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  • Don’t miss the exclusive premiere of ‘Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ this Friday, August 18th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies

    Don’t miss the exclusive premiere of ‘Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ this Friday, August 18th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies

    Mumbai, August 14, 2006…Steve Zissou, oceanographer and documentarian has reason to be melancholy! His partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father, his most recent films have tanked, he’s having trouble raising money for his venture to revenge his partner, and he’s attracted to a pregnant reporter. At sea, in pursuit of the shark, will Steve escape pirates and mutiny, forge the bonds of fatherhood, place his arm around his wife, find the monster of the deep, re-establish box office hegemony, and discover a reason to smile? Find out in the exclusive premiere of “Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou”, this Friday, August 18th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

    This movie details the adventures of the once-famed Steve Zissou. As with most of his recent films, his current film about his best friend Esteban du Plantier’s (Seymour Cassel) death from a “Jaguar shark” attack is a flop, and for his next project he is determined to find the creature and destroy it. Steve’s presumed son Ned (Owen Wilson) is a polite, innocent and childlike Southern gentleman whose mother had recently died. After meeting Steve at a film premiere, he takes a break from his job as an airline pilot and joins the Zissou crew, and finances the new film when no one else will. Steve is also followed by a reporter Jane Winslett-Richardson (Cate Blanchett), who is a fan of his and pregnant with her married boss’s child.

    She eventually falls in love with Ned. As a result, a rivalry develops between Ned and Steve, the elder of which is infatuated with Jane. The Belafonte crew sets off on one last mission, facing pirates, financial problems, rescuing a “bond company stooge” (Bud Cort) (hired by Zissou’s producer Oseary Drakoulias (Michael Gambon) and Zissou’s successful, suave, rich, and “part-gay” nemesis Alistair Hennessey (Jeff Goldblum), and reuniting with his wife Eleanor (Anjelica Huston) who was once married to Hennessey.

    But while searching for the Jaguar Shark, the Zissou helicopter crashes, injuring Steve and killing Ned. Although it is revealed that Steve is sterile, Steve and Ned are as close as genuine father and son. Steve finally tracks down the shark but decides not to kill it, both because of its beauty and his lack of dynamite. Viewing the shark finally validates a daily existence that Steve feared may have become meaningless. Eleanor is moved by this and falls for Steve again. The finished “film-within-a-film” is a hit, and Steve wins an award, regaining respect worldwide.

    So don’t forget to tune into the exclusive premiere of this fun film, “Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” this Friday night, August 18th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

    About Star
    STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts over 50 television services in nine languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel). STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com

    For further information please contact:
    In Mumbai
    Zeenat Khan
    Asst. Vice President – Publicity
    STAR (India) Ltd.
    Tel No. 91-22-56305555

    Shiraz Bhavnani / Aditi Chada
    Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
    Tel: 91-22-6656 8787
    Fax: 91-22-6656 8788
    Email:sbhavnani@vccpl.com/achada@vccpl.com

  • Third season of ‘Lost’ starts shooting in Hawaii

    Third season of ‘Lost’ starts shooting in Hawaii

    MUMBAI: ABC has begun production in Hawaii for the third season of the action adventure show Lost. In the US, the third season kicks off in October.

    Lost airs in India on Star Movies.

    For the uninitiated, Lost deals with the survivors of a plane crash. After Oceanic Air flight 815 tore apart in mid-air and crashed on a Pacific island, its survivors were forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discovered that the island holds many secrets, including a mysterious smoke monster, polar bears, a strange French woman and another group of island residents known as The Others.

    The survivors have also found signs of those who came to the island before them, including a 19th century sailing ship called The Black Rock, the remains of an ancient statue and bunkers belonging to the Dharma Initiative, a group of scientific researchers.

    Jack, Kate and Sawyer open the season in captivity as prisoners of The Others. Just who these Others are and what they want are primary questions Season Three will explore. Michael Emerson joins the regular cast in his ongoing role as Henry Gale, leader of The Others.

    The band of friends, family, enemies and strangers must continue to work together against the cruel weather and harsh terrain if they want to stay alive. But as they have discovered during their 60-plus days on the island, danger and mystery loom behind every corner, and those they thought could be trusted may turn against them.

  • Discovery sees ‘Dragons’ taking ratings flight

    Discovery sees ‘Dragons’ taking ratings flight

    Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real, which aired on Discovery Channel earlier this month, has garnered high viewership. |

    Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real received higher viewership than Star Movies, HBO and MTV, all news channels and even general entertainment channels like Star One, Sab and Sahara One.
    Dragons garnered 32 per cent channel share in CS4+ and 39 per cent in AB15+ as per Tam data for week 32, Sunday, 8 pm to 10 pm, CS4+, All India market. This was also more than 60 per cent ahead of Star Movies and almost twice that of HBO, the release states.

    The highest rated show in the week amongst the international channels, it recorded higher viewership than many programmes and movies across other channels including Mummy Returns and Home Alone 3 on Star Movies, MTV Khamosh, MTV Mobbed, Keen on KANK on NDTV 24×7. (Source Tam: 07:00-23:59, Week 32, CS 4+, All India).

    Discovery Channel has staked its claim to the number one position in the last eight weeks amongst all international channels taking into account all viewers and all day across India. (Tam: CS 4+, All India, Week 25-32, 07:00- 23:59 hours)

    Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real aired on Sunday, 6 August at 8 pm.

  • Star Movies to premiere ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’

    Star Movies to premiere ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’

    MUMBAI: Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie (Tomb Raider) and Oscar® nominee Brad Pitt (Ocean’s Twelve), along with comedian Vince Vaughn (The Break-Up), star in the controversial Mr. & Mrs. Smith, believed by many to be the reason for the split between Hollywood’s former favourite couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. The sparks between the saucy Jolie and hunky Pitt brought in US$478 million box office worldwide.

     

    John (Pitt) and Jane Smith (Jolie) are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless suburban marriage. But each is hiding something the other would kill to know: Mr. and Mrs. Smith are actually highly paid, incredibly efficient assassins, and they work for competing organizations.

     

    Mr. and Mrs. Smith discover a new source of excitement in their marriage, when they’re hired to assassinate each other… and that’s when the real fun starts. The result is the ultimate action spectacle, as Mr. and Mrs. Smith put their formidable skills to work and their marriage to the ultimate test.

     

    So don’t forget to tune in to the exclusive premiere of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, this Friday, November 24th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

  • ‘Fantastic Four’ to premiere on Star Movies this Friday

    ‘Fantastic Four’ to premiere on Star Movies this Friday

    Mumbai, November 29, 2006… Astronauts. Superheroes. Celebrities. Together, they turn tragedy into triumph and catastrophe into coalition, using their unique and formidable powers to protect the citizens of New York City against any threat that may arise. To the world, they are the Fantastic Four. To each other, they are a family. Starring Ioan Gruffudd and Jessica Alba, Star Movies presents the exclusive premiere of “Fantastic Four”, this Friday night, December 1st at 9 p.m.

     

    When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.

     

    Fantastic Four is based on Marvel’s longest running comic book series, which has well-earned its moniker as “The Greatest Comic in the World.” The movie required four times the special effects power of any previous comic-to-film epics. But for all its state-of-the-art effects, what makes Fantastic Four special is its humor and emotion.

     

     

     

    So don’t forget to tune in to the exclusive premiere of Fantastic Four, this Friday, December 1st at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

    About Star
    STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts 60 television services in nine languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel).

     

    STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com

     

    For further information please contact:
    In Mumbai
    Zeenat Khan
    Asst Vice President, Publicity
    STAR (India) Ltd.
    Tel No. 91-22-28523880

    Shiraz Bhavnani / Aditi Chada
    Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
    Tel: 91-22-5656 8787
    Fax: 91-22-5656 8788
    Email:sbhavnani@vccpl.com / achada@vccpl.com

  • B’cast Bill likely to skip domestic content clause for English movie channels

    B’cast Bill likely to skip domestic content clause for English movie channels

    NEW DELHI: The government is likely to exempt English movie channels from sourcing 15 per cent of their total weekly programming from India.

    “We realize that not enough of English movies are made in India and mandating such sourcing of films from India for English movie channels would be difficult,” an official of the information and broadcasting ministry has told Indiantelevision.com.

    This would mean that the likes of Star Movies, HBO, Zee Studio, MGM and TCM (the last two are available on Dish TV’s DTH service) can breathe easy.

    The draft Broadcasting Bill 2006 had said that all TV channels should source from India 15 per cent of their total content broadcast every week.

    For Indian channels, dishing out primarily Indian entertainment programmes, this clause in the draft Bill should not cause much of a problem, but for foreign news and kids channels (Cartoon Network, BBC, Disney, etc) and niche ones like Discovery Travel and Living, Animax, it would mean reworking programming line ups.

    Channels like Animax, Disney, Toon Disney, Cartoon Network and Pogo would have to make more programmes in India or source them from here, which is not done up to the proposed 15 per cent.

    The government official explained that the proposed clause, which is based on similar laws elsewhere in the world, was more aimed towards addressing the concerns of the Indian animation industry.

    A section of the growing Indian animation industry, led by some big companies, had petitioned the government some months ago that foreign channels, especially kids’, should be directed to source a certain quantum of their programming from India.

    However, the government doesn’t propose to specify the quality of sourced programmes as and when the Broadcast Bill is enacted into a law. “That’s up to a respective channel to decide,” the official said.

    Even foreign news channels like BBC, CNN and Euro News need not worry unnecessarily.

    The proposed 15 per cent local programming does not mean live news, as had been envisaged buy some channels.

    It could be in the form of even current affairs pro

  • Star Movies to feature ‘Hard Target’ on 8 April

    Star Movies to feature ‘Hard Target’ on 8 April

    Don’t hunt what you can’t kill… HARD TARGET
    Get set for some hard-hitting action with Hard Target, starring Van Damme on Saturday, April 8th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies

    Mumbai, April 4, 2006… Star Movies knows what it takes to make a Saturday evening exciting – a movie that will keep you at the edge of your seat! Watch out for John Woo’s Hard Target a slick action movie, laced with dark humor, packed with bone-crunching fights and blazing with spectacular firepower. Action movie lovers are in for a complete treat this Saturday night, April 8th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

    Chance Boudreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a tough, out of work seaman trying to find work in New Orleans, where troubles are growing higher every minute. The police are picketing and the law enforcement is at a minimum. Meanwhile, Natasha Binder (Yancy Butler) has come to the city in an attempt to find her father, who has not been heard from in some time. Natasha has been unaware that her father was homeless, and in a bleak attempt for money, became the prey in a human hunting “game”. Natasha then hires Chance to protect her, as well as solve the mystery of who killed her father. But when Chance becomes involved in the hunting, as the prey, the risks have been doubled.

    This action film is expertly directed by talented action film director, John Woo, who truly understands how to put an exciting, hard-hitting action movie together. He maintains his high standards and reputation with this effort, which grossed $74,189,677 at the worldwide box office.

     

     

     

     

     

     

    So tune in to Hard Target and get set for some non-stop action and excitement this Saturday night, April 8th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

    About Star
    STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts over 50 television services in nine languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel). STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com

    For further information please contact:
    In Mumbai
    Zeenat Khan Shiraz Bhavnani / Aditi Chada
    Asst. Vice President – Publicity Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
    STAR (India) Ltd. Tel: 91-22-5656 8787
    Tel No. 91-22-56305555 Fax: 91-22-5656 8788
    Email:sbhavnani@vccpl.com / achada@vccpl.com

  • Celebrate Christmas with the magic of Star Movies

    Celebrate Christmas with the magic of Star Movies

    Mumbai, November 30, 2006: Come December and Star Movies takes you through a joyous and action-packed ride! For the first time on Indian television, Star Movies presents Star Wars: The Complete Saga featuring all six titles for six spectacular weeks every Sunday night from December 17th onwards!

    Celebrate Christmas with a special line-up of movies that truly reflect the spirit of the festival of joy, taking viewers through all the festivities with the best movies from Hollywood! And of course from Friday Night Premiere of the latest Hollywood blockbusters to the exclusive limited series presenting action-packed drama and mind-blowing adventure, it is all happening on Star Movies. So, get hooked to your television sets and celebrate festivities this December with the magic of movies!

    The all-time favourite science fantasy saga Star Wars airs exclusively on Star Movies this month! Every Sunday at 9 p.m. from December 17 to January 21st, Star Wars: The Complete Saga features all six titles in the US$3.5 billion franchise airing in sequence for the first time on Indian television. Kicking off the Star Wars mania will be The Phantom Menace on December 17th and The Attack of the Clones on December 24th. And that’s not all, catch the exclusive premiere of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith on December 31st only on Star Movies!

    On Christmas day, Star Movies presents a special line-up of movies including 12 Dogs of Christmas, The Grinch, Crazy for Christmas, Noel and Surviving Christmas that are sure to make you believe in miracles, be thankful and forgiving and just be joyous this holiday season!

    This month, Star Movies also presents the exclusive limited series – Covert One: The Hades Factor and Ring Of The Nibelungs. On December 2nd & 3rd at 9 p.m. make sure you catch Covert One: The Hades Factor, a thrilling action packed drama that pits the law enforcement agencies against the threat of biological warfare. The series quite accurately depicts the global crisis facing today’s world. Ring Of The Nibelungs, which will air on December 9th and 10th at 9 p.m. is a mind-blowing adventure based on the Germanic myth “Das Nibelungenlied” and the Nordic “Volsunga Saga” which also inspired the four-opera cycle by Richard Wagner and J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic “The Lord of the Rings”.

    Every Friday night this month, Star Movies premieres the latest Hollywood blockbusters starring superstars Mike Myers, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Alec Baldwin, Robin Williams, Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry and Mel Brooks. Tune-in to watch the exclusive premieres of Fantastic Four, Dr. Seuss’ The Cat In The Hat, Dungeons and Dragons 2, Robots, and Spymate every Friday night.

    And if that’s not enough … catch an exclusive sneak peek into the soon-to-release Hollywood movie, Eragon on December 10th as Opening Night gives you an up-close and intimate view before the release.

    So this December tune in to Star Movies and catch all the fun, action, excitement and adventure, all through the month.

    About Star
    STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts over 50 television services in nine languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel). STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee. In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com

    For further information please contact:
    In Mumbai
    Zeenat Khan
    Asst. Vice President – Publicity
    STAR (India) Ltd
    Tel No. 91-22-28523880

    Shiraz Bhavnani / Aditi Chada
    Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
    Tel: 91-22-6656 8787
    Fax: 91-22-6656 8788
    Email:sbhavnani@vccpl.com / achada@vccpl.com

  • Tune in to the exclusive premiere of ‘Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat’ this Friday night at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies

    Tune in to the exclusive premiere of ‘Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat’ this Friday night at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies

    MUMBAI: This Friday night, Star Movies has an entertaining treat in store for its viewers!!! Watch the adaptation of a classic children’s book, starring Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston and Dacota Fanning.

    Tune in to watch the wily talking cat with a tall striped hat and more than a few tricks up his sleeve in the exclusive premiere of Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat this Friday night, December 8th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

    Set in a colorful make-believe world, the film tells the classic tale of a sister and brother, Sally (Dakota Fanning) and Conrad (Spencer Breslin), who pass a rainy afternoon with their crotchety baby sitter Mrs. Kwan (Amy Hill), during which they receive a visit from the mysterious Cat in the Hat (Mike Myers), who leads them on a series of colorful, illogical, silly misadventures.

     

    Meanwhile their mother (Kelly Preston), her paranoid boss (Sean Hayes), and her phony boyfriend (Alec Baldwin), present obstacles for the children as they become part of the Cat’s chaotic world. At first it’s all fun and games, until things get out of hand, and The Cat must go, go, go, before their parents get back!!!.

    While the basic plot of the live-action adaptation of The Cat in the Hat rotates around the same as that of the book, the film has added new subplots and characters quite different from those of the original story.

    With candy colored sets that pop off the screen and zany special effects, this bright and happy film is packed with dazzling stunts and is entertaining from start to end. The moral of the.

    So don’t forget to tune in to the exclusive premiere of Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, this Friday, December 8th at 9 p.m. only on Star Movies.

  • Star Movies cements its leadership

    Star Movies cements its leadership

    Mumbai, December 22, 2006: Star Movies, India’s No. 1 English movie channel, cemented its leadership for the 5th year* and ended 2006 with a big bang!!! The channel is now all set to continue its undisputed leadership in 2007 with a power packed line-up of some of the best and the biggest Hollywood blockbusters. The month long (October 30th – November 30th, 2006), Absolute Bond Festival, catapulted the channel to new heights! Followed by this successful initiative, Star Movies kicked off Star Wars: The Complete Saga, on December 17th, 2006. This six-week property will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise (1977-2007), with all six titles and the exclusive premiere of Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith on New Years Eve for the first time on Indian television!!!

     

    “We are extremely delighted that Star Movies has continued its dominance in the English movie segment, in spite of the blackout in Mumbai. Properties like Absolute Bond, Lost- 2 and Star Wars: The Complete Saga have created an enormous amount of excitement amongst our viewers. We wish all our viewers a very Happy New Year and promise them non-stop, quality entertainment in the year ahead!”, says Mr. Ajay Vidyasagar, EVP, Star India Pvt Ltd.

     

    With the Absolute Bond Festival, Star Movies has shaken and stirred all competition. The channel witnessed a robust growth in all day channel shares. Not just this, Bond movies rated 250% higher than HBO in the 9 pm (Mon – Thu) slot! Star Movies sustained dominance despite the Mumbai blackout and was leading in 20 out of the 22 weeks since the beginning of the current fiscal 2006. The channel was leading consistently amongst its competitors, across primetime (7 p.m.- 12 59 a.m.) during the Absolute Bond festival! 19 out of the 20 movie titles from Week 44- week 48 belonged to Star Movies, out of which 16 were from the Bond collection.

     

    Starting January, Star Movies is all set to deliver some power-packed punches with an exciting line-up of the BEST and the BIGGEST movies across genres from thriller and action to comedy and drama. Every Friday night at 9p.m., Star Movies will premiere critically acclaimed and box office heavy weights like Madagascar, Transporter 2, Cinderella Man and War of the Worlds, to name a few.

    Every night in February leading up to the Oscars, Star Movies will showcase the most popular Oscar winning flicks followed by the telecast of the biggest movie event of the year- The 79th Annual Academy Awards – LIVE & Exclusive only on STAR Movies.

    In August, Star Movies keeps its promise and brings back one of the most critically acclaimed mini series- LOST-SERIES 3. With an eclectic cast consisting of American, British and Indian stars, it is a show that redefined television viewing the world over. Promising more gripping drama, revealing more secrets about the island and its inhabitants, get set to be hooked all over again!!!

    With all this and much more, Star Movies is jet set to continue the big Dhamaka!!!
    So Come Home to Hollywood… Come Home to Star Movies.

    About Star
    STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts 60 television services in nine languages to more than 300 million viewers across 53 Asian countries. STAR channels cover all genres including general entertainment (Star Plus, Xing Kong, Star Chinese Channel, Star One, Star Utsav, Star World, Vijay, Phoenix Chinese), sports (ESPN, Star Sports), movies (Star Chinese Movies, Star Gold, Star Movies), music (Channel [V]), and news and current affairs (Star News, Star Ananda, Phoenix InfoNews Channel). STAR controls over 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming and also owns the world’s largest contemporary Chinese film library, with more than 600 titles, featuring superstars including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and Bruce Lee.

    In partnership with leading companies in Asia, STAR businesses extend to filmed entertainment, television production, cable systems, direct-to-home services, terrestrial TV broadcasting, wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation. www.startv.com

     

    For further information please contact:
    In Mumbai
    Zeenat Khan
    Asst Vice President, Publicity
    STAR (India) Ltd.
    Tel No. 91-22-28523880

    Shiraz Bhavnani / Aditi Chada
    Vaishnavi Corporate Communications
    Tel: 91-22-5656 8787
    Fax: 91-22-5656 8788
    Email:sbhavnani@vccpl.com / achada@vccpl.com