MoviePlex
Launched	January 1, 1997
Owned by	Liberty Starz
Headquarters	Englewood, Colorado
Sister channel(s)	Starz Encore
Website	Official website
Availability
Cable
Available on some cable systems	Check local listings for channels

MoviePlex is a U.S. pay TV network which features motion pictures. It is a spinoff of the Encore movie channel and is owned by Liberty Starz. It replaced INTRO Television (originally called TV Network), which showed blocks of programming from other channels.

[edit] Programming

MoviePlex broadcasts various programming from Encore's theme channels 7 days a week with a different channel showcased each day.

The channels shown include:

• Encore Love (Mondays)
• Encore Drama (Tuesdays and Saturdays)
• Encore Westerns (Wednesdays)
• Encore Action (Thursdays)
• Encore Mystery (Fridays)
• Encore Wam (Sundays)

Programming on MoviePlex is shown on a one hour delay from its presentation on the Encore channel. As of 2006, MoviePlex-specific promotions and interstitials air between programs.

On April 4, 2006 at midnight (EST), MoviePlex became a multiplex service of its own when Starz Entertainment Group launched two companion channels, IndiePlex and RetroPlex. The first movie aired on IndiePlex was Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas; RetroPlex launched with Samuel Fuller's Pickup on South Street. The channels are currently available on Qwest Choice TV, Comcast Digital Cable, and Verizon FiOS. Unlike MoviePlex, these channels are not delayed rebroadcasts of Encore or Starz programming.

Additionally earlier in 2006, MoviePlex launched a video-on-demand component, free for Comcast Digital Cable subscribers. The station also underwent a rebranding earlier in the year, modernizing its logo and presentation to fit in better with the Starz/Encore look yet still remaining unique.

On November 19, 2009, Liberty Media spun off Starz, Encore and MoviePlex into a new company named Liberty Starz.

[edit] High Definition

A 1080i high definition feed of RetroPlex and IndiePlex will launch in early to mid 2010.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Encore
• Starz

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MoviePlex official website

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