True Movies
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | CSC Media Group |
True Movies 1 is a satellite and cable television film channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, it is available on Freesat, Sky as well as Virgin Media. It is the first channel from Moving Movies Ltd., majority owned by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels).
The channel is aimed especially at the female viewer; dedicated to true to life drama films, which are mostly made-for-TV movies in origin. It shows movies from a range of cinematic genres including romance, crime, drama and docusoaps, all of which are based on real life events.
Prior to True Movies' launch on 29 April 2005,[1] the channel was previously an unnamed part time service found on TWC Re:Loaded from 1 March 2005,[2] before being renamed as Movies 333 on 21 March 2005. The was renamed as True Movies 1 during November 2010.
Soon after its launch, True Movies topped all the movie channels in August, 2005, with a 0.5% audience viewing share, higher than the established subscription Sky Movies 1 (0.4%) and Turner Classic Movies (UK) (0.3%). With the arrival of other movie channels and services in 2006, its audience share has since settled at the lower 0.1% to 0.2% mark. True Movies 1's sister channel, True Movies 2, was launched on March 20, 2006 which shows more made-for-TV movies based on real life events.
Reception of this channel does not require any special Sky or Freesat equipment, any free-to-air satellite receiver can pick up this channel.
Programming
An example of some of the films shown on True Movies 1:
- Assault at West Point
- Blessed Assurance
- Choices Of The Heart
- Cry In The Wild
- Daughter Of The Streets
- Deep in My Heart
- Escape: Human Cargo
- Fatal Love
- First Do No Harm
- Going Underground
- Hard Evidence
- If Looks Could Kill
- Just Ask My Children
- Last Wish
- Little Criminals
- Love and Betrayal
- Noble House
- No Place To Run
- Our Sons
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
- Saved by the Light
- Shattered Hearts
- She Led Two Lives
- Solomon's Choice
- Stolen Babies
- Switching Parents
- The Amy Fisher Story
- The Cry
- The Day of the Roses
- Unabomber
- Under The Piano
- Without Evidence
References
- ^ "New name for Movies 333". Digital Spy. 25 April 2005.
- ^ "TWC Reloaded becomes Movies 333". Digital Spy. 21 March 2005.