Comcast, Sony to Debut New Horror Channel
Apr 10th, 2006 | by Neil Barton | Posted in entertainment, tv | Comments Off
Comcast Corp. and Sony Pictures Entertainment will unveil a new horror and thriller network this Halloween through video-on-demand, the first collaboration between the two companies under a deal to create new cable channels.
The as-yet-unnamed channel, to be announced Monday at National Cable & Television Association’s annual The National Show conference in Atlanta, will feature over 1,000 horror and thriller movies and TV shows from the Sony/MGM libraries including “Silence of the Lambs,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and “Panic Room.”
The channel, to be offered free to digital subscribers, will feature at least 20 films and some TV series, comprising 40 to 70-plus hours of programming. A quarter of the content will be changed every two weeks.
The channel will be supported by advertising targeting the highly desirable youth-to-young-professional market. Ad revenue will be shared by Comcast and Sony Pictures of Culver City, Calif.
