Turner Classic Movies
| Turner Classic Movies | |
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| Launched | April 14, 1994 |
| Owned by |
Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs) |
| Slogan | Let's Movie. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English (imported feature films are broadcast in their native languages, provided with English subtitling) |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (also available in Canada with substitutions; international versions in Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Nordic countries, Asia-Pacific, Spain, France, U.K. and Ireland) |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Sister channel(s) |
TBS TNT Cartoon Network Adult Swim Boomerang CNN HLN CNN International CNN en Español TruTV (United States) TCM 2 (UK & Ireland) |
| Website | tcm |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 256 (HD/SD) Channel 1256 (VOD) |
| Dish Network | Channel 132 (HD/SD) |
| Shaw Direct (Canada) | Channel 178 / 531 (SD) Channel 138 / 638 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Time Warner Cable | Channel 631 (HD/SD) |
| Available on most American and Canadian cable providers | Check local listings for channels |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse | Channel 1790 (HD) Channel 790 (SD) |
| Verizon FiOS |
Channel 230 (SD only) Unavailable in HD |
| Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | Channel 292 |
| VMedia (Canada) | 327 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Watch TCM | |
| Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
| PlayStation Vue | Internet Protocol television |
Channel 230 (SD only)
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented basic cable and satellite television network owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner. TCM is headquartered at the Techwood Campus in Atlanta, Georgia's Midtown business district.
Historically, the channel's programming consisted mainly of featured classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. Pictures (covering films released before 1950) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986). However, TCM now has licensing deals with other Hollywood film studios as well as its Time Warner sister company, Warner Bros. (which now controls the Turner Entertainment library and its own later films), and occasionally shows more recent films. The channel is available in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, France, Spain, Nordic countries, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.
In 1986, eight years before the launch of Turner Classic Movies, Ted Turner acquired the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio for $1.5 billion. Concerns over Turner Entertainment's corporate debt load resulted in Turner selling the studio that October back to Kirk Kerkorian, from whom Turner had purchased the studio less than a year before. As part of the deal, Turner Entertainment retained ownership of MGM's library of films released up to May 9, 1986. Turner Broadcasting System was split into two companies; Turner Broadcasting System and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and reincorporated as MGM/UA Communications Co.
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