ShortsTV

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ShortsTV
CountryUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersLondon, England
Ownership
OwnerShorts International (75%)
AMC Networks International (25%)[1]

ShortsTV is a cable and satellite television channel dedicated to short film including Academy Award nominated short films.[3][4] It is franchise owned and operated by Shorts International and AMC Networks International.[1] The channel launched in Europe on November 26, 2008 and in the United States on February 17, 2010.[2] It is available in 40 million homes worldwide.[5][6]

Academy Award nominated shorts theatrical distribution

Starting in the 2000s ShortsTV has theatrically distributed all the Academy Award nominated short films.[3][4][7][8][9]

Programming

The channel broadcasts a selection of short films in a variety of genres in blocks of 30 and 60 minutes. Genres include comedy, animation and Stars in Shorts featuring short films with celebrity casts.[10] A compilation of a number of these short films was released theatrically September 28, 2012 under the title Stars in Shorts.[11]

Selected short films that have aired on ShortsTV

Short films airing on ShortsTV change frequently as per the ShortsTV schedule.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chellomedia acquires stake in short film company Shorts International" (PDF). Shortsinternational.com. 2008-02-15.
  2. ^ a b "ShortsHD launches across U.S. with OmniBus Broadcast Engineering". Broadcastengineering.com. 2010-02-17.
  3. ^ a b Galas, Marjorie. "ShortsHD Brings Oscar Nominated Shorts To Theaters". La411.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10.
  4. ^ a b Rome, Emily (2012-02-09). "Oscar-nominated shorts, coming to a theater near you".
  5. ^ Gil, Billy (2011-05-05). "ShortsHD Launches on DirecTV5". Home Media Magazine.
  6. ^ "ShortsHD Launches on DIRECTV". DirecTV. 2011-05-04. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01.
  7. ^ Scott, A. O. (2009). "Oscar Shorts, Low-Hype and Sweet". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Holden, Stephen (2012). "Three Programs in Oscar Nominated Short Films". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Holden, Stephen (2013). "The Oscar Nominated Short Films". The New York Times.
  10. ^ Vasquez, Dorothy Burk (2012-10-18). "'Stars in Shorts' Makes Short Films Attractive to Viewers Worldwide". PopMatters.
  11. ^ Holden, Stephen (2012-09-26). "Anti-Epic Flirts and Jokes 'Stars in Shorts,' with Judi Dench and Colin Firth". The New York Times.
  12. ^ "Shorts TV Schedule".

External links

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