The Movie Channel Pre-Launch Promo1991
This promo highlights the movies coming up on this new channel
The Movie Channel Launch1991
The Movie Channel was launched in 1991 as part of the new 5 channel BskyB network, following the merger with BSB.
Note that this is not affiliated with the US pay TV service "The Movie Channel"
NBC Monday Night at the Movies1987 Spot the difference between this NBC 1987 sequence and The Movie Channel ident from 1991
The NBC ident was produced by PDI - Pacific Data Images, now PDI/Dreamworks
The Movie Channel Ident1995
This was The Movie Channel's first ident in 1995, only shown for a week or so, the computer animation looks like it wasn't quite ready when you compare it to the version below
The Movie Channel Ident1995
The ‘tombstone’ corporate look was introduced in October 1995, here’s how it looked on The Movie Channel
The Movie Channel Ident1996
Another tweak to the corporate look in 1996, with new colourways in gold for all of Sky’s movie channels
Sky Movies Screen 2 Ident1997
The Movie Channel was rebranded Sky Movies Screen 2 in September 1997
Sky Movies Screen 2 Ident (short version)1997
A shorter version of the ident used before half hour programmes
Sky Moviemax1998 Sky Movies Screen 2 was rebranded Sky Moviemax on September 10th 1998. Sky wanted to reflect each of the channel's own personality by creating individual idents, and not following one corporate look as seen in previous years.
The look was designed and produced by broadcast design specialist Pittard Sullivan in the US
With the launch of Sky Digital in 1998, Sky added three more Moviemax channels...
