ShortsTV
| ShortsTV | |
|---|---|
| Launched |
November 26, 2008 (Europe) February 17, 2010 (United States)[1] |
| Owned by |
Shorts International (75%) AMC Networks International (25%)[2] |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV, Europe) 1080i (HDTV, US & Europe) |
| Broadcast area |
United States Europe |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| Website | http://www.shorts.tv (English) |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV (US) |
Channel 573 (HD) Channel 1573 (VOD) |
| Cable | |
| Numericable (France) | Channel 155 |
| Numericable (Belgium & Luxembourg) | Channel 23/52 |
| Telenet (Belgium) |
Channel 567 (Flanders) Channel 747 (Brussels) |
| Tivibu TTNET (Turkey) | Channel 143 |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 125 |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse (US) | Channel 1789 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Horizon | Horizon.tv (Netherlands only) |
ShortsTV (known as ShortsHD in the United States) is a cable and satellite television channel dedicated to short film including Academy Award nominated short films.[3][4] It is franchise owned and operated by Shorts International and AMC Networks International.[2] The channel launched in Europe on November 26, 2008 and in the United States on February 17, 2010.[1] It is available in 40 million homes worldwide.[5][6]
Academy Award nominated shorts theatrical distribution
Starting in the 2000s ShortsHD has theatrically distributed all the Academy Award nominated short films.[3][4][7][8][9]
Programming
The channel broadcasts a selection of short films in a variety of genres in blocks of 30 and 60 minutes. Genres include comedy, animation and Stars In Shorts featuring short films with celebrity casts.[10] A compilation of a number of these short films was released theatrically September 28, 2012 under the title, Stars in Shorts.[11]
Selected short films airing on ShortsTV
- Steve (starring Colin Firth and Keira Knightley, directed by Rupert Friend)
- Impulse (starring Chris Masterson)
- Use As Directed
- Toyland
- Stonehenge: ‘Tis A Magic Place (featuring Spinal Tap)
- We Were Once a Fairytale (directed by Spike Jonze, Starring Kanye West)
- Trailers from Hell (featuring contributions from Joe Dante, John Landis, Edgar Wright, Eli Roth, Rick Baker)
- The Death of Salvador Dali (starring Dita Von Teese)
- Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space (starring Michael Sheen)
- Always Crashing in the Same Car (starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann)
- Bouncer (starring Ray Winstone)
- Stingray (starring Mathew Horne)
- Darling Darling (starring Michael Cera)
- The Last Farm
- Cashback
- The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
- Badgered
- The Seed
- I Met the Walrus
- Blake’s Junction 7
- World of Wrestling
- Mam (starring Josie Lawrence and Paul Barber, directed by Hugo Speer)
- LA Love Story Part 1 (starring Jeannine Kaspar and Ryan Caldwell, directed by Sergio Myers)
- LA Love Story Part 2 (starring Jeannine Kaspar and Ryan Caldwell, directed by Sergio Myers)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ShortsHD launches across U.S. with OmniBus Broadcast Engineering". Broadcastengineering.com. 2010-02-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Chellomedia acquires stake in short film company Shorts International" (PDF). Shortsinternational.com. 2008-02-15.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Galas, Marjorie. "ShortsHD Brings Oscar Nominated Shorts To Theaters". La411.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rome, Emily (2012-02-09). "Oscar-nominated shorts, coming to a theater near you".
- ↑ Gil, Billy (2011-05-05). "ShortsHD Launches on DirecTV5". Home Media Magazine.
- ↑ "ShortsHD Launches on DIRECTV". DirecTV. 2011-05-04.
- ↑ Scott, A. O. (2009). "Oscar Shorts, Low-Hype and Sweet". The New York Times.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (2012). "Three Programs in Oscar Nominated Short Films". The New York Times.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (2013). "The Oscar Nominated Short Films". The New York Times.
- ↑ Vasquez, Dorothy Burk (2012-10-18). "'Stars in Shorts' Makes Short Films Attractive to Viewers Worldwide". PopMatters.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (2012-09-26). "Anti-Epic Flirts and Jokes ‘Stars in Shorts,’ With Judi Dench and Colin Firth". The New York Times.
External links
- Short Film Distribution Arm
- ShortsTV Twitter Page
- ShortsTV Facebook Page
- The Oscar Nominated Short Films - Official Site
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