Horror Channel
| Horror Channel | |
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| Launched | 3 May 2004 |
| Owned by |
CBS Studios International/ AMC Networks International Zone |
| Picture format | 576i 16:9 (SDTV) |
| Audience share |
UK: 0.24% 0.04% (+1) (January 2017, BARB) |
| Broadcast area |
United Kingdom Ireland Italy |
| Formerly called |
UK & Ireland The Horror Channel (until June 2006) Zone Horror (until 5 April 2010) Italy Zone Fantasy (until 6 September 2011) |
| Sister channel(s) |
AMC CBS Action CBS Drama CBS Europa CBS Reality Extreme Sports Channel |
| Timeshift service | Horror Channel +1 |
| Website | www.horrorchannel.co.uk |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview UK | Channel 70 |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat UK | Channel 138 Channel 139 (+1) |
| Sky UK & Ireland | Channel 319 Channel 320 (+1) |
| Eutelsat 28A | 11261 H 27500 2/3 11222 H 27500 2/3 (+1) |
| Sky Italy | Channel 134 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media UK | Channel 149 Channel 202 (+1) |
| WightFibre UK | Channel 114 |
| Streaming media | |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (UK only) |
| FilmOn | Watch live |
The Horror Channel (formerly Zone Horror) is a British television channel showing Horror films and television series and some science fiction. It is broadcast in the UK, Ireland and Italy.
Specialized programming includes cult films, classic horror, comedy, B movies, modern thrillers, series, home-produced specials, biographies and documentaries.
The Horror Channel is available as a free-to-air service on Eutelsat 28A and, since Friday the 13th of March 2015, on Freeview channel 70. The launch on the Freeview platform increased its viewership by some 300%.
Horror Channel was available until 2 June 2015 on the YouView platform.
The Horror Channel was created by Tony Hazell, who had worked for the God Channel. The Horror Channel went into administration on 21 September 2004. The original management team formed a second company (Amore TV Ltd.) and purchased the channel on 22 September 2004, writing off the £200,000 investment made in the channel by venture capital firm, Northern Enterprise.
Zone Vision Networks Ltd. agreed to acquire the Horror Channel for an undisclosed sum on 17 June 2005. In June 2006, the Horror Channel was renamed "Zone Horror" after Zone Vision Networks was renamed Zonemedia. It became a part of the Chellomedia content division of Liberty Global in 2005.
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