MGM Networks
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| Industry | Television |
|---|---|
| Fate | rebranded to AMC |
| Successor | AMC |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Parent |
AMC Networks International (AMC Networks) |
| Website | web |
MGM Networks was a subsidiary of AMC Networks International. They held AMC Networks International's interests in the MGM branded cable television, satellite television, other television channels and services that reached nearly 120 countries and territories.
These included the film-driven MGM Channel, the Casa Club home and lifestyle channel which targets viewers in Latin America and several Pay TV movie networks run in conjunction with other motion picture studios, in Latin America, and Japan.
In 1998, Liberty Media and MGM formed a 50/50 ownership in MGM Latin America.
On April 21, 2008, after negotiations between Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lions Gate Entertainment with Showtime on new film output deals broke down, the trio of production companies formed a joint venture, Studio 3 Partners, to start a new premium movie channel, Epix. MGM and Weigel Broadcasting announced the formation of This TV on July 28, 2008, with a planned launch that autumn. The network had a formal on-air launch date of November 1, 2008, The Epix television service officially launched on October 30, 2009
In 2011, MGM was attached to a new multicast Africa-American focused network called, KIN TV, in conjunction with Lee Gaither, a former TV One founding executive, and his Basil Street Media, a production and consulting company. MGM role wasn't defined, as TV News Check indicated just of MGM of "shopping" and distributing the network while Radio & Television Business Report indicated KIN TV as a joint venture between the two companies. KIN was original planned to be launched in Summer 2011. Some of Fox MyNetworkTV O&O TV Stations, including WWOR and KCOP, were slated as of December 6, 2011 by Fox to air KIN TV when launched. By December 2012, KIN TV missed multiple launched dates and Gaither left KIN TV to be named the Africa Channel executive vice president and general manager thus calling the network into question.
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