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79-526: Asianet may refer to: Disney Star channels [ edit ] Disney Star , is an Indian media conglomerate wholly owned by Disney India. Asianet , a Malayalam language general entertainment channel Asianet Plus , a Malayalam language general entertainment channel Asianet Movies , a Malayalam language movies channel Asianet Middle East, Malayalam Entertainment Channel Asianet News Network (ANN) channels [ edit ] Asianet News Network ,

158-530: A 28% stake, followed by Sun Hung Kai at 27%, Run Run Shaw 's Shaw Brothers at 10% and US West and Belgium's Coditel at 25% each. As of September 1990, it had twelve transponders available on AsiaSat 1, but ending the lease before 31 December was a possibility. In December 1990, it had set a new deadline to start its services -7 the end of 1991. The initial plan outlined two to three channels in its initial phase, catering mainly to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand, and carrying music and sports. The Asiasat-1 beam enabled

237-461: A 74% majority stake, while Star India reduced its participation with the remaining 26% to comply with the regulations set for the uplinking of news and current affairs channels by the Government of India . Star India, subsequently exited from this joint venture in 2012. After the split, the channel was renamed ABP News and operated by Anandabazar Patrika Group. In 2004, Star One was launched

316-532: A Hindi content channel. In 2008, Star Jalsha , a Bengali language entertainment channel and Star Pravah , a Marathi language entertainment channel were launched. In 2009, Star India acquired Kerala-based media conglomerate Asianet Communications, which served Malayalam language content. In August 2009, the Star Group restructured its Asian broadcast businesses into three units – Star India, Star China Media , and Fox International Channels Asia. In

395-624: A Hindi entertainment channel, and introduced Star World as an English entertainment replacement for the region. In 2000, Star TV would heavily focus on their Chinese and Indian markets. In India, the conversion of Star Plus into a Hindi general entertainment channel was received well. The Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Kaun Banega Crorepati , and the Hindi Soap Opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi , surpassed their rivals — Zee TV and Sony Entertainment Television — in ratings to become

474-473: A business channel, a children's channel, a documentary channel, and another entertainment channel. With the launch of the new AsiaSat satellite, Star TV would have the capability to broadcast as many as one-hundred channels. In June 1993, Star TV and Wharf Cable signed a deal in which Hong Kong's new cable television provider would carry Star TV's channels. However, the deal was terminated in February 1994 in

553-486: A change for both operations. The northern beam included Prime Sports , Channel V , Star Plus , Star Movies and Star Chinese Channel , while the southern beam had Prime Sports, Channel V, Star Plus, BBC WSTV , Zee TV and Zee Cinema. However, Star Sports' northern beam featured soccer and gymnastics, while the southern beam included cricket for Indian viewers. After the purchase of a 49.9% stake in Zee TV in early 1994,

632-495: A contract valued at ₹ 61,384.1 crore (equivalent to ₹ 820 billion or US$ 9.8 billion in 2023). On 13 December 2018, Disney announced Uday Shankar who serves as chairman of Star India would lead Disney's Asian operations and would become the new chairman of Disney India , which became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, being re-organized under Disney India. On 27 August 2018,

711-495: A deal to merge their streaming and television assets, with the joint venture valued at $ 8.5 billion including synergies. As part of the deal, Viacom18 would be merged into Disney Star with Disney holding a 36.84% stake in the combined entity, which would bring together assets such as linear television entertainment channels StarPlus , Colors TV and the Star Gold Network , sports channels Star Sports and Sports18 and

790-628: A deal under which the Hong Kong operator would carry the BBC channel for 10 years. However, in March 1994, the BBC and Star TV reached a deal after an out-of-court settlement that would gradually drop BBC World Service Television from the satellite broadcaster's offerings. BBC WSTV would be dropped from the channel line-up for Northeast Asia by mid-April that year, but would be available in the rest of Asia until 31 March 1996. The deal came after demands from

869-607: A disagreement between the company and Indovision, however, a court later upheld Star TV's decision to not broadcast its channels across Indonesia. During the same month, Star TV announced its partnership with Phoenix Satellite TV , and in cooperation with the European-based Chinese News and Entertainment , launched Phoenix Europe, a Mandarin-language channel that broadcast entertainment and news from Phoenix Television's libraries to European audiences in August of

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948-515: A dispute between the two parties. “Advances in technology and telecommunications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere. Fax machines enable dissidents to bypass state-controlled print media, direct dial telephony makes it difficult for state-controlled personal conversations and satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels.” Rupert Murdoch , delivering his speech at

1027-749: A live audience. On 28 August 2017, Star India rebranded its Hindi entertainment channel Life OK to Star Bharat . On 5 September 2017, Star India won the global media rights to broadcast the Indian Premier League (IPL) under a five-year deal beginning in the 2018 tournament , and valued at 163.475 billion. Beating previous rightsholder Sony, the contract included domestic rights for Star Sports, and digital rights for Hotstar . On 14 December 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced their intent to acquire Star India's parent company 21st Century Fox for US$ 52.4 billion. In 2018, Star India renewed its BCCI rights through March 2023, in

1106-858: A part of Disney, and Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific merged with the Disney Branded Television unit. DNG Asia Pacific's channels were available in Southeast Asia , East Asia , South Asia , and the Middle East . The company was originally registered to the Companies Registry of Hong Kong as Quford Limited on 31 August 1990. The company was renamed Hutchvision Channel Services Limited on 31 January 1991 before becoming Satellite Television Asian Region Limited ( Chinese : 衛星電視有限公司 ; lit. 'Satellite Television Limited') on 4 July 1991, or STAR . It

1185-505: A partnership, and was expected to invest up to GBP 100 million. Pearson (which owned minor stake in British broadcasters BSkyB and Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television at the time, and had just acquired Thames Television ) was looking to expand its media business outside the UK, especially because the British laws at the time did not allow Pearson to expand more on UK television business. Pearson

1264-521: A period. Most of Fox Sports Asia programming headed elsewhere after the closure, such as on SPOTV , which replaced the main Fox Sports channel on launch while also airing the remainder of the 2021 MotoGP World Championship . After a while, the latest Walt Disney, Marvel and 20th Century films were released through Disney+ (or Disney+ Hotstar). General entertainment contents which aired on Fox and Fox Life are either moved to Disney+ or, following

1343-409: A plan to combine his synergies around the world to create a global network of television channels, as well as a potential partnership with TVB , who at the time had the largest Mandarin-language television library in the world. In January 1994, James Griffiths resigned as a managing director, with Gary Davey becoming his successor. With the controversial removal of BBC World Service Television from

1422-552: A sale during a third-quarter earnings call, it was announced in December 2023 that Disney and Reliance had signed a non-binding term sheet for a merger. According to its terms, Reliance would hold 51% of the merged company in cash and stock, while Disney would own the remaining 49%. For purposes of the merger, a subsidiary of Viacom18 was created to absorb Disney Star through a stock swap , pending ratification and regulatory approval. In February 2024, Disney and Reliance reached

1501-682: A sports channel, an English-language entertainment channel, and a Chinese-language entertainment channel. It also planned to launch a movie channel in Chinese and Hindi later the same year. The Star TV network reached an estimate of 45 million viewers and was the only large satellite network to reach all of Asia. On 1 September 1993, in a speech Murdoch made in London coinciding with the start of Sky Multichannels and relayed to associates in Los Angeles, New York, Hong Kong and Sydney, Murdoch announced

1580-615: A three-year partnership with Asia Television , made as Star TV struggled to be part of the Chinese-language programme battle with TVB . The joint-venture marked the beginning of their long-term cooperation. This agreement superseded the previous programme supply deal made in 1991. As part of the deal, Star TV acquired one-thousand hours annually of prime-time dramas and special programming dubbed in Mandarin Chinese . ATV would also provided dubbing and other facilities for

1659-437: Is an Indian news media conglomerate wholly owned by Jupiter Capital Asianet News (formerly Asianet Global), a Malayalam language news channel Asianet Suvarna News , a Kannada news channel Asianet Satellite Communications [ edit ] Asianet Satellite Communications , business name Asianet Digital TV, an Indian cable and media company Asianet Mobile TV Plus , a media platform Topics referred to by

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1738-653: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Disney Star Disney Star was founded as Star TV (Satellite Television Asian Region) in 1990 as a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa and Li Ka-Shing . It launched Hollywood English-language entertainment channels for Asian audiences. Its first five channels included Star Plus (then an English-language entertainment channel), Star Chinese Channel , Prime Sports , Channel V and BBC World Service Television . In 1992, Rupert Murdoch 's News Corporation purchased 63.6% of Star India for $ 525 million, followed by

1817-753: The Golden Harvest Group and announced a deal for the production of more than 50 films in the next three years by Media Asia Film . Star TV and Viacom ( MTV ) ended a partnership that supplied music television programming, so Star TV launched Channel V to replace the American brand. The Indian version launched on 23 May 1994, followed by 4 additional versions: Channel V International, Channel V Thailand , Channel V Korea, Channel V Japan. Versions in Mandarin Chinese , Vietnamese and Cantonese would later be added. Star TV split its satellite signal to both northern and southern beams, resulting in

1896-589: The National Geographic Channel . Indian operations alone were estimated to account for 55% of Star TV's revenues in Asia at the time. On 15 January 2000, Star TV added Disney Channel to its line-up, who handled distribution and ad sales for the channel. This marked their second partnership with The Walt Disney Company , who also owned ESPN. On 1 July 2000, Zee TV ended partnership with Star TV. The Hong Kong-based company converted Star Plus to

1975-647: The Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup . On 6 November 2013, Star India rebranded its Star Sports channels, renaming the main Star Sports channel to Star Sports 1, Star Cricket to Hindi-language Star Sports 3, ESPN to Tamil-language Star Sports 4, and Star Cricket HD and ESPN HD to Star Sports HD1 and HD2. In February 2015, Star India launched its streaming service, Hotstar , a mobile and online entertainment OTT platform that features content in 9 Indian languages and broadcasts sporting events. Star also acquired

2054-607: The Star Movies channels, alongside Disney International HD will not be affected). The Bangla and Marathi feeds of Star Sports 1 will also close on the same day. Meanwhile, the Star Gold brand would expand with the launch of an HD simulcast of Star Gold 2 that would replace UTV HD, alongside the rebranding of UTV Movies and UTV Action as Star Gold Romance and Star Gold Thrills. Star Movies Select HD, Star Movies Hindi, and Star Movies Tamil will also launch an SD simulcast, becoming

2133-639: The Sun Group , for a potential sale of its streaming and linear television assets. In late October 2023, it was reported that Disney was nearing a cash and stock deal with Reliance Industries for the sale of its operations in India, including a controlling stake in Disney Star. The assets Reliance would acquire are reportedly valued at around $ 7–8 billion and a transaction was to be announced as early as November. Although Disney CEO Bob Iger refuted claims of

2212-405: The "Fox" name from the studios that had been acquired from 21st Century Fox by Disney. In July 2023, The Walt Disney Company began exploring strategic options, including a sale or formation of a joint venture, for their businesses in India. Between September and October 2023, the company held preliminary talks with Reliance Industries , billionaire Gautam Adani and Kalanithi Maran , owner of

2291-435: The 2001 logos are phased out from use by any Star TV channels since 2008, excluding Xing Kong , ANTV and tvOne 's news programme Kabar . Static Design (a broadcasting design arm of Static 2358, now-defunct) designed the company and the seven channels' identities. Star TV aired the high-definition programme Angel in 2006 in cooperation with Singaporean Mediacorp Studios . The show was scheduled to shoot 40 episodes, and

2370-776: The Asian feed would launch in South Korea. On 31 August 2021, Disney announced that it would phase out Hotstar in the US and move all content into Hulu and ESPN+ . Initially, it was announced that the service would shut down in the US by late 2022, until it got moved to an earlier date on 30 November 2021. On 18 October 2021, Disney and Star announced that they would exit from the English general entertainment industry and that they would close down Star World and Star World Premiere in India originally planned by 30 November 2021 (although

2449-716: The Asian market (excluding Japan). On 19 August 2009, News Corporation announced a restructure of Star. Star India and Star Greater China would be separated from Star's headquarters in Hong Kong, and the heads of the former two companies would report directly to James Murdoch , News Corporation's then-chairman and CEO for Europe and Asia. Despite the 2009 reorganisations, the company did not immediately change its legal name from Satellite Television Asian Region Limited, waiting until 2 September 2014 to change its legal name to Fox International Channels Asia Pacific Limited ( Chinese : 福斯國際電視網有限公司 ; lit. 'Fox International Television Network Limited.') In August 2010, it

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2528-536: The Star Select package of television channels aimed at viewers in the Middle East via Orbit (now OSN .) In 1998, Star TV and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer were in discussion to launch a new MGM movie channel in India. Rathikant Basu also stated that the company was considering to launch four new regional channels spanning 4 languages: Bengali , Marathi , Gujarati and Punjabi . In December 1998, Star TV Network's channels were supposed to be removed on Indovision due to

2607-399: The Star Sports brand . A version of Star Sports broadcast to mainland China and South Korea kept the brand, however, mainland China's version was renamed Star Sports 2 on 1 January 2014. In the wake of the 2011 News Corporation scandals , the original News Corporation was split into 21st Century Fox and the new News Corp on 28 June 2013, with the television businesses (which FIC Asia

2686-671: The Star TV Network. The joint-venture co-produced fewer than 40 hours of quality dramas per year, broadcast simultaneously, with ATV showing the original programming in Cantonese in the British Hong Kong territory, and Star TV showing them in Mandarin Chinese . In addition, Star TV operated the Chinese Channel in competition to TVB. Star TV would go on to purchase a library of more than 570 Chinese films from

2765-584: The broadcast businesses of Maa Television Pvt. Ltd to boost its presence in Telugu -speaking markets. In February 2017, Star India and global media conglomerate TED announced a new TV series, TED Talks India – Nayi Soch . The programme starred Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and featured newer TED talks made in Hindi language. The programme followed the signature TED format of prominent speakers voicing their opinions in an 18-minute or less monologue in front of

2844-644: The channel Star Life was launched in Africa in English language offering the English dubbed Indian Hindi series from the Indian star channels. On 4 January 2019, Star TV shut down its television operations in USA for the promotion of its digital counterpart, Hotstar. On 20 March 2019, Star India became a subsidiary of Disney India after the US$ 71.3 billion deal in the acquisition of former parent company 21st Century Fox

2923-528: The channels to be picked up by a potential audience of 2.3 billion viewers. There were talks of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation holding shares in the company, with its main goal being delivering its programming abroad. The company operated its television channels under a unified brand, Star TV ( Chinese : 衛星電視 ; pinyin : Wèixīng Diànshì ; lit. 'Satellite Television'). The company's strategy

3002-470: The chief executive and the president of HutchVision — stated that the company planned to launch the AsiaSat 2 satellite sometime in the subsequent two years. Mounter also signed agreements with four companies, mostly programme suppliers, stating that the company would have as many as six channels operating by April 1994. He also said that the programmes would include more English and Chinese movie channels,

3081-468: The company was officially launched new name and logo to becomes Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited ( Chinese : 福斯傳媒有限公司 ; lit. 'Fox Media Limited') on 29 February 2016. On 5 December 2017, Star India 's Chairman and CEO Uday Shankar was appointed as 21st Century Fox's president for Asia, and the President of Fox Networks Group Asia would report directly to Shankar (instead of

3160-433: The company's satellite television offerings for Northeast Asia in mid-April 1994 (see below ), Star TV replaced the BBC channel with two channels; English-language film channel Star Movies and Chinese-language film channel Star Chinese Movies . The decision was made while Star TV was considering the launch of a documentary and educational channel that two companies had a joint-venture in. In April 1994, Star TV formed

3239-495: The company. In August 2024, the National Company Law Tribunal approved a deal between Disney and Reliance Industries where JioCinema and Viacom18 would be merged into Digital18. In November 2024, Disney and Reliance Industries agreed to merge Star India and Viacom18. The deal was reported to be valued at $ 8.5 billion. Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific

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3318-630: The country. On 30 December 2020, Disney announced that the Star branding would be replaced with Utsav from 1 February in the Netherlands, with the Utsav Gold, Utsav Plus and Utsav Bharat branding launching in the UK on 22 January 2021, Star Vijay's international feed also changed a new logo based with Utsav Network in yellow colour and rebranded as Vijay TV around the world on that same day, Utsav Network would separated to Star Gold, Plus and Bharat,

3397-495: The distribution of Star World, Star Movies, National Geographic -branded channels, Fox-branded channels, Channel V International, Baby TV and Sky News in the Middle East and North Africa from Star Select (now renamed Fox Networks Group Middle East, the Middle East business together with FNG Asia Pacific, still a part of the wider FNG Asia operations). In January 2016, the company's parent unit, Fox International Channels,

3476-421: The equivalent at FNG U.S.). With the acquisition of 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets by The Walt Disney Company , FNG Asia Pacific (including FNG Taiwan and FNG's remaining businesses in mainland China), as well as Star India, became a part of Disney. FNG Asia Pacific were integrated into Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International (now Disney International Operations .) Fox Networks Group Asia

3555-502: The exclusive advisor to Hutchison Whampoa Limited and the Li family in their largest Asian media merger to date. In February 1993, Julian Mounter, former director-general of Television New Zealand , was appointed as president and Chief Executive of the company. In March 1993, Star TV was partnered with Asia Business News . By that year, the service's advertisement bookings were extensive. While starting their pay-TV services, Julian Mounter —

3634-550: The first iteration) and Star World respectively. This marked the only country with Disney channels operating under the Star brand alongside the existing Star Chinese Movies and Star Chinese Channel . The remaining linear pay TV channels, including National Geographic , ceased their transmission on 1 October 2023 in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and (for National Geographic ) South Korea, with Taiwan following suit on 1 January 2024. The BBC and Star TV originally signed

3713-459: The first niche premium English movie channel in India to do so. However, a delay in TRAI's new tariff order, followed by protests from digital cable operators and multi-system operators, caused the plans to be postponed till mid-March 2023. On 14 April 2022, Disney India rebranded Star India to Disney Star . On 27 May 2022, Fox Star Studios was renamed just Star Studios , as part of the removal of

3792-590: The government of the People's Republic of China . It was alleged that the PRC government was unhappy with BBC coverage of China and Murdoch's September 1993 speech, which declared that "(telecommunications) have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere... satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels." The Beijing government threatened to block Star TV in

3871-417: The huge mainland Chinese market if the BBC was not withdrawn. The former prime minister, Li Peng , requested and obtained the ban of satellite dishes throughout the country. There were also reported concerns surrounding editorial control of BBC WSTV after News Corporation's acquisition of Star TV. The subsequent removal of the BBC channel and many ensuing declarations from Murdoch led critics to believe

3950-425: The most watched channel in Asia. On New Year's Day 2001, at midnight, the company was rebranded from Star TV to Star , reflecting the company's evolution from a television brand to a multi-service, multi-platform brand. In Chinese, the company referred itself as Xīngkōng Chuánméi ( Chinese : 星空傳媒 ; lit. 'Star Media') instead of Wèixīng Diànshì. It also introduced a new set of logos. As of 2024,

4029-516: The northern beam launched Zee News and Zee Cinema. Star TV channels were rebroadcast terrestrially in Brunei as of late 1994. The network proposed an expansion to Malaysia in late 1994, with a spokesman stating it would be "a place to do business." This would mark the end of a feud between Malaysian and British media. The network reached Indonesia in 1995 through an agreement with satellite provider Indovision . 15 channels were planned to launch in

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4108-402: The purchase of the remaining 36.4% on 1 January 1993. Star broadcasting operations were run from Rupert Murdoch's Fox Broadcasting premises. It later launched Star Movies , Channel V , and Star News with a limited Hindi offering, and then Star Plus for Indian viewers. In 2001, Star India acquired South India based Vijay TV . In 2003, Star India's Star News deal with NDTV ended. In

4187-618: The remaining 36.4% for US$ 299 million in July 1995. The Li family and Hutchison Whampoa would retain its shares in Hutchvision Hong Kong Limited, which uplinked Star TV's channels. With the money he made from the 1993 sale, Richard Li went on to establish Pacific Century Group . It was later theorized by author Shiau Hong-chi that Murdoch's purchase of Star TV was based on a theory of media globalization, assuming that people across every nation and language would watch

4266-436: The rollout of Disney+ across Asian territories (or Disney+ Hotstar for Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand). Those channels included Fox Sports , which broadcast Formula 1 and MotoGP along with all four major Grand Slams and most UFC fights; and Fox Movies , which also included Fox Action Movies and Fox Family Movies . This meant that the latest Walt Disney , Marvel , and 20th Century films were not available for

4345-403: The same TV programmes, with the original plan for Star TV being to broadcast popular American shows to Asian audiences. However, the plan was unsuccessful, with Star TV being forced to invest heavily into producing local shows for their Asian audience. On 1 August 1993, following News Corporation's takeover, Julian Mounter resigned as Chief Executive of the company. Sam Chisholm (head of BSkyB at

4424-411: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Asianet . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asianet&oldid=1210397491 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

4503-517: The same year, Star Affiliate and CJ Group of South Korea launched CJ Alive (later known as Shop CJ), a 24-hour Indian television shopping channel that used Star Utsav for hosting the television marketing programs in six-hour slots in its initial stage of launch. Star Affiliate exited the joint venture in May 2014. News Corporation launched a film production and distribution business in India through Fox Star Studios India, an affiliate of Star India in

4582-535: The same year, the Indian government introduced a guideline limiting foreign equity in the national news business to 26%. At that time Star India was wholly owned by Hong Kong-based company Satellite Television Asia Region Ltd. As a result, Star India entered into a joint venture with the Ananda Bazar Patrika group (ABP) to form a new company, Media Content and Communications Services Pvt. Ltd. (MCCS), which took control of Star News's operations. ABP held

4661-410: The same year. In April 2012, Star India won the rights to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) through 2018, replacing Nimbus Communications . Valued at ₹ 3,851 crore (equivalent to ₹ 73 billion or US$ 870 million in 2023), the agreement included rights to India national cricket team home matches on television and mobile streaming, as well as domestic tournaments such as

4740-574: The same year. In May 1999, Star TV migrated its channels from AsiaSat 1 and 2 to AsiaSat 3S. By late-1999 to the early-2000s, Star TV used AsiaSat 3S and Palapa C2 to broadcast across Asia and the Middle East in 53 countries, with an audience of up to 300 million viewers. At the time, programming consisted of Star Chinese Channel , Phoenix Chinese Channel , Star Plus , Star World , Channel V , ESPN , Star Sports, Star Movies , Star Chinese Movies , Phoenix Movies , Viva Cinema , Star News , Zee News , Zee Cinema, Zee TV , Fox News , Sky News and

4819-542: The second half of the year. The viewership share of Star TV in Taiwan in 1995 was at 42%, attributed to the launch of Star Movies, which had many viewers in the country. On 30 March 1995, the satellite radio station Star Radio launched in Cantonese and Mandarin for North Asia, with additional English service for South Asia and the Middle East. In the summer of 1995, Star TV considered launching least thirty channels on

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4898-520: The service when AsiaSat 2 was launched. The new channels let the Star TV Network further customize its services for other regions and cultures. In January 1996, Star TV formed a third-party joint-venture, Phoenix Satellite Television Corporation , offering three channels targeting Chinese viewers, Phoenix Chinese Channel , Star Sports , and Star Chinese Movies. On 30 March 1996, at 7 pm Hong Kong Time , Star TV separated into Star Plus and Star Chinese Channel in certain areas. In 1997, Star TV launched

4977-656: The shutdown, through Fox's rival pay TV networks. Following the shutdown, some of their employees (including Singapore-based marketing leads Daniel Tan and Shoba Martin) left the company. The decision to close the channels has been criticized due to poor Internet connectivity in some areas and the lack of a plan to rollout Disney+ to smaller regions. In Taiwan, Disney Channel officially ceased broadcasting on New Year's Day 2022, with Disney programming being relocated to Disney+ permanently. Both Fox Movies and Fox rebranded themselves as Star Movies Gold (which, unlike Star Movies HD, has different movie lineups and uses branding from

5056-612: The start of Star TV's broadcasts in China in September 1993 Star TV's viewership across Asia increased over the years and it attracted advertisers, but the business was not turning a profit. The company was looking for an Anglophone partner for financial investments, along with additional English language programming and technical assistance. They were hoping to launch a pay-television system that would carry encrypted channels. On 1 May 1993, Pearson approached Star TV's owners, seeking

5135-398: The streaming services JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar with Nita Ambani serving as the chairperson of the joint venture, with Uday Shankar serving as vice chairperson with the deal giving 16.34% to Reliance and 46.82% to Viacom18, with the deal being expected to close sometime in late 2024 or early 2025 pending regulatory approval. In March 2024, it was reported that Paramount Global

5214-418: The time) became acting Chief Executive of News Corporation before he was formally appointed. On 26 July 1993, Star TV was purchased by Rupert Murdoch for US$ 525 million. This was Murdoch's most important acquisition since the debt-restructuring crisis in 1990. He also bought Hutchvision, Star TV's parent company. As of 1993, Star TV's channel line-up consisted of MTV Asia, BBC World Service Television ,

5293-599: The twenty-four transponders in the AsiaSat 1 satellite. The channels were able to reach from the Far East to the Middle East, broadcasting across 38 countries around the region. Star TV's had five channels on their initial line-up: Star Sports, Star Music, Star News, Star Chinese and Star Entertainment; Star Entertainment was only available with a paid subscription. On 1 October 1992, Star TV added Zee TV (which targeted Hindi -speaking audiences) from Zee Telefilms in India to its line-up. In 1993, Goldman Sachs became

5372-479: Was a Hong Kong –based commercial broadcasting company operating multiple specialty television channels . The company was founded in 1991 by Hong Kong businessman Richard Li . Originally established by Hutchison Whampoa and later acquired by the original News Corporation , Star TV was once the most prominent satellite television broadcaster in Asia. On 20 March 2019, following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox , Fox Networks Group Asia and Star India became

5451-541: Was a part of) going to 21st Century Fox. In October 2013, 12.15% of shares in Phoenix Television held by 21st Century Fox (through Star) was sold to TPG Capital for HK$ 1.66 billion (about US$ 213.73 million). This and 2014 sale of Star China Media marked 21st Century Fox's exit from the Mandarin entertainment television market in mainland China. By 2014, Fox International Channels Middle East took over

5530-603: Was announced that the News Corporation would buy ESPN International 's share in the joint venture ESPN Star Sports. The versions of ESPN broadcast in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia were rebranded as Fox Sports on 28 January 2013, and Star Sports became Fox Sports 2 on 15 August 2014. The Fox Sports rebrand did not affect India and East Asia: In India, Star India took over ESPN Star Sports' Indian subsidiary, and kept ESPN branding until 6 November 2013, when all of Star India's sports channels were relaunched under

5609-634: Was announced that the News Corporation would sell a controlling stake in its assets held in mainland China to China Media Capital (CMC). Xing Kong (both domestic and international versions), Channel V Mainland China, and the Fortune Star film library were included in the sale, and a joint venture named Star China Media was created in the process. CMC acquired the remaining stake in Star China Media in January 2014. In June 2012, it

5688-528: Was announced to be split into three divisions, which would see the heads of newly renamed Fox Networks Group Europe, Fox Networks Group Latin America and Fox Networks Group Asia all reporting to CEO Peter Rice and COO Randy Freer at Fox Networks Group in the United States, thus abolishing Fox International Channels as a separate unit from 21st Century Fox's television business in the U.S. Accordingly,

5767-546: Was closed. Now, Disney India owns television channels of UTV Software Communications and Star India. In April 2020, the Walt Disney Company merged Hotstar with Disney+ in India to form Disney+ Hotstar with Hotstar operating independently and coexisting with Disney+ in Canada and US, since it launched on 4 September 2017; the United Kingdom on 13 September 2018; and Singapore on 4 November 2020, prior to Disney+ in

5846-413: Was established by Hutchison Whampoa and was headed by Richard Li . Li is the son of Li Ka-Shing (founder of Cheung Kong , a subsidiary of which is Hutchison Whampoa). Hutchvision's plan interfered in the development of Hong Kong's cable network, facing concerns that it would cause competition for both viewers and advertisers from other satellite and terrestrial networks. At the time, Wharf Holdings had

5925-555: Was filmed in Taiwan . The show was aired on Star Chinese Channel in Taiwan and on Mediacorp in Singapore, with Star TV handling distribution and sales in other countries. In addition, Star Chinese Movies was announced to have invested in three high-definition films, to be produced by Derek Yee Tung-sing . Additionally, the National Geographic Channel produced around one thousand hours of high-definition programming commissioned for

6004-710: Was looking for 66% of the company, but the deal was reported to have required the Hong Kong side to remain active shareholders, causing the deal to fall through. The initial negotiations with Rupert Murdoch were reported to have floundered after the Australian businessman demanded a controlling stake in the Hong Kong company. On the same day, Murdoch's News Corporation purchased 63.6% of Star TV for $ 525 million US dollars, half in cash, half in News Corporation's ordinary shares, blocking offers from Pearson. The deal came after News Corporation failed to acquire 22% of TVB because of regulatory issues. News Corporation acquired

6083-465: Was looking to sell its 13.01% stake in Viacom18 to Reliance, which already owned a 73.91% share via TV18 . Although Bloomberg News reported that the deal was unlikely to close, the deal was confirmed a week later for $ 517 million, its closure subject to regulatory approval and the completion of the joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney. Paramount would, however, continue to license its content to

6162-549: Was split into three, as to plug into the Disney International structure with offices in Shanghai, Mumbai, and Singapore. The reconfiguration and layoff began on 29 June 2020, with layoffs focused on FNG Asia's Hung Hom headquarters, which date back to their 1993 acquisition by PCCW. The Walt Disney Company announced the official closure of 18 of their linear pay TV channels on 1 October 2021, as Disney prioritized

6241-527: Was to target the top 5 percent of Asian elites who spoke English and had bought power to offer pan-Asian English programming. In its initial years, the channels were broadcast over AsiaSat 1, a communication satellite operated by Asia Satellite Telecommunications (a consortium of Hutchison Whampoa, China International Trust and Investment Corporation and Cable & Wireless Worldwide .) Its digital electronic services were funded by Sony . Hutchvision itself owned one third of AsiaSat and Star TV used ten out of

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