Movies!
American classic movie television network / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Movies! (also known as simply M!) is an American free-to-air television network, owned by Popcorn Entertainment, LLC, a joint venture between Weigel Broadcasting and the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of Fox Corporation. The network's programming emphasizes feature films but also Modern E/I programming on Sunday mornings produced/distributed by Storrs Media/Telco Productions. The network's programming and advertising operations are based in Weigel Broadcasting's headquarters on North Halsted Street in Chicago, Illinois.
Type | Free-to-air television network (movies and television programs) |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | Nationwide via digital terrestrial television (U.S. coverage: 61%)[1] and streaming |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
Programming | |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) (transmitted in either 16:9 widescreen or 4:3 letterbox) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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Parent | Popcorn Entertainment, LLC[2] |
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History | |
Founded | January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28) |
Launched | May 27, 2013 (2013-05-27)[3] |
Links | |
Website | moviestvnetwork |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
List of affiliates | |
Streaming media | |
Service(s) | Frndly TV,[4] Philo |
It is available in several markets through digital subchannel affiliations with free-to-air television stations, as well as through carriage on pay television providers through a local affiliate of the network.[5] Movies! provides programming 24 hours a day and broadcasts in the 16:9 widescreen picture format,[6] available in either standard definition or high definition depending on the station's preference.
Though the network does air commercials, it otherwise carries film edits without profanity and content that does not meet FCC guidelines, and refuses broadcast syndication cuts of films, with no time slot constraints. A notation in the Movies! title card stating no film alterations is aired at the beginning of every film broadcast. Short films are aired to line up films to the top of the hour when needed, and to fill out time for a film that runs short.