Reelz Channel
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ReelzChannel is a digital cable
television channel
owned by Hubbard Broadcasting that airs programming about movies as well as syndicated programming. It features news and information on movies currently in theatres as well as information on movies released on DVD and airing on cable television each week. In addition, VOD
and Pay-TV highlights are featured in a segment that airs twice an hour called ReelzChannel Recommends. It is tailored to providers based on either the pay-per-view channel map or VOD remote instructions for each system. Another segment that airs each hour is called Movies That Deliver sponsored by Domino's Pizza
. It is tailored to subscribers of premium cable networks like HBO, Showtime, Starz, and the like. ReelzChannel also operates a hotel-only service in partnership with Lodgenet, called ReelzChannel In Your Room. This combines original ReelzChannel programming combined with movie reviews in case one wishes to order a movie in their hotel room.
ReelzChannel launched on September 27, 2006 and is independently owned and operated. It was initially available via DirecTV
and Dish Network
but has also signed carriage deals with various cable companies including Time Warner Cable
, Comcast
, Charter Communications
and recently Cablevision.
ReelzChannel moved their headquarters to Albuquerque, New Mexico
in early 2009, where Hubbard's KOB
television is based.
became the second provider to carry it,but only until May 4, 2011.
Digital cable
Digital cable is a generic term for any type of cable television distribution using digital video compression or distribution. The technology was originally developed by Motorola.-Background:...
television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
owned by Hubbard Broadcasting that airs programming about movies as well as syndicated programming. It features news and information on movies currently in theatres as well as information on movies released on DVD and airing on cable television each week. In addition, VOD
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
and Pay-TV highlights are featured in a segment that airs twice an hour called ReelzChannel Recommends. It is tailored to providers based on either the pay-per-view channel map or VOD remote instructions for each system. Another segment that airs each hour is called Movies That Deliver sponsored by Domino's Pizza
Domino's Pizza
Domino's Pizza, Inc. is an international pizza delivery corporation headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America. Founded in 1960, Domino's is the second-largest pizza chain in the United States and has over 9,000 corporate and franchised stores in 60 countries and all 50 U.S....
. It is tailored to subscribers of premium cable networks like HBO, Showtime, Starz, and the like. ReelzChannel also operates a hotel-only service in partnership with Lodgenet, called ReelzChannel In Your Room. This combines original ReelzChannel programming combined with movie reviews in case one wishes to order a movie in their hotel room.
ReelzChannel launched on September 27, 2006 and is independently owned and operated. It was initially available via DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
and Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
but has also signed carriage deals with various cable companies including Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
, Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
, Charter Communications
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...
and recently Cablevision.
ReelzChannel moved their headquarters to Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
in early 2009, where Hubbard's KOB
Kob
The Kob is an antelope found across Sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to South Sudan. Found along the Northern Savanna, often seen in Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda; Garamba and Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as grassy floodplains of...
television is based.
ReelzChannel HD
ReelzChannel HD, a high definition simulcast of ReelzChannel, launched August 1, 2010. AT&T U-verse was the first provider to carry the channel on September 27, 2010. On March 30, 2011, Dish NetworkDish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
became the second provider to carry it,but only until May 4, 2011.
Original programming
- Hollywood Dailies
- Hollywood's Top Ten – Lynda Halligan
- ReelzChannel Spotlight
- Secret's Out – Leonard MaltinLeonard MaltinLeonard Maltin is an American film and animated film critic and historian, author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.-Personal life:...
- Maltin On Movies – Leonard MaltinLeonard MaltinLeonard Maltin is an American film and animated film critic and historian, author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.-Personal life:...
- What It Takes
- Movies & Music – Casey MesserCasey MesserCasey Jean Messer is a beauty queen from Alamogordo, New Mexico who competed at the Miss USA pageant in 2007.Messer won the Miss New Mexico USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Las Cruces on 24 September 2006. She competed as "Miss Land of Enchantment"...
- Naked Trailers
Syndicated programming
- 3rd Rock From The Sun3rd Rock from the Sun3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet...
- Ally McBealAlly McBealAlly McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
- BeckerBecker (TV series)Becker is an American television sitcom that ran from 1998 to 2004 on CBS. Set in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the show starred Ted Danson as John Becker, a misanthropic doctor who operates a small practice and is constantly annoyed by his patients, co-workers, friends, and practically...
- Brothers & Sisters
- Carson's Comedy ClassicsCarson's Comedy ClassicsCarson's Comedy Classics was a stripped 1/2 hour syndicated television show that was first released to U.S. television stations in 1983. The series is narrated by Ed McMahon, who, as a voiceover, introduces the program and each of the segments....
- CheersCheersCheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles...
(currently also airs on Hallmark ChannelHallmark ChannelThe Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...
, HDNetHDNetHDNet is a men's interest television channel in the United States, broadcasting exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television...
and MeTVMeTVMe-TV is a television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that airs classic television sitcoms, dramas and classic commercials from the 1950s through the 1980s. The network is a sister network to This TV...
) - CoachCoach (TV series)Coach is an American television sitcom that aired for nine seasons on ABC from 1989 to 1997. The series starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of the fictional Division I-A college football team, the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles...
- Spin CitySpin CitySpin City is an American sitcom television series that aired from September 17, 1996 until April 30, 2002 on the ABC network. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, and originally starred Michael J. Fox as Mike...
(October 3, 2011) - Hollywood & Dine
- Mark at the Movies
- NewsRadioNewsRadioNewsRadio is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1995 to 1999. The series was created by executive producer Paul Simms, and was filmed in front of a studio audience at CBS Studio Center and Sunset Gower Studios...
- Masters of HorrorMasters of HorrorMasters of Horror is an informal social group of international film writers and directors specializing in horror movies and an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network.- Origin :...