TEN: The Movie Channel launched on Redifusion in March 1984 and a second film channel called
Prem1ere launched less than six months later.
TEN: The Movie Channel closed and was quicky replaced in June 1985 by
MirrorVision. MirrorVision that lasted less than a year being being taken over by Prem1ere.
Prem1ere carried on until 1989 when it closed as it was unable to compete again Sky and BSB for film rights. By this time it was carried on satellite but for cable operators only and was one of the first pirated film channels.
Bravo and
HVC were also film channels exclusive to cable from September 1985 - Bravo later changed format and carried other programme and moved to satellite.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
That would have been fantastic at the time. Did they really have The Movie Channel all that time ago? I thought that first made its appearance on British screens when BSB launched.
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