Sony Movies (formerly known as Sony Movie Channel) is an American cable television channel launched on . Owned by the network television division of Sony Pictures Television, its programming consists of films from the Sony Pictures Entertainment library (including content from Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Animation and Destination Films among others), alongside films from other distributors, mainly from Millennium Films, Millennium Media, Lionsgate Films and Shout! Factory, which are broadcast unedited, and remastered in 1080i high definition.Sony Television Plans to Launch Two New U.S. Channels, Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2010
Program blocks, theme weeks, and Other services Program blocks
A former program block on the channel is "Killer Mandays", a double feature of horror films on Monday nights.Sony Movie Channel Dresses Up for Halloween with KILLER MANDAYS Press Release September 26, 2011
Theme weeks
From November 6 – 12, 2011 the channel aired a week-long salute to Bollywood films.
Other services
Sony Cine
Sony Cine is an American Spanish-language television channel that is the same as its English counterpart but in Spanish. The channel launched in 2012.Sony Movie Channel Announces Weeklong Salute to Bollywood (Exclusive) The Hollywood Reporter September 8, 2011
Availability Sony Movies is available nationally on Philo, DirecTV and Dish Network, and regionally on AT&T U-Verse, Suddenlink (now Optimum), Optimum.Sony Movie Channel Launches on DISH Network, DIRECTV and AT&T U-verse TV, Press Release, October 18, 2010 DirecTV and Dish Network also offer "Sony Movie Channel Everywhere", which allows viewers to watch its movies through its website for no additional cost. The channel is also available through streaming for owners of the Sony Network Media Player.
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