The Movie Channel

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Contents

1973–1975	1975–1977	1977–1979	1979–1981	1981–1988


1988–1997	1997–2001	2001–2006	2006–present

Star Channel

1973–1975

The Movie Channel initially launched as Star Channel in 1973, originally owned by Gridtronics.

1975–1977

Later in the 1970s, Star Channel was acquired by Warner Communications, and eventually brought into its Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment division, a joint venture between Warner Communications and American Express. The network was initially offered on Warner Cable systems, and later on Warner-Amex's experimental QUBE interactive service.

1977–1979

The Movie Channel

1979–1981

On December 3, 1979, Star Channel was rebranded as The Movie Channel. The logomark may be remiescent of that of XHAW-TV.

1981–1988

1988–1997

This logo was introduced in May 1988, and features a pair of eyes in a rectangle. On screen, the rectangle could include many different pairs of eyes.

1997–2001

TMC adopted a very slick on-air look that predominantly used CGI graphics, with the debut of a new logo in 1997, a 3D computer-animated green sphere with a tilted and lowercase "TMC" emblazened on it, usually shown either to the right of the channel's full name or above the name (also rendered in lowercase type). Jeff Bottoms (who has since become The Movie Channel's longest-serving promo announcer, and also does promotions for sister channel Showtime) promoted upcoming programs between films with humorous, and tongue-in-cheek voiceovers. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, The Movie Channel started running a wide variety of network promotions from those akin to a movie trailer to typical promos that feature behind-the-scenes trivia relating to the film. The latter technique is still used by the channel today, often in a more hybrid way. Also, notice the 'e's in "the movie" connect to the 'h' and 'l' on the wordmark.

2001–2006

An extensively modified logo was introduced in 2001, featuring a one-dimensional circle with a lowercase "tmc" in Knockout type on it, surrounded with two lines on the corners framing the circle; the "movie" in the channel's name was rendered in bold.

2006–present

On May 3, 2006, a new logo was introduced, along with the slogan "Movies for Movie Lovers". Designed by Gretel.

External links

The Movie Channel

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ViacomCBS

Part of National Amusements

Other channels: Aapka Colors² | CBS Sports Network

VH1:
Europe (VH1 Classic) | Latin America (VH1 Classic) | Poland

Spike:
Australia | Hungary (RTL Spike)¹² | Netherlands | Russia | Ukraine¹¹

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Grupo Telefe

Part of ViacomCBS

Other assets
Telefe Contenidos | Telefe Films | Telefe Móvil | Telefe Música | Telefe Teatro

Former channel & assets
Radio Continental | Canal 11 Lapacho | Canal 13 Rio Grande

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias

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ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia

Part of ViacomCBS

Network 10 regional networks:
Sydney | Melbourne | Queensland | Adelaide | Perth
Affiliates: WIN Television

Nickelodeon:
UK & Ireland (HD, +1)³ (Nicktoons | Nick Jr. (HD, +1) | Nick Jr. Too)
Australia & New Zealand (Nick Jr. | NickMusic²)

Comedy Central:
UK & Ireland (HD, +1)³ (Extra) | Australia & New Zealand

Production companies:
United Kingdom: ViacomCBS International Studios UK
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Peach Productions | 10 Bold Productions

Digital assets:
United Kingdom: My5 | 5Prizes
Australia: 10 Play | 10 All Access⁵ | 10 Speaks | 10 Travlr

Other assets:
Milkshake! | 5 News | 10 News First | 10 Sport | 10 Intensify

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10 News First

Part of Network 10

Television News Stations
Sydney | Queensland | Melbourne | Adelaide | Perth

Studio 10 | Sports Tonight | The Project | The Sunday Project

¹Under license from Direct Group.
²Joint venture with Foxtel.
³Joint venture with Sky Group.
⁴Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁵Managed by CBS Interactive.

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Viacom18

Parent companies: TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and ViacomCBS

Indian television channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Colors ^HD and Colors Rishtey | Movies: Colors Cineplex ^HD and Rishtey Cineplex | Youth entertainment: MTV ^HD+ | Music: MTV Beats ^HD

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity ^HD and Comedy Central ^HD | Music: VH1 ^HD | Kids: Nickelodeon ^HD+, Nickelodeon Sonic and Nick Jr.

Regional languages: Kannada: Colors Kannada ^HD, Colors Super and Colors Kannada Cinema | Bangla: Colors Bangla ^HD and Colors Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Colors Marathi ^HD | Tamil: Colors Tamil ^HD | Odia: Colors Odia | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati and Colors Gujarati Cinema

International channels:
United States: Aapka Colors ^HD

Defunct: TeenNick (programming block on Nick Jr.)

Upcoming channels: Bhojpuri: Rishtey Bhojpuri | Marathi: Colors Marathi Cinema

Video-on-demand: Voot
Film production: Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Digital content arm: Tipping Point Viacom18
Merchandise: Viacom18 Consumer Products
Live events: Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Notes
¹Joint-venture with BeIN Media Group.
²Co-owned with Network18.
³Co-owned with NBCUniversal.
⁴Co-owned with Gaumont.
⁵Co-owned with 20th Century Studios.
⁶Co-owned with WarnerMedia.
⁷Joint-venture with Weigel Broadcasting.
⁸Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System.
⁹Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹⁰Co-owned with 1+1 media.
¹¹Co-owned with RTL Group.
¹²Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
¹³Joint-venture with BBC.
¹⁴Joint-venture with Marvel Comics.
¹⁵Co-owned with Grupo Abril from 1990 to 2009.
¹⁶Co-owned with Viva Entertainment
¹⁷Joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting.
¹⁸Co-owned with Solar Entertainment
¹⁹51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting
²⁰Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
²¹Joint venture with RTL Group
²²Co-owned with ABC