name | Sky Movies |
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logosize | 250px |
logofile | Sky_Movies.svg |
logoalt | The current Sky Movies logo |
launch | 5 February 1989 |
replaced | The Power Station on the BSB service |
share | 0.1% (Action & Adventure)0.0% (Classics)0.1% (Comedy)0.1% (Crime & Thriller)0.1% (Drama & Romance)0.1% (Family)0.0% (Indie)0.1% (Modern Greats)0.3% (Premiere)0.1% (Premiere +1)0.1% (SciFi-Horror)0.1% (Showcase) |
share as of | June 2011 |
share source | BARB |
owner | British Sky Broadcasting |
sister names | Challenge,Pick TV,Sky1,Sky2,Sky Arts,Sky Atlantic,Sky Living,Sky Livingit,Sky Living Loves,Sky Movies Box Office,Sky News,Sky Sports,Sky Sports News |
web | skymovies.com |
terr avail | Not Available |
sat serv 1 | Sky |
sat chan 1 | Channels 301 – 312 Channels 301 – 312 (HD Customers) Sky Anytime |
cable serv 1 | Virgin Media |
cable chan 1 | Channels 401 – 412 Channels 431, 433–440, 442 (HD) |
cable serv 2 | UPC Ireland |
cable chan 2 | Channels 301 – 321 |
cable serv 3 | Smallworld Cable |
cable chan 3 | Channels 301 – 314 |
adsl serv 1 | TalkTalk TV |
adsl chan 1 | Channels 211 – 217 |
online serv 1 | Sky Go |
online chan 1 | Watch live (UK & Ireland only) |
It competes with its rival Film4, which reaches 18 million households.
All of the channels are available in high-definition with the exception of Sky Movies Premiere +1.
After one year of broadcasting free-to-air, in February 1990 it became the first Sky channel to scramble its signal, using a card-encryption system called VideoCrypt which rendered the picture totally obscured to anyone attempting to view it without a decoder and smart card. During 1990, Sky Movies also started broadcasting for 24 hours per day.
When Sky merged with rival British Satellite Broadcasting it acquired BSB's ''The Movie Channel'', and with the launch of the second Astra satellite (Astra 1B) in 1991 The Movie Channel was relaunched as part of the Sky package. In October 1992 Sky added a "classic movies" channel, ''Sky Movies Gold''. On 8 April 1991, music channel The Power Station closed down on BSB's satellite and Sky Movies subsequently launched on that transponder. A rebranding exercise on 1 November 1997 saw ''Sky Movies'' renamed to ''Sky Movies Screen 1'', and ''The Movie Channel'' was renamed ''Sky Movies Screen 2''.
After a further rebranding on 10 September 1998 ''Sky Movies Screen 2'' became ''Sky Premier'', ''Sky Movies Screen 1'', became ''Sky Moviemax'', and ''Sky Movies Gold'' was renamed ''Sky Cinema''.
On 1 July 2002 saw yet another re-branding exercise. The ''Sky Premier'' channels were renamed ''Sky Movies Premier'', the ''Sky Moviemax'' channels became ''Sky Movies Max'', and the ''Sky Cinema'' channels became ''Sky Movies Cinema''.
Eventually in June 2003 Sky bowed to demands for more widescreen movies. The ''Sky Movies Premier Widescreen'' channel was closed and the majority of films on the remaining channels were shown in widescreen.
On 1 November 2003, the ''Sky Movies Premier'' and ''Sky Movies Max'' channels were all brought under one banner as ''Sky Movies 1'' through ''9''. At the same time, Sky Movies Cinema 1 and 2 became Sky Cinema 1 and 2.
From 30 January 2006, Sky Movies 9 and the new Sky Movies 10 started broadcasting from 5 pm to 3 am. They were PIN-protected, meaning that for the first time 15 rated films were able to be shown as early as 5 pm. With the launch of Sky HD, the two channels were also available in a high definition format.
Sky Movies also got a new logo, where the V is supposed to be from searchlights, similar to the searchlights used by Fox (which is also owned by Sky's parent company, Newscorp). The new idents for the channels were also based on the searchlight theme.
Sky later made ''Sky Movies HD1'' and ''HD2'' available to subscribers without HDTV equipment through two channels simulcasting the same content in SDTV format. These channels were known as ''Sky Movies SD1'' and ''SD2''. These channels were renamed ''Sky Movies Screen 1'' and ''Screen 2'' in February 2008. The HDTV channels were renamed ''Sky Movies Screen 1 HD'' and ''Screen 2 HD'' accordingly.
As of 20 March 2008 an additional high definition movie channel called ''Sky Movies Premiere HD'' which is a high definition simulcast version of the current Sky Movies Premiere channel was added after many requests for the channel from Sky HD subscribers.
Sky also announced that in October 2008, they would launch six new high-definition simulcast channels called ''Sky Movies Action/Thriller HD'', ''Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror HD'', ''Sky Movies Drama HD'', ''Sky Movies Modern Greats HD'', ''Sky Movies Family HD'' and ''Sky Movies Comedy HD''. This means that almost all Sky Movies channels are broadcast in both standard- and high-definition, except for ''Sky Movies Premiere +1'', ''Sky Movies Classics'' and ''Sky Movies Indie'' which remained standard-definition only until ''Sky Movies Indie HD'' launched on 26 October 2009.
During December 2009, ''Sky Movies Screen 2'' was temporarily rebranded as ''Sky Movies Christmas Channel'', showing Christmas-themed movies and "box sets" of entire movie franchises.
On 1 January 2010, Sky Movies changed its logo to match with the new Sky logo. The new logo no longer has the searchlight "v".
On 26 March 2010, a new ''Sky Movies Showcase'' channel replaced Sky Movies Screen 1, carrying box sets, collections and seasons. Sky Movies also reshuffled its bouquet of ten channels to achieve greater "clarity" for subscribers. The changes included Sky Movies Action & Thriller becoming ''Sky Movies Action & Adventure'', Sky Movies Drama becoming ''Sky Movies Drama & Romance'' and Sky Movies Screen 2 becoming ''Sky Movies Crime & Thriller''.
The Sky Movies HD channels launched on the Virgin Media platform on 2 August 2010.
''Sky Movies Classics HD'' launched on 9 August 2010, exclusively on Sky.
On 1 December 2010, Sky Movies Showcase and Sky Movies Showcase HD was temporarily rebranded Sky Movies Christmas Channel and Sky Movies Christmas Channel HD
On 1 February 2011, Sky Movies was given a new look with a bold new theme tune. It coincided with a number of changes to the Sky network that day.
Sky Movies regularly sponsors the theatrical premieres of major film titles – such as ''Shrek 2'', ''The Incredibles'', ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', and ''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''.
A brief experiment with small on-screen logos in the early 1990s caused a storm of protest, and so movies are now shown logo-free although the channels use logos over feature programmes like movie Top Tens.
Sky Movies is part of a "Rate Card" within the UK and BSkyB must supply other TV operators (such as Virgin Media) if they agree to pay a price set down by Sky.
In 1998, Elisabeth Murdoch (who was Sky's director of channels and services at the time) advocated Sky setting up a film funding and production unit (similar to BBC Films and Film4 Productions). The result was Sky Pictures, which existed in order to invest in both low-budget and mainstream British films. However, following a lack of success and her decision to leave Sky and set up her own production company, Shine, the unit was scaled back and closed in 2001.
Viewers are prompted for a PIN when trying to watch a programme rated 12 or 15 before 8 pm, and when trying to watch a programme rated 18 before 10 pm. This must be done live, so an unattended video recording will fail, or with Sky+ the PIN will need to be entered when watching the recording.
To change or disable these parental control options on Sky+, go to 'Services' 'Parental Control', enter the four digit PIN code and select 'Other restrictions'. Here viewers have the option to enable/disable PIN prompts when trying to play back a programme before the watershed on Sky+ Even with this setting, PIN requests are still made when viewing the programme live before the watershed.
A Sky system has a 4 digit PIN code. The default Sky PIN code is the last four digits of the Sky viewing card. In surveys far more children are found to know how to change the PIN settings on Sky than parents. And many parents will give a 12 year old the PIN in order for them to watch a programme rated 12, few realising that also lets them watch programmes rated 18.
A similar system is used when watching the Sky Movies channels through Virgin Media's cable TV service.
Category:BSkyB television channels Category:Movie channels
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name | Owl City |
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landscape | Yes |
background | group_or_band |
alias | Adam Young |
genre | Electronica, Synthpop |
origin | Owatonna, Minnesota, United States |
years active | 2007–present |
label | Universal Republic |
associated acts | Sky Sailing, Swimming With Dolphins, Matt Thiessen, Lights, Breanne Düren |
website | |
current members | Adam Young }} |
Owl City is an American electronica musical project by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young formed in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. Young created the project while experimenting with music in his parents' basement. Like many musicians who achieved success in the late 2000s, Owl City developed a following on the social networking site Myspace before signing with Universal Republic in 2008.
After two independent releases, Owl City gained mainstream popularity with the 2009 major label debut album ''Ocean Eyes'', which spawned the quadruple-platinum hit single "Fireflies". The album was certified Platinum in the United States in April 2010.
In 2011, Owl City released his third studio album, ''All Things Bright and Beautiful''.
The viral phenomenon that was building through Myspace caught the attention of Universal Republic presidents Avery and Monte Lipman who approached Young with a view to signing the artist. Republic recommended Young partner up with 27-year-old manager Steve Bursky of Foundations Artist Management and the two began working together in late 2008. When later asked by HitQuarters why the label chose him for a major label act given his relative inexperience, Burksy said:
"I think they saw Owl City as representing the future of our business. This idea of a kid in a tiny town in rural U.S. being able to make songs in his basement that sound like Top 40 radio could never have happened ten years ago. By hiring a young management company who understands the business circa 2011 over a seasoned industry vet, who might not understand the online spaces well, showed a lot of understanding of where this kid was going to end up having success."
Owl City's label deal with Universal Republic was finally confirmed in February 2009. According to Bursky there was initially some disagreement about the direction Owl City should follow, telling HitQuarters: "They were ready to send him into the studio with big producers and polish him up to try to become this thing that he wasn't. But we put our foot down and said, 'Look, the reason you signed this kid is because it’s working. Whatever it is about him - his music, his interaction with his fans, his brilliance in the online space - these things are connecting with people, and as soon as you change that you lose what’s special about this artist.' To their credit, they really listened and they got it."
Young is joined by Breanne Düren on several tracks; the most noted being "The Saltwater Room". Owl City's live band consists of Breanne Düren (background vocals/keyboards), Casey Brown (drums), Laura Musten (violin), Hannah Schroeder (cello), and Daniel Jorgensen (vibes).
Relient K vocalist Matt Thiessen has toured and collaborated with Owl City on several tracks, including "Fireflies", where Matt can be heard providing the backup vocals. Young also produced Relient K's song "Terminals".
"Fireflies" was released as a free download on the game ''Tap Tap Revenge 3'' by Tapulous. Prior to the July 14, 2009 internet release of ''Ocean Eyes'', and the "Fireflies" single, Steve Hoover was hired as a director for a music video for "Fireflies". The video was to have had an exclusive premiere on MySpace, but had been leaked onto YouTube and Dailymotion hours earlier. "Fireflies" became a big sleeper hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States for the week ending November 7, 2009.
Owl City is featured on ''Soundtrack 90210'' with a song titled "Sunburn", which was released on October 13, 2009. Owl City has toured with The Scene Aesthetic, Lights, John Mayer, Maroon 5 and Brooke Waggoner. He was also guest featured in the soundtrack to Tim Burton's ''Alice in Wonderland'' with a song entitled "The Technicolor Phase" that had already been featured in his debut album.
In 2010, Young revealed a new musical project known as Sky Sailing, which moved away from his usual electronica genre of music and introduced acoustic guitar and piano accompaniments into his work. The unrefined tracks were recorded in the summer of 2007 before he began making music as Owl City. His first album under this new project is entitled ''An Airplane Carried Me to Bed'', and was released July 13, 2010 via iTunes.
In May 2010, Adam Young collaborated with high-profile British electronic composer, producer, musician, and songwriter Nick Bracegirdle. Under his Chicane alias, Bracegirdle released the single "Middledistancerunner" on August 1, 2010 featuring Adam Young on vocals. This is the first single from the fourth Chicane album ''Giants''. He also worked with famed Dutch producer Armin van Buuren, appearing on a track called 'Youtopia' from the van Buuren album ''Mirage'' on September 10, 2010.
On September 21, 2010 "To the Sky" was officially released via iTunes on the soundtrack for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole.
On October 25, 2010, Young released a cover version of the praise and worship song "In Christ Alone" as a streaming mp3 on his website,
On November 13, 2010, a new album was also released for one of his other musical projects, "Windsor Airlift", called "Flight" on iTunes.
On November 23, 2010, a new Christmas single called "Peppermint Winter" was released. A preview had been released the previous week on Facebook.
On October 18, 2010 Young wrote an entry on his blog regarding his third studio album, saying that the album was nearing completion.
In February 2011, the title of the album was announced to be ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' and that the album would be released on May 17. However, on April 6, Young released a statement on his website, along with lengthy previews of four of his songs (Dreams Don't Turn to Dust, Alligator Sky Featuring Shawn Chrystopher, Galaxies, and Deer in the Headlights), that the release date for ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' would be pushed back to June 14.
On March 22, Alligator Sky was released as the lead single from the album on ''iTunes''.
In Late March and Early April, tickets went on sale for The All Things Bright and Beautiful World Tour, and All Things Bright and Beautiful became available for preorder.
On April 19, Galaxies was released as the second single from the album.
On May 6, the music video for Alligator Sky was released. Young discussed the concept in a making-of video posted on Owl City's VEVO account, "The concept is basically about these two guys who are leaving Earth. Rather than it being this very dark post-apocalyptic vibe, it's very optimistic, and so it's like people are excited to leave earth."
On May 23, Deer in the Headlights, the third single from the album, was released on iTunes.
On June 14, All Things Bright and Beautiful was released on iTunes. Although only a few days prior on May 20, almost all of the album leaked onto the internet.
On June 30, the music video for 'Deer in the Headlights' was released. It features Young driving through the night in the DMC DeLorean featured in the Back to the Future trilogy and Canadian musician Lights makes a cameo appearance in the video.
On July 19, "Lonely Lullaby" was released as a single on iTunes, which was previously available only to Owl City Galaxy members.
Young was interviewed in the August issue of Cliché Magazine. He also appeared on the cover of the magazine and the issue also featured some of Young's very own art work.
On July 21, at the Club Nokia concert in Los Angeles, Young announced that the concert was being filming for a Live DVD to be released by the holiday season.
On November 28, the music video for "Youtopia", by Armin van Buuren Featuring Adam Young, was released on YouTube.
On January 2, 2012, Young wrote an entry on his blog regarding his fourth studio album. Young said that he would be collaborating with more producers and songwriters, also saying that his new record "Marks a flying leap in this direction". Young expects the album to be released around late Summer to Fall 2012.
Owl City also has been compared to The Postal Service, often critically, for his combination of fuzzy synths, ironic lyrics and use of female guest singers. Pitchfork.com goes far enough to say that "The surprise No. 1 single in the country, Owl City's 'Fireflies,' jacks the Postal Service in such a bald-faced, obvious manner that getting into specifics feels redundant at best and tacky at worst." In response to the suggestion that his work is derivative, Adam Young suggested in a 2009 interview with The New York Times that ''Ocean Eyes'' is perhaps the "next chapter" after American band The Postal Service: "The Postal Service released a record in 2003, and that was it. There was really nothing to compare it to until some one else came along and wrote the next chapter. Maybe that's this record. Maybe that's this band."
Young was featured on the track "All About Us" by He Is We released on August 29, 2011, on iTunes. He was also featured on the track "First Noel" on TobyMac's album ''Christmas in Diverse City'' released October 4, 2011.
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