ASIA-PACIFIC, OCTOBER 4, 2010 – Disney Media Distribution and Fox International Channels (FIC) have extended their exclusive multi-year agreement for the broadcast network to bring first-runs of Disney’s extensive portfolio of films on pay-TV to Asia on STAR Movies and Fox Family Movies.
Under the terms of the agreement, STAR Movies and Fox Family Movies will bring all feature films from The Walt Disney Studios, including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Pixar, DreamWorks and Marvel to their subscribers across 13 markets across Asia.
Viewers will enjoy a range of current and library live-action and animated features, including the two latest billion-dollar box-office hits “Alice in Wonderland” and “Toy Story 3”; as well as recent favorites “Prince of Persia” “The Princess and The Frog”, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”, which become part of FIC’s latest movie programming slate for 2011.
In keeping with Disney and Fox International Channels’ strategy of introducing more diversified pay-TV services to consumers, all the movies will be offered as High-Definition (HD) service and made available over the Subscriber Video On-Demand (SVOD) platform.
“We are delighted to extend our partnership with Disney after 10 years of cooperation in bringing the best collection of motion pictures to Asia,” said Ward Platt, President, Asia Pacific and the Middle East, Fox International Channels. “We look forward to providing viewers across Asia Pacific with an excellent choice of movies as well as HD and SVOD services.”
“We are proud to announce that Star Movies and Fox Family Movies will be the home of some of the world’s best known and most loved movies from Disney in Asia. We look to build on the success of our decade-long strategic partnership with Fox International Channels by making our content available not only via their two premium linear movie channels but also over digital media platforms to reach more audiences in markets across Asia,” said Rob Gilby, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Disney Media Distribution Asia Pacific
Asia’s No.1 movie channel dedicated for Hollywood movie viewers, STAR Movies is the market leader in numerous markets such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. Fox Family Movies, a new movie channel recently launched in Singapore and soon launching in other Asian markets, is dedicated to family viewing.
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