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STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, subsidiaries of News Corporation. 

Star Movies now has been upgraded into Fox Movies Premium on 1 January 2012, therefore affecting its broadcast areas, except in India, China, Vietnam, Middle East, Taiwan and the Philippines.

STAR Movies has first-run contracts for movies distributed by 20th Century Fox, Disney, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Studio Canal and sub-run contracts for movies from Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros. for countries where STAR Movies is available. 

It also features movies from other movie distributors including: Lions Gate Entertainment, Summit Entertainment and The Weinstein Company. It is a Hollywood movie channel whose main competitor is HBO Asia. Its 2009 station indents (daytime and nighttime) were almost similar to that of Singapore's Media Corp Channel 8's "red carpet" branding spot in 2009 to October 2011.