Movies 24
Launched	26 June 2006
Owned by	NBC Universal
Audience share	0.1% (0.1% for +) (February 2008, [1])
Sister channel(s)	Movies 24+(Formerly More 24)
Website	tvmovies24.com
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 327 Channel 328 (Movies 24+)
Cyfra+	Channel 45
Dolce	Channel 160
D-Smart	Channel 3
N	Channel 25
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 424 Channel 425 (Movies 24+)

Movies 24 is a European satellite and cable television channel owned by NBC Universal. It was launched on June 26, 2006. It shows purely made-for-TV movies covering a range of different genres, from crime and thriller to romance and action. It is available 24 hours a day on Sky Digital channel 327 and Virgin Media channel 424.

Its sister channel Movies 24+ (formerly More 24), which was launched in 2006, was previously a 90-minute time-shifted channel. As of September 2007, Movies 24+ now has a separate daily schedule from Movies 24, showing the same movies but at very different times throughout the day. It is available on Sky channel 328 and Virgin Media channel 425. From November 30,2009-January 1,2010, Movies 24 has been rebranded as Christmas 24.

Accomplished television and radio broadcaster Roger Tilling has been the continuity announcer of Movies 24 since the channel's launch in 2006.

Movies 24 was launched on December 12, 2007 in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Turkey.

[edit] Programming

Examples of some of the movies shown on Movies 24.

• Balmain Boys (Comedy)
• Chain Of Command (Thriller)
• Closing The Deal (Comedy)
• Countdown To Chaos (Action)
• Danny Deckchair (Comedy)
• Following Her Heart (Romance)
• Hustle and Heat (Action)
• Jericho Fever (Action)
• Murder In Paradise (Thriller)
• Picnic (Romance)
• Rules Of Obsession (Thriller)
• Sister In Law (Thriller)
• She, Me & Her (Comedy)
• The Cutting Edge (Romance)
• The Third Wish (Fantasy)
• The Sea Change (Comedy)
• The Way She Moves (Romance)
• Voices From A Locked Room (Drama)
• Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (Thriller)

[edit] External links

• Movies 24 Website

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