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| Sky Cinema | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 2160p UHDTV (downscaled to 1080i and 16:9 576i for the HDTV and SDTV feeds, respectively) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sky Group (Comcast) |
| History | |
| Launched | 5 February 1989 |
| Replaced | The Power Station on the BSB service |
| Former names | Sky Movies (1989–2016) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media (UK) | Channels 401–412 (HD) On Demand |
| Virgin Media (Ireland) | Channels 301–309, 312, 318, 320 Channels 331–342 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channels 301–312 (SD/HD) Channels 842, 846–851, 898 (SD) On Demand |
| IPTV | |
| TalkTalk TV | Channels 501–511 (SD) On Demand |
| Eir Vision | Channels 301, 303–312 (SD) |
| BT TV (via Now TV) | Channels 500–511 (SD) Channels 514–525 (HD) On Demand |
| Streaming media | |
| Sky Go | Watch live (UK & Ireland only) |
| Now TV | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
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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.