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The Movie Network Encore (or TMN Encore) is a Canadian English language Category A premium cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Bell Media. TMN Encore is designated to operate east of the Ontario-Manitoba border (excluding the territories), mirroring the coverage area of parent service The Movie Network. The channel offers a variety of classic films from the 1970s to the 2000s on two 24-hour pay television channels, TMN Encore and TMN Encore 2. Its programming is comparable to that of Encore Avenue, a separately owned pay service (and sister channel to Movie Central) that is marketed to Western Canada, serving areas located west of the Ontario-Manitoba border. TMN Encore is carried by various Canadian cable and satellite television in providers Eastern Canada including Bell TV, Shaw Direct, Rogers Digital Cable, Vidéotron, EastLink, and Cogeco. TMN Encore is also the only private broadcaster financing film preservation in Canada through its sponsorship of the AV Preservation Trust, and National Archives. ==History== The channel was launched on October 1, 1994 as TMN Moviepix; by 1996, its name was shortened to simply Moviepix. By 2001, the channel's name was shortened for the third time to simply Mpix. The channel was originally owned by Astral Communications (later Astral Media). In an effort to re-align Mpix with The Movie Network brand, on August 20, 2012, Astral announced that it would be rebranding Mpix as The Movie Network Encore on September 18, 2012. On the day of the rebrand, its multiplex channel MorePix was accordingly renamed The Movie Network Encore 2; with the change, TMN Encore 2 also launched a high definition feed, which simulcasts its standard definition counterpart.〔(Classic Movie Channels Mpix and MorePix Re-Brand to The Movie Network Encore and The Movie Network Encore2 ) CNW 2012-08-20〕 On March 4, 2013, the Competition Bureau approved the takeover of Astral Media by Bell Media.〔(BCE takeover of Astral OK’d by Competition Bureau ), ''The Montreal Gazette'' (via The Canadian Press), March 4, 2013.〕 Bell filed a new application for the proposed takeover with the CRTC on March 6, 2013;〔(Astral and Bell Comment on New Acquisition Application to CRTC ), ''Broadcaster Magazine'', March 6, 2013.〕 the CRTC approved the merger on June 27, 2013,〔(CRTC approves Bell-Astral merger ), CBC News, June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.〕 effectively turning over control of The Movie Network Encore and The Movie Network to Bell. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Movie Network Encore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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