More Than Movies

Programming
Timeshift service	More Than Movies +1
Ownership
Owner	Sony Pictures Television
History
Launched	4 October 2010  ( 2010-10-04 )
Closed	22 March 2016  ( 2016-03-22 )
Replaced by	True Crime
Former names	Men&Movies (2010?13)
Availability at time of closure
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 32 (named as Movie Mix )

More Than Movies (styled as more>movies ) was a satellite television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland , available on Sky and as a free-to-air service on Freesat . It launched on 4 October 2010 as Men&Movies, ^[1] and was the first Freesat exclusive TV channel until it joined the Sky EPG on 4 April 2011. ^[2] Between November 2011 and January 2012, Men&Movies was also available on Freeview in Manchester . ^[3]

The channel was aimed at the middle to old aged male viewer, with its programming orientated around war documentaries, classic TV series and the war film genre . More Than Movies joined its sister channel, Movies4Men which transmits other cinematic genres.

On 2 April 2012, Men&Movies +1 was launched.

On 10 January 2013, Men&Movies was rebranded as More Than Movies, with a shift towards airing films and programmes from Sony's back catalogue. ^[4] On 17 January 2013, Movie Mix began to simulcast the full More Than Movies schedule on Freeview but retained its own Movie Mix branding. ^[5] After the channel closed, Movie Mix began to broadcast its own programming again.

Programmes [ edit ]

• Baywatch
• Cops
• The Guardian
• Storm Warning
• Providence

References [ edit ]