STAR first entered the Middle East in 1994 with the launch of its first pay TV service - STAR Movies. Since then, we have come a long way. Today STAR offers a diverse bouquet of 15 channels covering several genres: news, documentaries, movies, general entertainment, music, children's entertainment in English and Hindi.

STAR Middle East manages commercial distribution, sales, advertising sales and marketing for STAR's bouquet of 15 channels for the entire Middle East.

These channels are:
STAR Movies
STAR World
STAR Plus
STAR One
STAR Gold
STAR News
Jetix (previously known as Fox Kids)
FOX Sports
FOX News
Sky News
UKTV Granada
Channel [V] International
Channel [V] India
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Adventure

STAR is a leading media and entertainment company in Asia. STAR broadcasts over 50 television services in seven 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, 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 and wireless and digital services. STAR is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation.www.startv.com