Name | EPIX |
---|---|
Logofile | Epix.png |
Logosize | 200px |
Launch | October 30, 2009 |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV)1080i (HDTV) |
Slogan | Big on Any Screen |
Owner | Studio 3 Partners(Paramount/Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate) |
Country | United States |
President | Mark Greenberg |
Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | New York, NY |
Sister names | MGM HD(through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)MTV, VH1, CMTNickelodeon, Spike, LogoTV Land, Comedy Central(through Viacom/MTV Networks)TV Guide Network(through Lionsgate) |
Web | http://www.epixhd.com |
Cable serv 1 | Available on some cable systems |
Cable chan 1 | Check your local listings |
Adsl serv 1 | Verizon FiOS |
Adsl chan 1 | 395 (SD)Channel 895 (HD) |
Sat serv 1 | Dish Network |
Sat chan 1 | 380/295 EPIX (HD only)381/296 EPIX2 (HD only)292 The 3 From EPIX (SD) }} |
Epix (pronounced "epics") is an American premium television channel that is operated by Studio 3 Partners—a joint venture among Viacom (specifically its subdivision Paramount Pictures), MGM, and Lionsgate. Viacom handles operational support, including marketing and affiliate services for the service through its MTV Networks division.
Epix offers a companion video on demand service. In order to access online on-demand program content, subscribers must have a digital box.
The three studios were some of Showtime's major film suppliers, and Paramount had an output deal with Showtime since 1997, after then-parent Viacom (which also owned Showtime until 2006, when CBS and Viacom split up its assets) purchased Paramount Pictures in 1994. Paramount Pictures' contract with Showtime expired in January 2008, while MGM and Lionsgate's contracts expired at the end of 2008. Though Epix was first announced by Paramount/Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM as strictly a premium service, it eventually began to seek distribution as a hybrid premium/digital basic channel with programming broadcast uncut and commercial-free in the same manner as a traditional premium service. The channel also reportedly sought a monthly license fee of $1 to $1.50 per subscriber.
On August 28, 2009, Epix launched a free preview to Verizon FiOS subscribers, showing selected films that the channel will offer upon its initial premiere. This included the premium cable debuts of Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Cloverfield. During this preview, Epix added between five to seven movie selections every three days from the libraries of its three major studio backers. On September 25, 2009, the channel announced plans for an expanded online video-on-demand service, which would be called Epix MegaPlex, that was expected offer at least 3,000 film titles beginning in the summer of 2010, while the basic Epix online VOD service would have about 200 titles upon its official October 2010 launch and with a possible expansion to 500 title by the end of 2009.
The Epix television service officially launched at 8 p.m. ET on October 30, 2009 on Verizon FiOS IPTV systems, with the website's on-demand film content launching to the public the day before (for a month prior to the channel's launch, only potential providers had access to film content). The first program to air on the channel was the film Iron Man, followed by the concert special Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour: Live from Buenos Aires.
Epix also provided those who were Verizon FiOS subscribers and also to non-Verizon FiOS subscribers, special free preview weekends of the online service using online invite codes given on a first come, first served basis to be able to access the website's film content through the end of November 2009.
Netflix and Epix announced on August 10, 2010 that Netflix subscribers would be able to view streaming movie titles from Epix. Titles became available on September 1, 2010, with some newer titles having a 90-day delay after the premiere on Epix.
The window between a film's initial release in theatres and its initial screening on Epix is stated to be slightly smaller than on HBO, Showtime and Starz, and will have a longer time of license than the other pay TV channels. Epix's movie schedule is similar to that of the main Encore channel, in that recent film releases are mixed in with older films from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and recently released films are often followed and/or preceded by older pre-1999 films in daytime and prime time slots.
Epix might also air a mini-series adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Actress Charlize Theron has been involved in preliminary talks with Lionsgate and producers Howard and Karen Baldwin to develop and star in the mini-series.
On the November 30, 2009 edition of The Opie & Anthony Show, Lewis Black said he and Eddie Izzard will have the first two stand-up specials on the channel. Black's comedy special Stark Raving Black premiered on the channel on December 5, 2009.
On May 3, 2010 Deadline.com reported the following pilots are in development for Epix:
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