But if I don't get wrong, Sky Movies Premier Widescreen (closed down in 2003) was a channel with a separate schedule, right?
Correct, Sky Premier Widescreen, or as it became Sky Movies Premier Wide, had its own schedule, although it did simulcast with Sky Premier for the big premieres. It was only ever an evening service, first film at 6pm and the last one at 12am. Both incarnations of the channel had a fantastic off air loop.
I think the station was axed either in June or July 2003, just a few months before Premier and Movie(s)max got ditched altogether. Continuity remained in 4:3 for some time after the films went 16:9.
Strange to think they once had to have an isolated widescreen channel, and here we are, days away from HD becoming standard across the Movies channels.
Just reading the Wikipedia entry on Sky Movies, and it states there was a phase in the early 90s where a DOG was used over the films before there was a "storm of protest" to have them removed. Has any footage or images ever surfaced providing evidence of this?
I do recall a small white Sky Movies Premier and MovieMax dog being used on programming between films like Barry Normans Film Night, however I don't recall it ever being used on a film, so if it was it was quickly dropped
I do recall a small white Sky Movies Premier and MovieMax dog being used on programming between films like Barry Normans Film Night, however I don't recall it ever being used on a film, so if it was it was quickly dropped
They regularly (maybe still do?) have DOGs on screen when they air their own programming.
I think that's the only evidence I've seen of a fault on that channel. I feel it's a rarity to see any sort of fault on a Sky Movies channel. I've seen it occur on Sky Sports but never Sky Movies.
I do recall a small white Sky Movies Premier and MovieMax dog being used on programming between films like Barry Normans Film Night, however I don't recall it ever being used on a film, so if it was it was quickly dropped
They regularly (maybe still do?) have DOGs on screen when they air their own programming.
I don't watch the live channels any more to know, however the Sky Movies Screen 1 & 2 & Gold brand I don't recall having an egg dog, the use of them I first noticed was with Sky Premier.
However they had quite a push of original home made programming as part of the launch and I may have just noticed the dog then rather than before.
Strange to think they once had to have an isolated widescreen channel, and here we are, days away from HD becoming standard across the Movies channels.
And soon a 4K channel will launch as well, this is giving vibes of the Widescreen services.
They should still work shouldn't they? I've watched HD channels through a SD TV before. (The experimental ITV HD channel on Telewest). You just won't be able to see the HD.
