Encore, MGM/UA team for international channels; joint venture will create movie channels for India and Southeast Asia. (Encore Media Corp, MGM/UA Telecommunications Inc.)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 1996 by Colman, Price

Joint venture will create movie channels for India and Southeast Asia Encore Media Corp. and MGM/UA Telecommunications have signed a 50-50 joint venture to launch branded movie channels in India and Southeast Asia. The joint venture, called MGM Gold Networks (Asia), plans to roll out two channels--MGM Gold and MGM Superstation--via cable in August.

The channels will feature MGM and United Artists films such as "Rocky," "Rain Man," "Moonstruck" and "A Fish Called Wanda" as well as television series such as Fame, In the Heat of the Night, thirtysomething and The Outer Limits. The joint venture also plans to offer all of MGM/UA's output, such as "Get Shorty" and "The Birdcage," once the titles have gone through typical pay or broadcast television cycles....

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