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  • Star Movies & Select HD TO AIR The Oscars on 27 Feb

    MUMBAI: Star Movies and Star Movies Select HD will play host to the most awaited awards night of the year, The Oscars® which will air on 27 February live at 5:30 am with a repeat at 8:30 PM. In addition, the channels will be celebrating the month with film festivals that will showcase a marathon of Oscar® winning & Oscar® nominated movies as we anticipate the biggest night of Hollywood.

    As part of the festival Star Movies has a unique line up, with each week of the festival dedicated to a different category – Best Director, Best Actor/Actress, Best Animation and Best Picture. From Alejandro Iñárritu’s breath-taking direction of The Revenant to Meryl Streep’s outstanding performance in The Devil Wear Prada, Star Movies will highlight the movies that truly bring out the best of the categories presented at the Academy Awards.

    Star Movies Select HD will also feature a month long festival that will continue to stay true to its promise by bringing to consumers curated films that have received critical acclaim at the Academy Awards. This month every Mon to Friday television viewers will have their weekdays packed with an array of films that have won or been nominated in the Best Picture category of the Academy Awards at 7 PM till the 24th of February. From a classic film based on history ‘The Bridge on The River Kwai’, to the equally unnerving tale of a drummer in ‘Whiplash’, from the famous war movie ‘The Thin Red Line’ to the classics- ‘As Good As It Gets’ – Star Movies Select HD will feature something for everyone and much more.

  • Oscar-winning movies every Saturday on Star Movies, HD & Select HD

    Oscar-winning movies every Saturday on Star Movies, HD & Select HD

    MUMBAI: There have always been Movies that have touched our hearts and left a lasting impression. Star Movies, Home of the Oscars® brings to you three such enthralling Oscar® premieres; giving you a glimpse of the phenomenal performances and heartwarming endeavors by the visionaries of cinema. With performances by three leading ladies- Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Joy’, Brie Larson in ‘Room’ and Saoirse Ronan in ‘Brooklyn’, Star Movies premieres these films this February through a simulcast on Star Movies and Star Movies Select HD.

    Each of the three films is a celebration of the human spirit as each one showcases a woman’s victory against overwhelming odds. The first is the heartwarming film Room, based on the book by Emma Donoghue, which tells the story of a mother and son and a room within which they create their world for 5 years. Brie Larson who won an Oscar® for her performance in this film plays the mother. She endeavors to provide her son a routine within the room but yearns for him to lead a normal life in the world outside and attempts to help him escape. The Oscar® nominated film ‘Room’ premieres for the first time on Star Movies and Star Movies Select HD on Saturday, 11th February at 6:30 PM.

    Ferocity, determination, confidence and courage are a few words that can be used to describe the tale of the entrepreneur and inventor Joy. A true story spanning across the life and times of Joy Mangano, Star Movies and Star Movies Select HD are all set to simulcast the Oscar® nominated Jennifer Lawrence-starring ‘Joy’ on Saturday, 18th February at 6:30 PM.

    Finally Star Movies shall bring to you Saoirse Ronan’s breath-taking performance in ‘Brooklyn’. A moving adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel, Brooklyn showcases the life of an Irish immigrant who has moved out of her house and her comfort zone as she struggles to create a home in a foreign land. In this journey, she falls in love with a local and reaches a point in her life where she has to decide between her true love and her roots. The Oscar® nominated movie “Brooklyn” premieres on Star Movies and Star Movies Select HD on 25th February at 6:30 PM.

  • Star Movies & Star Movies Select HD to air Star Wars on 5 Feb

    Star Movies & Star Movies Select HD to air Star Wars on 5 Feb

    MUMBAI: The seventh episode in the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will premiere on Star Movies this Sunday, 5 February at 1 pm and 9 pm. The Force on Star Movies & Star Movies Select HD gets stronger with this J J Abram masterpiece that will bring a smile to every Star Wars fan.

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens not only has a box office collection of over 2 billion USD but also has the distinction of being the third highest grossing Hollywood film ever. With a cast of legends and newcomers alike, the movie features stalwarts like Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher alongside newcomers like Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver and many more. The movie has received rave reviews from critics and fans alike reaffirming the fact that even 38 years after the release of the first movie the fandom for the series is still strong.

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens picks up 30 years after the close of the Episode VI, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. It tells the story of a Rey who joins hands with a Stormtrooper Finn and a droid BB-8 as they continue to unravel and survive the deadly strikes of Kylo Ren.

    Star Movies has always entertained its viewers with some of the biggest blockbusters and this time with the Star Wars saga followed by the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it has become the only destination for every Star Wars fan.

  • Star Movies & Star Movies Select HD to air Star Wars on 5 Feb

    Star Movies & Star Movies Select HD to air Star Wars on 5 Feb

    MUMBAI: The seventh episode in the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will premiere on Star Movies this Sunday, 5 February at 1 pm and 9 pm. The Force on Star Movies & Star Movies Select HD gets stronger with this J J Abram masterpiece that will bring a smile to every Star Wars fan.

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens not only has a box office collection of over 2 billion USD but also has the distinction of being the third highest grossing Hollywood film ever. With a cast of legends and newcomers alike, the movie features stalwarts like Harrison Ford & Carrie Fisher alongside newcomers like Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver and many more. The movie has received rave reviews from critics and fans alike reaffirming the fact that even 38 years after the release of the first movie the fandom for the series is still strong.

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens picks up 30 years after the close of the Episode VI, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. It tells the story of a Rey who joins hands with a Stormtrooper Finn and a droid BB-8 as they continue to unravel and survive the deadly strikes of Kylo Ren.

    Star Movies has always entertained its viewers with some of the biggest blockbusters and this time with the Star Wars saga followed by the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it has become the only destination for every Star Wars fan.

  • Discovery appoints Tanna as VP – S Asia; Dua to head M&A

    Discovery appoints Tanna as VP – S Asia; Dua to head M&A

    MUMBAI: In line with its ambition to expand and accelerate growth in India through new investment and leadership, Discovery Networks has appointed Vikram Tanna as Vice President, Head of Advertising Sales and Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia. The current product suite has 11 unique content channels in the factual and lifestyle genres. Tanna takes over from Karamjit Dua who moves into a new role as head of new business and mergers and acquisitions in line with Discovery’s focus on inorganic growth opportunities in both linear and channel business with immediate effect.

    Tanna will be based out of Mumbai and will report to Karan Bajaj, SVP and GM-South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific. Tanna will further strengthen the company’s efforts towards building engaged local audience franchises and re-instate its omni-channel platform play.

    Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific SVP & GM-South Asia Karan Bajaj said, “India is a high-priority market for us and we have very aggressive growth ambitions here as we look to future-proof our business and build a broader product eco-system. I am thrilled to have someone of the calibre of Vikram Tanna joining our team. He brings the relevant product and revenue experience and strategic planning ability that will be integral to our efforts in re-defining our ad sales, improving workflow and growing our business nationally and across regional clusters.”

    An industry veteran, Tanna brings with him over two decades of experience spanning the broadcast, gaming and online industries. Tanna joins from Star India where was the Senior Vice President leading Product & Revenue strategy for three of the major channel clusters- Hindi Movies & Music and HSM Regional Channels (West Bengal & Maharashtra). He has grown in various roles at Star from heading revenue for Channel V, Star Digital & V Events. Prior to which, Tanna was the revenue lead for Zapak Digital Entertainment that operated the online gaming portal. Earlier in his career, he worked with MTV for two years and with Star Movies and Star World.

    Tanna has done MBA in marketing from Mumbai University and is a visiting faculty at management institutes in Mumbai.

  • Discovery appoints Tanna as VP – S Asia; Dua to head M&A

    Discovery appoints Tanna as VP – S Asia; Dua to head M&A

    MUMBAI: In line with its ambition to expand and accelerate growth in India through new investment and leadership, Discovery Networks has appointed Vikram Tanna as Vice President, Head of Advertising Sales and Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia. The current product suite has 11 unique content channels in the factual and lifestyle genres. Tanna takes over from Karamjit Dua who moves into a new role as head of new business and mergers and acquisitions in line with Discovery’s focus on inorganic growth opportunities in both linear and channel business with immediate effect.

    Tanna will be based out of Mumbai and will report to Karan Bajaj, SVP and GM-South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia Pacific. Tanna will further strengthen the company’s efforts towards building engaged local audience franchises and re-instate its omni-channel platform play.

    Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific SVP & GM-South Asia Karan Bajaj said, “India is a high-priority market for us and we have very aggressive growth ambitions here as we look to future-proof our business and build a broader product eco-system. I am thrilled to have someone of the calibre of Vikram Tanna joining our team. He brings the relevant product and revenue experience and strategic planning ability that will be integral to our efforts in re-defining our ad sales, improving workflow and growing our business nationally and across regional clusters.”

    An industry veteran, Tanna brings with him over two decades of experience spanning the broadcast, gaming and online industries. Tanna joins from Star India where was the Senior Vice President leading Product & Revenue strategy for three of the major channel clusters- Hindi Movies & Music and HSM Regional Channels (West Bengal & Maharashtra). He has grown in various roles at Star from heading revenue for Channel V, Star Digital & V Events. Prior to which, Tanna was the revenue lead for Zapak Digital Entertainment that operated the online gaming portal. Earlier in his career, he worked with MTV for two years and with Star Movies and Star World.

    Tanna has done MBA in marketing from Mumbai University and is a visiting faculty at management institutes in Mumbai.

  • Star Movies starts Star Wars saga from 14 Jan

    Star Movies starts Star Wars saga from 14 Jan

    MUMBAI: Star Movies will be celebrating the imaginative world created by the visionary Director George Lucas with a complete six movie showcase titled ‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’ starting 14 January every weekend at 12pm.

    The Star Wars Saga along with its characters are one of the most iconic names in the world. For nearly four decades, the Star Wars saga has captivated audiences, broken box office records and earned countless accolades. When George Lucas made the Star Wars film he didn’t just make a cult film series he created an industry one that made fans go “This will be a day long remembered”

    Beginning 14 January, the channel will feature the Star Wars Saga from episodes I to VI every Saturday and Sunday AT 12 PM. Star Movies will take you on a journey through the Star Wars universe right from the evolution of its characters to its path breaking use of technology. From the Millennium Falcon to the Death Star, from Jedis and their battle against Darth Vader to the beautiful Princess Leia, Star Wars has left a mark through generations.

    Ever since the first Star Wars film released in the 1970s, it has been a benchmark in film-making for its visual grandeur and epic storyline. What started out as simple fairytale story became a cult favorite. From iconic phrases to the plethora of worlds shown in each film, Star Wars has attained a cult status that very few movies have achieved. So get ready to keep your weekends free to re-connect with iconic characters you grew up idolizing.

    So Remember; watch you must, miss you must not!

    14th Jan: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    15th Jan: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

    21st Jan: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

    22nd Jan: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

    28th Jan: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

    29th Jan: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

  • Star Movies starts Star Wars saga from 14 Jan

    Star Movies starts Star Wars saga from 14 Jan

    MUMBAI: Star Movies will be celebrating the imaginative world created by the visionary Director George Lucas with a complete six movie showcase titled ‘Star Wars: The Complete Saga’ starting 14 January every weekend at 12pm.

    The Star Wars Saga along with its characters are one of the most iconic names in the world. For nearly four decades, the Star Wars saga has captivated audiences, broken box office records and earned countless accolades. When George Lucas made the Star Wars film he didn’t just make a cult film series he created an industry one that made fans go “This will be a day long remembered”

    Beginning 14 January, the channel will feature the Star Wars Saga from episodes I to VI every Saturday and Sunday AT 12 PM. Star Movies will take you on a journey through the Star Wars universe right from the evolution of its characters to its path breaking use of technology. From the Millennium Falcon to the Death Star, from Jedis and their battle against Darth Vader to the beautiful Princess Leia, Star Wars has left a mark through generations.

    Ever since the first Star Wars film released in the 1970s, it has been a benchmark in film-making for its visual grandeur and epic storyline. What started out as simple fairytale story became a cult favorite. From iconic phrases to the plethora of worlds shown in each film, Star Wars has attained a cult status that very few movies have achieved. So get ready to keep your weekends free to re-connect with iconic characters you grew up idolizing.

    So Remember; watch you must, miss you must not!

    14th Jan: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    15th Jan: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

    21st Jan: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

    22nd Jan: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

    28th Jan: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

    29th Jan: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

  • Movies Now 2 enters; Zee Studio exits: BARC week 53

    Movies Now 2 enters; Zee Studio exits: BARC week 53

    MUMBAI: Movies Now 2 made a comeback this week with the exit of Zee Studio. The players in the English Movies genre witnessed mixed ratings in this week’s data.

    Star World continued to dominate the English Entertainment space with a hike in its ratings. Though, the rest of the channels in the genre observed mixed ratings.

    In the Infotainment space, History TV18 sustained its number one position whereas the players in the factual entertainment genre observed a substantial decline in its viewership.

    According to the week 53 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, channels in the Lifestyle space saw mixed ratings. Living Foodz dominated the genre with a decrease in its ratings.

    English Entertainment

    Star World with an increase in its ratings sustained at the number one position with 329 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 238 Impressions (‘000s) in week 52. Zee Cafe was at the second place with 164 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Comedy Central at the third spot with 130 Impressions (‘000s). AXN stood at the fourth position with 111 Impressions (‘000s) whereas Colors Infinity SD maintained itself on the fifth rank with 106 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Sony Pix with a decrease in the ratings continued to dominate the genre with 2770 Impressions (‘000s) as to 2736 Impressions (‘000s) last week. Star Movies with 2671 Impressions (‘000s) stood at the number two position. Movies Now with 2452 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third position followed by HBO at the fourth position with 1591 Impressions (‘000s). HBO took the fifth place with 1605 Impressions (‘000s).

    Infotainment

    History TV 18 with a decline in the ratings continued to rule the genre with 4857 Impressions (‘000s). Discovery Channel was at the second spot with 4572 Impressions (‘000s). National Geographic with 3155 Impressions (‘000s) and Animal Planet with 2919 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position, respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2446 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz with a decrease in its ratings sustained its number one position with 1611 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 1801 Impressions (‘000s) in week 52. Fox Life took the second berth with 944 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Food Food with 755 Impressions (‘000s). FYI TV 18 with 493 Impressions (‘000s) and TLC with 435 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively.

  • Movies Now 2 enters; Zee Studio exits: BARC week 53

    Movies Now 2 enters; Zee Studio exits: BARC week 53

    MUMBAI: Movies Now 2 made a comeback this week with the exit of Zee Studio. The players in the English Movies genre witnessed mixed ratings in this week’s data.

    Star World continued to dominate the English Entertainment space with a hike in its ratings. Though, the rest of the channels in the genre observed mixed ratings.

    In the Infotainment space, History TV18 sustained its number one position whereas the players in the factual entertainment genre observed a substantial decline in its viewership.

    According to the week 53 ratings data of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, channels in the Lifestyle space saw mixed ratings. Living Foodz dominated the genre with a decrease in its ratings.

    English Entertainment

    Star World with an increase in its ratings sustained at the number one position with 329 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 238 Impressions (‘000s) in week 52. Zee Cafe was at the second place with 164 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Comedy Central at the third spot with 130 Impressions (‘000s). AXN stood at the fourth position with 111 Impressions (‘000s) whereas Colors Infinity SD maintained itself on the fifth rank with 106 Impressions (‘000s).

    English Movies

    Sony Pix with a decrease in the ratings continued to dominate the genre with 2770 Impressions (‘000s) as to 2736 Impressions (‘000s) last week. Star Movies with 2671 Impressions (‘000s) stood at the number two position. Movies Now with 2452 Impressions (‘000s) grabbed the third position followed by HBO at the fourth position with 1591 Impressions (‘000s). HBO took the fifth place with 1605 Impressions (‘000s).

    Infotainment

    History TV 18 with a decline in the ratings continued to rule the genre with 4857 Impressions (‘000s). Discovery Channel was at the second spot with 4572 Impressions (‘000s). National Geographic with 3155 Impressions (‘000s) and Animal Planet with 2919 Impressions (‘000s) took the third and fourth position, respectively. Nat Geo Wild stood at the fifth position with 2446 Impressions (‘000s).

    Lifestyle

    Living Foodz with a decrease in its ratings sustained its number one position with 1611 Impressions (‘000s) as compared to 1801 Impressions (‘000s) in week 52. Fox Life took the second berth with 944 Impressions (‘000s) followed by Food Food with 755 Impressions (‘000s). FYI TV 18 with 493 Impressions (‘000s) and TLC with 435 Impressions (‘000s) bagged the fourth and fifth position, respectively.