Although, the Asia Pacific operations do operate 'Star'-branded TV services to date, to varying degrees. Star India (as well as all of the now Fox Networks Group's Asia Pacific operations. The remainder of the Star Asia Pacific business was later brought under the Fox International Channels division. After 2009, the Star brand was mainly restricted to the now separately-owned Star China Media, as well as Star India, which operates primarily in India, but also distributes programming internationally via services targeting viewers of Indian descent. The 'Star' brand originated as a Hong Kong-based satellite broadcaster, which operated under that name as an acronym of 'Satellite Television Asian Region', it was founded by Hutchison Whampoa in 1991, and had been acquired by News Corporation in 1993. It also features licensed non-Disney branded content through Disney Platform Distribution. Star features adult-oriented television and film content from the libraries of Disney subsidiaries, including FX Networks, Freeform, ABC Signature, 20th Television, 20th Television Animation, 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation, Searchlight Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures. In Latin America, a separate streaming service, Star+, was launched on August 31, 2021. The hub is available in a subset of countries where Disney+ is operated. Star (stylized as ST★R) is a content hub within the Disney+ streaming service that launched on February 23, 2021. For the subsidiary owned by Disney and in turn The Walt Disney Company India, see Disney Star.Ĭanada, Europe, MENA, South Africa, parts of Asia-Pacific (see full list of countries) For other 'Star'-branded TV and streaming services owned by Disney, see Star TV.

This article is about the content hub within the Disney+ streaming service.

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