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| Type | Free-to-air television network (movies and television programs) |
|---|---|
| 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] |
| Key people |
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| Sister channels | MeTV MeTV+ MeTV Toons Heroes & Icons Catchy Comedy Start TV Story Television Dabl |
| History | |
| Founded | January 28, 2013 |
| Launched | May 27, 2013 |
| Links | |
| Website | moviestvnetwork |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| List of affiliates | |
| Streaming media | |
| Service(s) | Frndly TV,[3] Philo |
Movies! (also known as simply M!)[4] 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.
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.
- ^ Buckman, Adam (July 26, 2016). "Diginets Keep Growing, Despite Auction Cloud". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheck Media. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ "Movies! TV Network". Movies! TV Network.
© 2020 Popcorn Entertainment, LLC
- ^ "What channels does Frndly TV offer?". frndlytv.com. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
- ^ "Movies! TV Network/M! Promos-Facebook". Movies! TV Network-Facebook. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ Staff (January 28, 2013). "Fox Stations, Weigel Launching Movies! – The 24-Hour Movie Network Will Debut on the Subchannels of 17 Fox O&Os This Spring". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ Michael Malone (January 28, 2013). "Fox O&Os, Weigel Launch Movies! Digi-Net – Another Player in Crowded Entertainment Subchannel Space". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved June 12, 2014.