MoviePlex

Movieplex (stylized as movieplex since 2006) is an American premium cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Starz Inc. The channel's programming consists of recent and older theatrically released motion pictures. The headquarters of MoviePlex, and its sister channels Encore and Starz, are located at the Meridian International Business Center complex in Meridian, Colorado.

History

MoviePlex originally launched on January 1, 1997 as Plex: Encore 1; it replaced both INTRO Television (originally called TV! Network until September 1995), a cable channel that was launched in June 1994 by Liberty Media (initial owner of MoviePlex through a joint venture with parent company Tele-Communications, Inc.), which aired blocks of programming from other cable channels; and Encore Plus, a secondary Encore network that had utilized what came to be MoviePlex's format. The relaunched network was originally referred to as "Plex" in promotions, with the numbering system used by the Encore networks at the time giving it the designation "Encore 1"; the network assumed the MoviePlex name in the fall of 1997.