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Movie Channel
Movie channels are television specialty channels that present film content. Popular movie channels: * 7flix (Australia) * ABS-CBN Corporation ** Cine Mo! (Philippines) ** Cinema One (Philippines) ** Movie Central (Philippines) * AMC Networks AMC Networks Inc. is an American mass media and entertainment corporation headquartered in 11 Penn Plaza, New York City. The company owns and operates the AMC cable channel, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and We TV. It also owns the art ho ... ** AMC (TV channel), AMC (United States) ** AMC (TV channel), AMC (Latin America) ** AMC (TV channel), AMC (Portugal and Spain) ** AMC (TV channel), AMC (Europe) ** Canal Hollywood (Portugal and Spain) ** :es:Europa Europa (canal de televisión), Europa Europa (Latin America) ** :es:Film & Arts, Film & Arts (Latin America) ** Film+ (Czechia and Slovakia) ** :hu:Filmcafé, Film Cafe (Hungary, Romania and Poland) ** :hu:Film Mania, Film Mania (Hungary and Romania) ** IFC (Independent Film Chann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMC (TV Channel)
AMC (an abbreviation of the channel's original name, American Movie Classics) is an American basic cable television channel that is the flagship property of AMC Networks. Launched in late 1984, the channel aired classic films prior to the 1970s, similar to Turner Classic Movies, the channel's former rival, until 2002, when AMC retired the American Movie Classics name as a result of a Channel drift, major shift in List of programs broadcast by AMC, its programming, and today airs original shows that are mainly dramas and documentaries, while airing theatrically released films, and acquired television programming. As of December 2024, AMC was available in approximately 60 million U.S. pay-TV households. This marks a decline from 65.1 million households in December 2023 and 94.8 million in July 2015, reflecting the broader trend of cord-cutting and the shift toward streaming platforms. History 1984–2002: Focus on classic films American Movie Classics, as AMC was originally kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Specialty Channel
A specialty channel (also known in the United States as a cable channel or cable network) can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic. History The number of specialty channels greatly increased during the 1990s and 2000s with the increase of Bandwidth allocation, broadcast bandwidth and Digital television transition, television's transition to digital, while the previously common model of countries having just a few (national) TV stations addressing all interest groups and demographics became increasingly outmoded, as it already had been for some time in several countries. About 65% of today's satellite channels are specialty channels . Types of specialty services may include, but by no means are limited to: * List of adult television channels, Adult channels * Children's interest channels * Documentary channels * Entert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SundanceTV
Sundance TV (formerly known as Sundance Channel) is an American pay television channel owned by AMC Networks that launched on February 1, 1996. The channel is named after Robert Redford's character in ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' and, while it is an extension of Redford's non-profit Sundance Institute, the channel operates independently of both the Institute and the Sundance Film Festival. Originally, Sundance was dedicated largely to airing documentaries, independent feature films, short films, world cinema, and coverage on the latest developments from each year's Sundance Film Festival. The channel has since incorporated both original and acquired programming and became fully ad-supported in 2013, with programming being edited for content soon thereafter. , Sundance is available to approximately 54,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2017 peak of 71,000,000 households. History As Sundance Channel (1996–2014) After negotiations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmy (Canadian TV Channel)
Filmy is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by SoundView Entertainment Inc. Filmy broadcasts Bollywood films, music programs, and other Bollywood film based programming. History In October 2007, SoundView Entertainment Inc. was granted approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ''Sahara Filmy'', described as ''"a national, third-language ethnic Category 2 specialty service devoted to the Hindi-speaking community. The programming schedule shall only consist of feature films, made-for-TV movies, actor interviews, documentaries and similar movie-related programming."'' CRTC 2007-10-18 The channel launched as Filmy on April 29, 2009 initially on |
ATN B4U Movies
ATN B4U Movies is a Canadian Category B specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network International. It broadcasts programming from B4U Movies and Canadian content. Programming consists of Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ... movies and other Bollywood film based programming in Hindi. History ATN B4U Movies was originally launched as a pay service in March 2001 using the following license. However, on September 25, 2012, this license was revoked at ATN's request. The channel subsequently re-launched as a regular specialty service on June 17, 2012, under the following license: ATN Hindi Movie Channel 3. References External links * B4U Movies Specialty television channels in Canada Movie channels in Canada Television channels and station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATN Movies
ATN Movies is a Canadian Category B Hindi language specialty channel owned by Asian Television Network (ATN). ATN Movies is a Bollywood film channel with a focus on family-oriented films. It airs blockbusters, modern classics and contemporary cinema all sourced from various movie studios as well as locally produced Canadian content. As of April 2024, it airs programming from popular Hindi film channel Star Gold. History In April 2005, ATN was granted approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; ) is a public organization in Canada tasked with the mandate as a regulatory agency tribunal for various electronic communications, covering broadcasting and telecommunic ... (CRTC) to launch a television channel called ATN – Hindi Movie Channel Two, described as ''"''a national ethnic Category 2 pay television programming undertaking devoted entirely to movies presented i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Television Network
Asian Television Network (ATN) is a publicly traded Canadian broadcasting company (listed SAT on the TSX Venture Exchange), with 54 television channels in 9 languages, serving the South Asian cultural communities in Canada. ATN operates a South Asian Radio service on XM, available in Canada and the United States. Headquartered in Markham, Ontario, the company has been in operation since 1997, and is headed by Indo-Canadian broadcaster Shan Chandrasekar. Awards and recognition * In 2011, ATN was ranked 9th in "Diversified Industries" on the TSX Venture 50. * In 2008, the executive vice president and vice president of programming, Jaya Chandrasekar was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame. * In 2004, Shan Chandrasekar spoke at the CAB Convention. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Radio And Television Network
Arab Radio and Television Network (acronym: ART) is an Arabic-language television network characterized by its multitude of channels. It is based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. History and profile ART was founded on 15 October 1993 by Saleh Abdullah Kamel, a Saudi businessman and is a private company specializing in family entertainment, including movies, music and sport. ART was particularly known in Saudi Arabia for its exclusive sports event broadcasts, especially the Saudi Leagues. The network lost a significant amount of its audience share after the launch of many similar free-to-air channels like the Rotana network, owned by Al-Waleed bin Talal. At the time of launch, ART produced over 6,000 live and recorded shows per year, including family-oriented dramas, series, plays, sports programs, music videos and documentaries. ART is broadcasting via the Arabsat, Nilesat and Hot Bird satellites. Most ART Channels are encrypted using Irdeto 2 Encryption. ART's technical broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This TV
This TV (also known as This TV Network and alternately stylized as thisTV) was an American free-to-air television network owned by Allen Media Broadcast Networks, LLC, part of the Allen Media Group division of Entertainment Studios. Originally formed in 2008 as a joint venture between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Weigel Broadcasting, the network carried various unscripted series from Entertainment Studios' library. The network previously had a large programming emphasis on films, primarily sourced from the library of former owner MGM, but all films were dropped from the schedule in 2024. Classic television series and children's programming had also aired on the network previously. The network quietly closed and merged into TheGrio on May 31, 2024, with the website eventually being shuttered July 13. The network was available in many media markets via broadcast television stations, primarily on their digital subchannels, and on select cable television providers through carriage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MGM+
MGM+ (formerly known as Epix; pronounced ''epics'' and stylized as eᴘix), is an American Pay television, premium cable television, cable and satellite television, satellite television network owned by the MGMPlus Entertainment subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which is itself a subsidiary of Amazon MGM Studios. The network's programming consists of recent and older Film, theatrically released motion pictures, Original series, original television program, television series, documentary film, documentaries, and music and stand-up comedy, comedy television special, specials. The service was originally launched in the United States in October 2009 by a joint venture between MGM, Lionsgate Studios, Lionsgate, and Paramount Pictures, Paramount. After MGM acquired the stakes of the service's co-founders in late 2017, and following the March 2022 acquisition of MGM itself by Amazon (company), Amazon, Epix was rebranded as MGM+ in January 2023. It was the culmination of a gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MGM HD
MGM Holdings, Inc. was an American holding company based in Beverly Hills, California. It was launched on February 11, 2005, by a creditor-oriented consortium and the former parent company of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (from which the "MGM" initials were coined). Technology company Amazon acquired the company on March 17, 2022 and later merged it with its Amazon Studios subsidiary on October 3, 2023, forming Amazon MGM Studios. History MGM Holdings was formed by a Sony-led consortium on February 11, 2005, and acquired MGM on April 8 in a US$4.8 billion leveraged buyout. From that period until its emergence from bankruptcy on December 20, 2010, MGM Holdings was owned by Providence Equity Partners (29%), TPG Inc. (21%), Sony Corporation of America (20%), Comcast (20%), DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (7%), and Quadrangle Group (3%). Attempted sale and bankruptcy protection After being installed in August 2009 as MGM's new CEO, Stephen Cooper tried to convince MGM's lenders that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and has been owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon since 2022. MGM was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company. It hired a number of well-known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious filmmaking company, producing popular musical films and winning many Academy Awards. MGM also owned film studios, movie lots, movie theaters and technical production facilities. Its most prosperous era, from 1926 to 1959, was bracketed by two productions of ''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
