KEEPING IT REELZ
In this media-saturated world it’s more than a little difficult to get yourself noticed. But after six years of hard work and some good timing, Rod Perth and Stanely Hubbard have managed to get their new breed of movie channel eaten up by DirecTV and EchoStar’s Dish Network. According to Perth, this means that the September 27th debut of ReelzChannel will be “the biggest launch in the history of a cable and satellite network.” Talk about one monumental baby-step.
The channel, that claims to love movies as much as you do, has set itself apart from other movie channels such as Showtime, HBO, and Starz, by its programming. It is a movie channel that doesn’t show movies but shows about movies and everything movie related. Movie news, movie trivia, movie interviews and exposes–these are the types of shows in the fall line-up; the programs poised to make ReelzChannel into the ESPN of movies. And it just might work. Based off preliminary descriptions from their website, the shows look like they’ll appeal to a whole gambit of film lovers: from art and indie to the cult and blockbuster. But will they catch? We’ll have to wait one month ’til kick-off.
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