 (SD) |
SkyCable (Philippines) | Metro Manila: Channel 61 (SD) Channel 171 (HD) Nationwide: Channel 407 (SD) Channel 715 (HD) |
HTVC (Vietnam) | Channel 52 (HD) |
VTVCab (Vietnam) | Channel 44 (HD) (video feed only) |
IPTV | |
now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 120 (SD/HD) |
Unifi TV (Malaysia) | Channel 962 (old) Channel 403 (new) (HD) |
Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 406 (HD) |
StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 624 (HD) |
Chunghwa Telecom (Taiwan) | Channel 618 |
Overview
Fox Family Movies has first-run contracts for movies distributed by Disney, (20th Century Studios), (Walt Disney Pictures), Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros., StudioCanal, as well as featured movies from other movie distributors including Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment and The Weinstein Company. This movie channel targets family-oriented movies providing a unique opportunity for young and old to bond over the best movie magic. The channel offers at least 60 different movies every month and a primetime premiere every Friday, along with eye-catching thematic nights and special programming events to keep viewers glued to the TV screen, it is another competitor to HBO Family Asia. Unlike Fox Movies and Fox Action Movies this channel is also available in Dual Language for some movies. This channel is similar to those of Fox Movies in the Middle East. This channel, unlike Fox Movies (Philippine feed), has no commercial breaks during the movie. In the Philippine feed of the channel (distributed by Creative Programs, the narrowcast arm of ABS-CBN Corporation) it uses 4:3 letterbox for the SD channel simulcast from the SEA feed and during commercials, the SEA feed will replaced by the local feed for the teaser to other Fox Networks Group Philippines channels as well as local advertisements, it reverts to SEA feed where the plugs and the movie plays.
See also
- Fox Movies (the Middle East and North Africa)
- Fox Movies (Southeast Asia)
- Fox Action Movies
References
- Fox Family Movies:Feature Channel retrieved via foxinternationalchannels.com Nov 13, 2010
- "Fox family movies on foxinternationalchannels.com". Retrieved March 8, 2011.