Sky Cinema

**Sky Cinema**, formerly **Sky Movies**, is a group of British pay television movie television channels owned by Sky, a part of Comcast. It is broadcast on Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable. The on demand movies can be watched on these and also Now TV, BT TV and TalkTalk TV.

The first Sky Cinema (then Sky Movies) channel started as one of the four Sky satellite channels on 5 February 1989. The first movie shown was _Dirty Dancing_. The channel became a paid channel for on 5 February 1990. Over time, many different channels with the "Sky Movies" name were started. From 2007, they were grouped by genre (such as "Sky Movies Comedy" or "Sky Movies Action"). Sky Movies changed its name to "Sky Cinema" in 2016.

## Current channels

|Channels|Temporary channel re-brands|
| --- | --- |
|Sky Cinema Premiere|N/A|
|Sky Cinema Select|Sky Cinema Adventure Sky Cinema Blockbusters Sky Cinema Classics Sky Cinema Cops & Robbers Sky Cinema DC Heroes Sky Cinema Feel Good Sky Cinema Harry Potter Sky Cinema Lord of the Rings Sky Cinema Musicals Sky Cinema Spooky Sky Cinema Star Wars Sky Cinema Superheroes Sky Cinema Tom Hanks Sky Cinema Transformers Sky Cinema Twilight Sky Cinema Westerns Sky Cinema Will Smith|
|Sky Cinema Hits|Sky Cinema DC Heroes Sky Cinema Fast & Furious Sky Cinema Matt Damon Sky Cinema Megahits Sky Cinema Pirates of the Caribbean Sky Cinema Pixar Sky Cinema Spooky|
|Sky Cinema Greats|Sky Cinema Back to the Future Sky Cinema Brits Sky Cinema Denzel Washington Sky Cinema Harry Potter Sky Cinema Lord of the Rings Sky Cinema Jurassic Sky Cinema M:I (Mission Impossible) Sky Cinema Musicals Sky Cinema Oscars Sky Cinema Pets Sky Cinema Pirates of the Caribbean Sky Cinema School's Out Sky Cinema Spies Sky Cinema Star Trek Sky Cinema Star Wars Sky Cinema Superheroes Sky Cinema Tom Cruise Sky Cinema Tom Hanks Sky Cinema Villains Sky Cinema Wizarding World|
|Sky Cinema Animation||
|Sky Cinema Family|Sky Cinema Animation Sky Cinema Fairy Tales Sky Cinema Harry Potter Sky Cinema Kids Books|
|Sky Cinema Disney|Sky Cinema Pixar|
|Sky Cinema Action|Sky Cinema Action Men Sky Cinema Heroes Sky Cinema Wonder Women|
|Sky Cinema Comedy|Sky Cinema Adam Sandler Sky Cinema April Fools|
|Sky Cinema Thriller|Sky Cinema Bourne Sky Cinema Heists Sky Cinema Spies|
|Sky Cinema Drama|Sky Cinema Christmas Sky Cinema Julia Roberts Sky Cinema True Stories Sky Cinema Valentine Sky Cinema Weddings Sky Cinema Women in Film|
|Sky Cinema Sci-Fi & Horror|Sky Cinema Aliens Sky Cinema Halloween Sky Cinema Monsters Sky Cinema Sky-Fi Sky Cinema Star Wars|

## Infobox (television channel)

- **name**: Sky Cinema
- **former names**: Sky Movies (1989–2016)
- **picture format**: 2160p UHDTV

- **replaced**: The Power Station (TV channel), The Power Station on the British Satellite Broadcasting, BSB service
- **owner**: Sky Group (Comcast)
- **sat serv 1**: Sky UK, Sky
- **sat chan 1**: Channels 301–312 (SD/HD)
Channels 842, 846–851, 898 (SD)
On Demand (Sky), On Demand
- **cable serv 1**: Virgin Media <small>(UK)</small>
- **cable chan 1**: Channels 401–412 (HD)
On Demand (Sky), On Demand
- **cable serv 2**: Virgin Media Ireland, Virgin Media <small>(Ireland)</small>
- **cable chan 2**: Channels 301–309, 312, 318, 320
Channels 331–342 (HD)
- **iptv serv 1**: TalkTalk TV
- **iptv chan 1**: Channels 501–511 (SD)
On Demand (Sky), On Demand
- **iptv serv 2**: Eir (telecommunications), Eir Vision
- **iptv chan 2**: Channels 301, 303–312 (SD)
- **iptv serv 3**: BT TV (via Now TV (Sky), Now TV)
- **iptv chan 3**: Channels 500–511 (SD)
Channels 514–525 (HD)
On Demand (Sky), On Demand
- **online serv 1**: Sky Go
- **online chan 1**: [http://go.sky.com/ Watch live] (UK & Ireland only)
- **online serv 2**: Now TV (Sky), Now TV
- **online chan 2**: [http://www.nowtv.com/ Watch live] (UK and Ireland only)
- **online serv 3**: Virgin TV Anywhere
- **online chan 3**: [http://anywhere.virginmedia.com/ Watch live] (UK only)
- **replaced names**: Sky Cinema Disney (2017-20)
Sky Cinema +1 (2017-22)
Sky Two (2007-2020)
Sky Cinema Disney +1 (31 January 2016-13 March 2020)