Horror Channel
| Horror Channel | |
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| Launched | 3 May 2004 |
| Owned by | CBS Chellozone UK Channels Partnership |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 4:3) 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Audience share | 0.1% 0.0% (+1) (June 2011, BARB) |
| Formerly called | The Horror Channel (until June 2006) Zone Horror (until 5 April 2010) |
| Sister channel(s) | CBS Action CBS Drama CBS Reality |
| Timeshift service | Horror Channel +1 |
| Website | www.horrorchannel.co.uk |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 138 Channel 139 (+1) |
| Sky | Channel 319 Channel 320 (+1) |
| Eurobird 1 | 11261H 27500 2/3 |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 149 |
Horror Channel (formerly The Horror Channel and Zone Horror) is a television film channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel shows horror movies.
Specialised programming includes cult, Hollywood, comedy, B-Movie classics, modern thrillers, series, home-produced specials, biographies and documentaries. Since takeover they’ve revamped the daytime schedule to include more series and introduced some slightly better known films and directors to prime whilst retaining the cult look and feel of the channel.
Horror Channel is available as a free-to-air service on Eurobird 1.
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[edit] History
The Horror Channel was created by Tony Hazell, who had previously worked for The God Channel. The Horror Channel went into administration on 21 September 2004.[1][2] The original management team formed a second company (Amore TV Ltd.) and were able to purchase the channel on 22 September 2004, writing off a £200,000 investment previously made in the channel by venture capital firm, Northern Enterprise.
Zone Vision Networks Ltd. agreed to acquire The Horror Channel for an undisclosed sum on 17 June 2005.[3] In June 2006, The Horror Channel was rebranded as Zone Horror following Zone Vision Networks corporate rebrand as Zonemedia to better fit alongside Chellomedia, the Liberty Global content division which it became a part of in 2005.[4]
Zone Horror +1 launched on Sky on 1 July 2008 replaced Zone Reality Extra.
On 30 October 2006, Zonemedia launched Zone Horror in The Netherlands.[5] As of 1 July 2009, the channel is no longer available on cable in the Netherlands.[6]
On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009. The new channels would replace Zone Romantica, Zone Thriller, Zone Horror and Zone Reality, plus timeshift services Zone Horror +1 and Zone Reality +1.[7][8]
On 5 April 2010, Zone Horror was rebranded as Horror Channel, following the rebrand of the portfolio’s other three channels in November 2009.[9] On-air the channel name appears as Horror. The rebrand was produced by Chello Zone’s in-house creative services team.
[edit] Films
Horror Channel airs a wide range of films, mainly horror, although it does air many which contain horror themes, such as action, comedy and thriller films, many of which are premiered as part of a specific season of films. Originally, the channel began airing many classic films of mixed genres including The Killer Shrews, Lady of Burlesque, Carnival of Souls and The City of the Dead. It is known for its showing of B movie classics, Troll 2, Brian Damage, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Frogs, and Slugs. It also premiered many Jean Rollin movies, which were originally shown as part of a Jean Rollin season and European cinema classics such as The Devil's Nightmare, Nude for Satan and Black Magic Rites. Troma films Mother's Day and The Toxic Avenger movies where shown during the early years of Horror Channel. Many of these films were unknown to UK and Irish viewers at the time, but well known classics, such as the first three Hellraiser films where part of the channel. When the channel was rebranded Zone Horror in 2006, many of the older films where shown only at randon times and very were rarely premiered, as many new low-budget and independent films began showning, more usually than before the rebrand. In 2010 it was rebranded again as simply Horror Channel, where it returned to its roots, with many new horror classic airing, including, The Evil Dead, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Happy Birthday to Me and The Incredible Melting Man. In 2011, the channel was seen to be premiering films from directors Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento in individual movies seasons. Many films are also airing that have been recently released by Home Entertainment company Arrow Films. 2011's highlights also include the "Horror Horreur" season for September, and the "Hammer Horror" season for October, and a "Season of the Banned" for November .
[edit] Programmes
List of past and current TV series, mini-series & television films that have aired on Horror Channel
| Title | Seasons | Airing | Start date | End date |
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| The 4400 | Season 1 & 2 | No | 20 February 2011 | |
| Angel | Season 1 | Yes | 6 December 2010 | |
| BeastMaster | All seasons | No | ||
| Blood Ties | Seasons 1 & 2 | No | ||
| Brimstone | Season 1 (all seasons) | No | ||
| The Chronicle | Season 1 (all seasons) | No | ||
| The Collector | All seasons | No | ||
| The Dead Zone | Seasons 1-6 | Yes | ||
| Firefly | Season 1 (all seasons) | No | ||
| Firestarter: Rekindled | Mini-series | No | ||
| Freddy's Nightmares | All seasons | Yes | ||
| Friday the 13th: The Series | All seasons | Yes | ||
| Ghost Stories | Season 1 (all seasons) | Cancelled | 2004 | |
| Hammer House of Horror | Season 1 | Yes | 1 October 2011 | |
| Haunted | Season 1 (all seasons) | No | ||
| Highlander: The Series | Season 1 | No | ||
| Intruders | Mini-series | No | ||
| Jericho | Season 1 | Yes | ||
| The Lost World | Seasons 1-3 | Yes | ||
| Millennium | All seasons | No | ||
| Mortal Kombat: Conquest | Season 1 (all seasons) | No | ||
| Mutant X | All seasons | Yes | ||
| The New Twilight Zone | Seasons 1 & 2 | Yes | ||
| The Ray Bradbury Theatre | All seasons | Cancelled | ||
| Sheena | Season 1 | No | 17 January 2011 | |
| Special Unit 2 | Yes | |||
| Stephen King's Golden Years | Mini-series/television film | No | ||
| Stephen King's It | Mini-series/television film | No | ||
| Stephen King's The Langoliers | Mini-series/television film | No | ||
| Stephen King's Salem's Lot | Mini-series/television film | No | ||
| Stephen King's The Shining | Mini-series/television film | No | ||
| Stephen King's The Tommyknockers | Mini-series/television film | No | 1 January 2011 | |
| Tales from the Crypt (TV series) | All seasons | Cancelled | ||
| Tales of Mystery and Imagination | All seasons | Cancelled | ||
| Tarzan: The Epic Adventures | 1 season (all seasons) | No | ||
| Twin Peaks | No | |||
| Urban Gothic | All seasons | No | ||
| Valemont | Mini-series | Yes | ||
| Vampire High | All seasons | Cancelled | ||
| The Visitor | Season 1 (all seasons) | No | ||
| The War of the Worlds | Season 1 | Yes | ||
| Witchblade | Season 1 | No | ||
| Xena: Warrior Princess | Season 1 | No | April 25 2011 |
[edit] Logos
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[edit] References
- ^ "A horror show for venture capitalists". The Journal. 2004-11-30. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+horror+show+for+venture+capitalists.-a0125470370.
- ^ "Stay Screaming". RMT. http://www.r-m-t.co.uk/news/more01.php?id=27. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ^ "Zone Vision buys Horror Channel". C21Media. 2005-06-17. http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=25222.
- ^ "Zone develops new vision of itself". C21Media. 2006-06-13. http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=1&article=30833.
- ^ "Zonemedia Launches Horror Channel In The Netherlands". 4 Regional Film & Video. 2006-10-30. http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=56366.
- ^ https://service.upc.nl/index.php?CampaignID=48&PageID=1415&cid=257&aid=1055
- ^ "CBS FINALChello Zone partnership press release" (DOC). Chello Zone. 2009-09-14. http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW%5FDomains%5CZONE%5FPRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CCBS+FINALChello+Zone+partnership+press+release%2Edoc.
- ^ "CBS to launch UK channels with Chellomedia". Broadcastnow. 2009-09-14. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-to-launch-uk-channels-with-chellomedia/5005560.article.
- ^ "Zone Horror rebrands as Horror Channel". Broadband TV News. 2010-03-31. http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2010/03/31/zone-horror-rebrands-as-horror-channel/.
