MGM Channel (Netherlands)

MGM Channel (Netherlands)
Owned by MGM Networks (distributed by Chello Benelux)
Picture format 4:3 (576i, SDTV)
16:9 (576i, Video-on-demand)
Broadcast area The Netherlands
Belgium
Website mgmchannel.com/netherlands
Availability
Cable
UPC Netherlands Channel 108
Ziggo Channel 115
CAIW Channel 29
Kabelmedia Brabant Gelderland Channel 112
UNET Channel 150
CAI Harderwijk Channel 112
Telenet (Belgium) Channel 562
Numericable (Belgium) Channel 213
IPTV
Belgacom (Belgium) Channel 194

MGM Channel (Netherlands) is a 24-hour film channel that was launched in 1999 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that airs movies from MGM's library comprising approximately 4,000 titles, including West Side Story, Midnight Cowboy, The Pope of Greenwich Village, The Manchurian Candidate, The Black Stallion, amongst many others. The main language is English and the films are subtitled in Dutch. Some Dutch cable operators also offer MGM Video-on-demand.

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Key Personnel
Founder: Marcus Loew, Co-Chair: Gary Barber, Co-CEO: Roger Birnbaum, President of Film Division: Jonathan Glickman, COO: Ken Schapiro
Film Production/Distribution
Television
MGM Networks
EPIX (33.3%) · MGM Channel (MGM HD) · This TV (50%) · MGM Latin America (Joint venture with Liberty Global) (MGM Latin America · Casa Club TV) · MGM Korea (MGM Korea · M2)
Miscellaneous Assets
MGM Animation · MGM Music · MGM On Stage · MGM Consumer Products · MGM Interactive
Chello Zone
Chello Benelux
Film1 · Sport1 · ShopZo/SUUS · Weerkanaal
Chello Central Europe
Filmmúzeum · MGM Channel[gl 3]  · Minimax · Sport 1 · Sport 2 · Sport M · Spektrum TV · TV Deko · TV Paprika
Chello Multicanal
The Biography Channel[gl 4]  • Canal Cocina  • Canal de Historia[gl 4] • Canal Hollywood (co-onwed with ZON Multimédia) • Canal Hollywood HD (co-onwed with ZON Multimédia) • Canal Panda (co-onwed with ZON Multimédia) • Panda Biggs (co-onwed with ZON Multimédia) • MOV (co-onwed with ZON Multimédia)  • Decasa • Odisea/Odisseia • Sol Música  • Extreme teuve  • Cinematk  • Somos Teuve  • Natura  • Buzz Teuve  • Canal 18  • MGM  • MGM HD  • Crimen & Investigación
UPC Broadband
Europe
UPC Ireland · UPC Romania · UPC Netherlands · UPC Poland · UPC Czech Republic · UPC Hungary · UPC Austria · UPC Broaband Slovakia · Focus Sat · UPC Cablecom
Telenet (> 50% ownership)
Prime · Studio 100 TV[gl 5] · T.Vgas[gl 6] (9lives  · GUNKtv  · GUNK Magazine)  · Zita  · GarageTV  · Yelo  · vandaag.be  · Hostbasket  · Telenet Solutions
Australia
Japan
J:COM (~38%)  · Jupiter Telecommunications · Jupiter TV
Middle & South America
VTR Global Com  · MGM Networks[gl 3]  · Liberty Cablevision · Pramer (79%)
United Kingdom
  1. ^ joint venture with HiT Entertainment.
  2. ^ joint venture with Realitatea Media (51% owned by Chellomedia).
  3. ^ a b Co-owned with MGM Networks in a joint venture (50% owned by Chellomedia).
  4. ^ a b joint venture with A&E Television Networks.
  5. ^ joint venture with Studio 100.
  6. ^ joint venture with VGas.
  7. ^ a b c d joint venture with CBS Studios International in a joint venture (50% owned by Chellomedia).