MGM (TV channel)

MGM Channel was a 24-hour global-based network that was launched in 1999 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that aired movies from MGM's library, including West Side Story, Midnight Cowboy, The Terminator, Moonraker, The Manchurian Candidate, The Black Stallion, Blown Away, amongst many others. The network had access to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library of films, comprising approximately 4,000 titles, and over 10,400 episodes of television programming.

MGM Channel
LaunchedJanuary 1, 1999 (1999-01-01)
ClosedNovember 5, 2014 (Hungary)
January 1, 2015 (Asia)
September 30, 2016 (Israel)
Owned byAMC Networks International
Picture format4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Broadcast areaWorldwide
Sister channel(s)MGM HD
Websitewww.mgmchannel.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV567 (SD)
1567 (HD)
Digiturk (Turkey)Channel 10
TotalTV (Serbia)Channel 39
TotalTV (Montenegro)Channel 33
TotalTV (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Channel 34
TotalTV (Croatia)Channel 13
TotalTV (Macedonia)Channel 36
DStvChannel 140
SKY BrasilChannel 67
Sky ItaliaChannel 320
Sky DeutschlandChannel 317
Cable
UPC IrelandChannel 326
UPC RomaniaChannel 106 (digital with DVR)
Channel 96 (digital)
Streaming media
UPC HorizonWatch live (Ireland only)

Following AMC Networks' acquisition of Chellomedia, it was announced on 4 August 2014 that MGM Channel would be rebranded as AMC in late 2014. On November 5, 2014, MGM became a Hungarian Version of AMC.[1]

As of 2015, MGM Channel has been indirectly found out to have continued airing in Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Iceland and some other countries.

On January 1, 2015, the Asian version of AMC was launched, replacing MGM in Asia and also in Sri Lanka for the first time it received AMC.

MGM HD

MGM HD is a high definition version of the channel.

See also

MGM Networks

References
  1. Clover, Julian (4 August 2014). "MGM Channel rebrands as AMC". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  • MGM (2006). Retrieved Feb.16, 2006.
  • Dish Network Retrieved 7 April 2010
  • DirecTV Retrieved 7 April 2010
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