The Cult Movie Network
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The Cult Movie Network is a Canadian
English language
Category B specialty channel
consisting of programming devoted to low-budget B movie
s primarily from the horror film
genres. The channel is owned by Dieter Kohler through The Cult Movie Channel Inc. The channel launched in Manitoba
in December 2010 on MTS TV
.
According to the channel's website, the channel was scheduled to undergo a rebrand in the summer of 2011 by introducing a new logo, on-air presentation, and programming by broadening its programming to include higher-profile films from a wider range of cult films from the comedy, sci-fi, fantasy genres, and more. However, the rebrand did not take affect as originally planned and will take place at a later date in 2011.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Category B specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
consisting of programming devoted to low-budget B movie
B movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
s primarily from the horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
genres. The channel is owned by Dieter Kohler through The Cult Movie Channel Inc. The channel launched in Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
in December 2010 on MTS TV
Manitoba Telecom Services
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. , or MTS , formerly Manitoba Telephone System, is the primary telecommunications carrier in the Canadian province of Manitoba and the fourth largest telecommunications provider in Canada with 7000 employees...
.
According to the channel's website, the channel was scheduled to undergo a rebrand in the summer of 2011 by introducing a new logo, on-air presentation, and programming by broadening its programming to include higher-profile films from a wider range of cult films from the comedy, sci-fi, fantasy genres, and more. However, the rebrand did not take affect as originally planned and will take place at a later date in 2011.