Epix (TV station)

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Epix
TV channel
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Start of transmission October 30, 2009
owner Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
List of TV channels
Website

Epix is an American pay TV station that can be received via cable . The broadcast started on October 30, 2009.

history

The founding of the station Epix was announced by the original owners Paramount Pictures , MGM , and Lions Gate Entertainment on April 21, 2008 after renewed negotiations over the licensing of the programs of the three companies with the station Showtime failed. An initial broadcast arrangement with a network operator was signed with Verizon FiOS on July 28, 2009. After negotiations with other providers such as Comcast , Cablevision and DirecTV failed in August 2009, it was decided in the following month to expand the offer to include a video-on-demand service called Epix MegaPlex . At the start of the broadcast on October 30, 2009, the film Iron Man was shown. Epix is ​​the youngest pay-TV broadcaster to date in the US television landscape, after Starz, the previous pay-TV broadcaster, went on air on February 1, 1994.

The ownership structure of the station changed from 2016. After Lionsgate took over the competitor Starz completely, the shares in Epix were sold to the two co-owners. By May 2017, MGM had also bought the shares from Paramount, so that it is now the sole owner of the station.

program

In-house productions

Acquired productions

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Szalai: Epix lands first carriage deal . In: HollywoodReporter.com . July 28, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  2. Epix MegaPlex to offer 3,000 shows online . In: Highbeam.com . September 25, 2009. Archived from the original on November 15, 2018. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 17, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.highbeam.com
  3. Chris Albrecht: Epix Picks a Launch Date . In: Newteevee.com . October 13, 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  4. STARZ !, NEW PREMIUM CHANNEL, LAUNCHES TONIGHT WITH UNPRECEDENTED SUPPORT FROM MAJOR HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS . In: TheFreeLibrary.com . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  5. David Lieberman: Lionsgate Agrees To Buy Starz For $ 4.4B In Cash And Stock . In: Deadline.com . June 30, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  6. Liana B. Baker, Jessica Toonkel: Lionsgate in talks to sell Epix stake to MGM, Viacom: sources . In: Reuters.com . January 26, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  7. David Lieberman: MGM Closes Deals To Buy Epix And Roars About New Debt Agreements . May 11, 2017.