| True Movies 1 | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 29 April 2005 |
| Owned by | CSC Media Group |
| Audience share | 0.1% (July 2011, BARB) |
| Formerly called | Movies 333 (until 2005) True Movies (2005–2010) |
| Sister channel(s) | Bliss Chart Show TV Dance Nation TV Flava NME TV Scuzz The Vault Kix! Pop Pop Girl Tiny Pop True Entertainment True Movies 2 |
| Website | www.truemovies.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 302 |
| Sky | Channel 321 |
| Eurobird 1 | 11307V 27500 2/3 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 424 |
| UPC Ireland | Channel 328 |
True Movies 1 is a satellite and cable television film channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, it is available on Freesat, Sky as well as Virgin Media. It is the first channel from Moving Movies Ltd., majority owned by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels).
The channel is aimed especially at the female viewer; dedicated to true to life drama films, which are mostly made-for-TV movies in origin. It shows movies from a range of cinematic genres including romance, crime, drama and docusoaps, all of which are based on real life events.
Prior to True Movies' launch on 29 April 2005,[1] the channel was previously an unnamed part time service found on TWC Re:Loaded from 1 March 2005,[2] before being renamed as Movies 333 on 21 March 2005. The was renamed as True Movies 1 during November 2010.
Soon after its launch, True Movies topped all the movie channels in August, 2005, with a 0.5% audience viewing share, higher than the established subscription Sky Movies 1 (0.4%) and Turner Classic Movies (UK) (0.3%). With the arrival of other movie channels and services in 2006, its audience share has since settled at the lower 0.1% to 0.2% mark. True Movies 1's sister channel, True Movies 2, was launched on 20 March 2006 which shows more made-for-TV movies based on real life events.
Reception of this channel does not require any special Sky or Freesat equipment, any free-to-air satellite receiver can pick up this channel.
On 6 September 2011, the channel was made available on UPC Ireland.[3]
An example of some of the films shown on True Movies 1:
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