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| Sky Cinema | |
|---|---|
| Owned by | Sky Group (Comcast) |
| Replaced | Sky Cinema Disney (2017-20)
Sky Cinema +1 (2017-22) Sky Two (2007-2020) Sky Cinema Disney +1 (31 January 2016-13 March 2020) |
Sky Cinema, formerly Sky Movies, is a group of British pay television movie television channels owned by Sky, a part of Comcast. It is broadcast on Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable. The on demand movies can be watched on these and also Now TV, BT TV and TalkTalk TV.
The first Sky Cinema (then Sky Movies) channel started as one of the four Sky satellite channels on 5 February 1989. The first movie shown was Dirty Dancing. The channel became a paid channel for on 5 February 1990.[1] Over time, many different channels with the "Sky Movies" name were started. From 2007, they were grouped by genre (such as "Sky Movies Comedy" or "Sky Movies Action").[2] Sky Movies changed its name to "Sky Cinema" in 2016.[3][4]
- ↑ "SKY CLAIMS BIG RESPONSE FOR PAY TV". Screen Digest.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "skymovies.com". Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
- ↑ "Sky Movies rebrand to feature one premiere a day". The Guardian. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sky Movies is changing to Sky Cinema, but what has really changed?". Recombu.com. 15 June 2016.