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| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | British Satellite Broadcasting (March until December 1990) British Sky Broadcasting (1990–1997) |
| Sister channels | Galaxy Now |
| History | |
| Launched | 25 March 1990 |
| Closed | 31 October 1997 |
| Replaced by | Sky Movies Screen 2, now part of Sky Cinema |
The Movie Channel was a British television service which only aired movies. Launched on British Satellite Broadcasting, The Movie Channel was a predecessor of some of the Sky Movies channels, having survived the 1990 merger with Sky Television, another satellite service launched by Rupert Murdoch's News International.