brtcmfn

Now that E! is a complete mess and does not even show Movie trailers anymore- Here is an alternative to movie related info and trailers
The original name of the channel was to be called Moviewatch.
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Hubbard Launches 24-hour Movie Channel

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal - 11:05 PM CDT Sundayby Nicole Garrison-SprengerStaff Writer
Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. this fall will launch the ReelzChannel, a 24-hour television network about movies.

"It's a network that will be all about movies the way that the Food Network is all about food," said Stanley E. Hubbard II, vice president of Hubbard Broadcasting and chairman and CEO of the initiative.

The new channel will be available in roughly 28 million homes through agreements with Direct TV, Dish Network, Comcast, Time Warner, Charter and other cable or satellite providers.

Reelz Network will feature original entertainment programs and provide information and opinion on movies - from newly released theatrical films to DVD, Video-on-Demand, rental, and pay cable channels like HBO, Showtime and Starz.

The network will be based at Hubbard's St. Paul headquarters but content will be produced in Hollywood. By the end of the year, about 12 people dedicated to the Reelz Network will be working out of Hubbard's headquarters in St. Paul. Another 140 people will work for the company out of the Los Angeles office.

Reelz Network will be supported by a Web site, www.reelzchannel.com.

Programs under development include:

A daily talk program featuring stars, directors and producers;
A daily review/court show
A daily movie-trivia game show
A weekly debate program about movies
A biography series with unique points of view
The project is about six years in the making. Hubbard said his company started work on Reelz shortly after Hubbard Broadcasting sold its stake in United States Satellite Broadcasting to Hughes Electronics, now The DIRECTV Group, in 1999 for $1.25 billion.

Executives originally thought they would have to support part of the project with venture capital or private equity money. But Reelz attracted more distribution deals than originally anticipated, and the Hubbards decided to fund the endeavor themselves.

"The opportunity got bigger and bigger and the risk got lower and lower," Hubbard said.

Established in 1923 as an AM radio broadcaster in the Twin Cities, Hubbard Broadcasting has been a defining force in broadcasting. The company is credited with creating the first satellite news-gathering organization, called Conus Communications.

Family-owned Hubbard Broadcasting owns and operates 13 television stations in Minnesota, New York and New Mexico; two radio stations in Minnesota, and F & F Productions.

Goldberg74

Sounds cool.

Chew

Sounds pretty cool, but you have to wonder about niche channels. They don't stay true to the original vision for very long.

kenbuzz

What, you think they'll start showing wrestling, too?

Jadzia

Interesting that a movie channel will be about movies rather than showing movies. I like that idea.

It would be cool if they could get the rights to air old Siskel & Ebert repeats. I would totally watch that!

JeffTheAlpaca

they canceled Dailies Weekend which was one of my favorite shows and Dailies.

I liked their segments with the critics corner and first person where the guy interviews movie fans about the latest movies and you did not get the useless Paris and Britney gossip like you did with E!

I want my Jill Simonian fix!

They have the rights for At the Movies with Lyons and Mankiewz

marty888

They're obviously going for quality .......

dx23

I thought their programming revolved around Dailies. It seems that this channel is losing money. Last summer the had major cuts, and several hosts weren't re-signed. This is one of my favorites channel, so I hope that they don't turn into another E! crapfest.

LickTheABCs

Although I tend to watch the channel more than it deserves to be watched, they need to stop with the forty-seven "The Directors" re-runs they run everyday.

JeffTheAlpaca

they were showing Ebert and Roepers show so they did not just pick up "At the Movies"when they changed hosts.