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library (including content from Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics and Destination Films among others), alongside films from other distributors, mainly from Millennium Films, Nu Image, Lionsgate Films and

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, which are broadcast unedited, and remastered in

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.Sony Television Plans to Launch Two New U.S. Channels
''Los Angeles Times'', July 5, 2010

Program blocks and theme weeks

A former program block on the channel is "Killer Mandays", a double feature of

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s on Monday nights. From November 6 – 12, 2011 the channel aired a week-long salute to Bollywood films.

Availability

Sony Movies is available nationally on Philo, DirecTV and

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, and regionally on AT&T U-Verse, Suddenlink, Optimum. DirecTV and Dish Network also offer "Sony Movie Channel Everywhere", which allows viewers to watch its movies through its website for no additional cost. The channel is also available through streaming for owners of the Sony Network Media Player.

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* {{U.S. movie television channels Television channels and stations established in 2010 Television networks in the United States Movie channels Sony Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Television Commercial-free television networks Cable television in the United States HD-only channels