Foxtel Movies
| Foxtel Movies | |
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| Launched | 1 January 2013 |
| Owned by | Foxtel Networks |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Replaced |
Movie Network Showtime |
| Sister channel(s) |
Foxtel Box Office Foxtel Networks channels |
| Timeshift service | Premiere +2 Family +2 Action +2 Disney +2 |
| Website | foxtelmovies.com.au |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Foxtel |
More (HD/SD): 400 Premiere (HD/SD): 401 Masterpiece (HD/SD): 402 Disney (HD/SD): 404 Family (HD/SD): 405 Action (HD/SD): 406 Comedy (HD/SD): 407 Romance (HD/SD): 408 Thriller (HD/SD): 409 Premiere +2 (SD): 411 Action +2 (SD): 412 Family +2 (SD): 414 Disney +2 (SD): 415 Premiere (SD): 241 Masterpiece (SD): 242 Disney (SD): 244 Family (SD): 245 Action (SD): 246 Comedy (SD): 247 Romance (SD): 248 Thriller (SD): 249 More (SD): 251 |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel |
More (HD/SD): 400 Premiere (HD/SD): 401 Masterpiece (HD/SD): 402 Disney (HD/SD): 404 Family (HD/SD): 405 Action (HD/SD): 406 Comedy (HD/SD): 407 Romance (HD/SD): 408 Thriller (HD/SD): 409 Premiere +2 (SD): 411 Action +2 (SD): 412 Family +2 (SD): 414 Disney +2 (SD): 415 Premiere (SD): 241 Masterpiece (SD): 242 Disney (SD): 244 Family (SD): 245 Action (SD): 246 Comedy (SD): 247 Romance (SD): 248 Thriller (SD): 249 More (SD): 251 |
| IPTV | |
| Foxtel Play |
More: 400 Premiere: 401 Masterpiece: 402 Disney: 404 Family: 405 Action: 406 Comedy: 407 Romance: 408 Thriller: 409 |
| Telstra T-Box |
Premiere: 401 Disney: 404 Family: 405 Action: 406 |
Foxtel Movies is a suite of nine pay television film channels in Australia which began broadcasting on 1 January 2013. Owned by Foxtel, the channels replaced the now-defunct Movie Network and Showtime suites.
In June 2012, speculation arose that Foxtel would be looking at taking movies in-house at the end of 2012 when their contracts with Showtime and Movie Network expired. This would allow Foxtel to make cost savings of a predicted 40% by making movie deals directly with the Hollywood studios.
On 11 October 2012, it was announced that Foxtel had acquired "certain assets" from the Premium Movie Partnership (PMP) shareholders, taking over managing and producing the Showtime channels from 31 October 2012.
Foxtel were in negotiations with Movie Network to acquire it, but it was believed that two of the Movie Network shareholders (Warner Bros. & Village Roadshow) broke ranks and began negotiations with Foxtel for their movie rights. On 6 December 2012, it was announced that Movie Network would fold on 1 January 2013, being not permitted to sell the company to Foxtel or renew their contract.
On 9 December 2012, Foxtel announced they would launch a new line up of channels branded Foxtel Movies. The channels would offer films from four major film companies – 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, & NBCUniversal (rights acquired from Foxtel's acquisition of Showtime).
On 20 December 2012, Foxtel announced a movie deal with Village Roadshow. On 21 December 2012, Foxtel announced a movie deal with Warner Bros..
Over 600 posts were made on Foxtel's Facebook page within 3 days after Foxtel Movies' launch, all criticising Foxtel's changes in that the total amount of channels was reduced from 15 to 11 yet the price remained the same. On 17 January 2013, in response to the outrage by subscribers, Foxtel launched an additional 2 timeshift channels (Family + 2 and Action/Adventure + 2).
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