Epix (TV channel)
| Epix | |
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| Launched | October 30, 2009 |
| Owned by | Studio 3 Partners, LLC (JV of Paramount Pictures (49%), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (20%), & Lions Gate Entertainment (31%)) |
| Slogan |
We Get Big Movies (primary) Great Movies Become… Epix (secondary) |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
English Spanish (via SAP audio track; some films may be broadcast in their native language and subtitled into English) |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Website | epix |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Dish Network | 380 EPIX (HD/SD) 381 EPIX2 (HD/SD) 382 EPIX Hits (HD/SD) 292 EPIX Drive-In (SD) |
| Cable | |
| Available on most U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider or program listings source for channel availability |
| IPTV | |
| Verizon FiOS | 895 EPIX (HD) 896 EPIX2 (HD) 395 EPIX (SD) |
| AT&T U-verse | 1891 EPIX (east; HD) 1892 EPIX (west; HD) 1893 EPIX2 (HD) 1894 EPIX Hits (HD) 891 EPIX (east; SD) 892 EPIX (west; SD) 893 EPIX2 (SD) 896 EPIX Drive-In (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| PlayStation Vue | Over-the-top TV |
Epix (pronounced "epics" and stylized as "ePix" or "EPIX") is a premium entertainment network headquartered in New York City. It is owned by Studio 3 Partners, LLC, which is a joint venture of Viacom's subdivision Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Lions Gate Entertainment. The Epix television channel features new theatrically released motion pictures from its owners, original documentaries, music and comedy specials, and series.
Launched in October 2009, Epix is the newest of the major premium TV channels in the United States. Epix (as well as its three multiplex channels, depending on the carriage of any of the latter services) are sold by pay television and providers either as premium services or as part of a la carte digital movie tiers. As of March 2015, it is also available to Sling TV subscribers, along with SundanceTV, as part of the "Hollywood Extra" add-on pack.
Paramount Pictures has been involved in the pay television business since the 1950s. In the 1950s and 1960s, Paramount owned Telemeter, an ambitious but expensive theater television system which used closed circuits (as opposed to broadcast frequencies) over which customers purchased broadcasts by dropping coins into a box.
In April 1980, Paramount (then owned by Gulf+Western), MCA/Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and 20th Century Fox partnered with Getty Oil to launch an attempt at a pay service jointly owned by the four film studios called Premiere, a cable television service that gave exclusive first-run rights to the studios' newer feature films (airing nine months before they would be shown on other premium services), along with films cherry-picked from other studios without any exclusivity. Displeased, this led Time-Life, Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment and Viacom/TelePrompTer (the then respective owners of HBO, The Movie Channel and Showtime) to file an antitrust lawsuit against the studios with the U.S. Justice Department in 1980. The Justice Department issued an injunction blocking Premiere's planned January 1, 1981 launch, deeming the venture an illegal boycott of the other pay services, which could be hurt through possible price fixing of film titles. Following the scrapping of the venture after the government ruling and a subsequent failed attempt by Paramount and Universal to acquire a portion of Warner-Amex's existing but struggling pay service The Movie Channel, Paramount signed an exclusive distribution agreement with another established premium channel, Showtime – which already maintained a distribution deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – in 1983.
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