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Sky Movies Rebrand To Sky Cinema

(June 2016)

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PI
picard
nwtv2003 posted:
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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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOuCLp-ltsw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD-yqnW2b1g

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.


That brings back memories, the good days of Sky.
JF
JetixFann450
Do you think they are going to change the idents?
PF
PFML84
The current ones, if they used them in full and not the shortened versions I have seen creep in, would looks well with the new logo, but I think they will have new idents. I wonder how long it will be before they eventually change the channel names to "Sky Cinema 1, Sky Cinema 2..." etc. After all, whether it is Sky Movies or Sky Cinema, the brand name doesn't appear on the EPG so the name is going to go unnoticed by most people.

I'm surprised Sky haven't modified the EPG to display the full channel name in the S&S banner like Freesat boxes do. The EPG may have limited space, but the banner has a lot more real estate to play with, so surely they could put longer channel names in full when the banner is on screen?
JF
JetixFann450
pad-ehh posted:
The current ones, if they used them in full and not the shortened versions I have seen creep in, would looks well with the new logo, but I think they will have new idents. I wonder how long it will be before they eventually change the channel names to "Sky Cinema 1, Sky Cinema 2..." etc. After all, whether it is Sky Movies or Sky Cinema, the brand name doesn't appear on the EPG so the name is going to go unnoticed by most people.

I'm surprised Sky haven't modified the EPG to display the full channel name in the S&S banner like Freesat boxes do. The EPG may have limited space, but the banner has a lot more real estate to play with, so surely they could put longer channel names in full when the banner is on screen?

Speaking of that, they could have an update that would allow you to see the channel logo to see what your watching, but that might be useless because it might be obvious from the DOG and the program.
LL
Larry the Loafer
JetixFann450 posted:
Speaking of that, they could have an update that would allow you to see the channel logo to see what your watching, but that might be useless because it might be obvious from the DOG and the program.


Didn't stop Virgin from implementing such a thing into the Tivo EPG.
BA
bilky asko
Larry the Loafer posted:
JetixFann450 posted:
Speaking of that, they could have an update that would allow you to see the channel logo to see what your watching, but that might be useless because it might be obvious from the DOG and the program.


Didn't stop Virgin from implementing such a thing into the Tivo EPG.


Isn't it implemented in Sky Q as well?
RD
rdd Founding member
Virgin Media in Ireland do that on their Horizon platform.
RE
Rex
bilky asko posted:
Larry the Loafer posted:
JetixFann450 posted:
Speaking of that, they could have an update that would allow you to see the channel logo to see what your watching, but that might be useless because it might be obvious from the DOG and the program.


Didn't stop Virgin from implementing such a thing into the Tivo EPG.


Isn't it implemented in Sky Q as well?

Yep, on the main menu. YouView has logos on the banner and TV Guide, as long as the box itself is connected to the internet.
HB
HarryB
Twitter username @skycinema was the home of Sky Cinema in Italy which has now moved to a new handle but not to sure what it was.
The @skycinema handle is now vacant for now most probably until tomorrow.
JF
JetixFann450
What I don't understand is how they are saying goodbye to Sky Movies, like closing their channels. However all it is is a name change. Makes no sense.
JF
JetixFann450
Okay, its just a few minutes away from the July 8th launch of Sky Cinema. I'm not too sure if its easy to record multiple movie channels by the launch (it might not launch at this time, it might just launch at 6:00, but heads up) but probably do one to see what it was like when Sky Cinema launched.
DA
davidmarper2010


Confirmed the relaunch goes live at 6am

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