Encore (TV network)

Encore, A Subsidiary Of Starz, is an American premium cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Starz Inc. Its programming features mainly older and recent theatrically released feature films, although some of its multiplex channels also carry acquired television series. The headquarters of Encore, and its sister channels Starz and MoviePlex, are located at the Meridian International Business Center complex in Meridian, Colorado, United States.

As of February 2015, Encore's programming is available to approximately 39.709 million television households (34.1% of cable, satellite and telco customers) in the United States (38.310 million subscribers or 32.9% of all households with pay television service receive at least Encore's primary channel). This outpaces HBO's 35.8 million pay subscribers (also as of February 2015) to make Encore the largest premium channel by overall reach in the United States.

Encore has a higher subscriber base because, although Starz and Encore are often sold together in a singular package, some digital cable, telco and satellite providers offer the Encore multiplex separately from Starz as part of an a la carte tier in which it is packaged with other commercial-free and advertiser-supported film-oriented channels (such as Epix, FX Movie Channel and LMN). Therefore, Encore subscribers do not necessarily have to subscribe to Starz in order to receive the channel.

Television network

A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks. Many early television networks (such as the BBC, NBC or CBC) evolved from earlier radio networks.

Overview

In countries where most networks broadcast identical, centrally originated content to all of their stations and where most individual television transmitters therefore operate only as large "repeater stations", the terms "television network", "television channel" (a numeric identifier or radio frequency) and "television station" have become mostly interchangeable in everyday language, with professionals in television-related occupations continuing to make a differentiation between them. Within the industry, a tiering is sometimes created among groups of networks based on whether their programming is simultaneously originated from a central point, and whether the network master control has the technical and administrative capability to take over the programming of their affiliates in real-time when it deems this necessary – the most common example being during national breaking news events.

Encore, Inc.

WD Encore Software, LLC ("Encore") is a Minneapolis-based software publisher focused on retail software sales, distribution and software development.

Encore is a wholly owned subsidiary of WYNIT Distribution, LLC which acquired the majority of Encore's assets from Speed Commerce, Inc. on approximately July 9, 2014. Speed Commerce, had initially acquired Encore's assets from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in August 2002.

In November 2008 Encore announced an expanded license with Riverdeep. Under the terms of the agreement Encore now manages the Broderbund family of products as well as Broderbund’s direct to consumer business. In May 2010 Encore acquired the assets of Punch! Software

Titles

Among the brands published by Encore for the retail market:

Encore (1996 film)

Encore is a 1996 comedy-drama film by French director Pascal Bonitzer. The film stars Jackie Berroyer, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Laurence Côte, Natacha Régnier, and Hélène Fillières.

Synopsis

The film follows the mid-life crisis of a university professor.

Cast

Awards

Bonitzer was awarded the 1996 Prix Jean Vigo for Encore. The film also earned him 1997 César Award nomination for Best First Work. Régnier was nominated for the 1997 Acteurs à l'Écran Best Actress award for her work on this film.

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Encore (Bobby Vinton album)

Encore was Bobby Vinton's thirty-second studio album, released in 1980. "Make Believe It's Your First Time" and "Let Me Love You Goodbye" are two singles lifted from the album. Cover versions include "He" and "To All the Girls I've Loved Before".

Track listing

Side 1

Side 2

Album credits

Network (film)

Network is a 1976 American satirical film written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet, about a fictional television network, UBS, and its struggle with poor ratings. The film stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, and Robert Duvall and features Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, and Beatrice Straight.

The film won four Academy Awards, in the categories of Best Actor (Finch), Best Actress (Dunaway), Best Supporting Actress (Straight), and Best Original Screenplay (Chayefsky).

In 2000, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2002, it was inducted into the Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame as a film that has "set an enduring standard for U.S. American entertainment". In 2006, the two Writers Guilds of America voted Chayefsky's script one of the 10 greatest screenplays in the history of cinema. In 2007, the film was 64th among the 100 greatest American films as chosen by the American Film Institute, a ranking slightly higher than the one AFI had given it ten years earlier.

Network of Electoral Democracy

Democratic Electoral Network (Red Electoral Democratico) is a political party in Aruba. At the last elections for the Estates, 23 September 2005, the party won 7% of the popular vote and 1 out of 21 seats.