VXM

VX Movie Channel (VXM) is an American pay television channel owned by VX Networks, a subsidiary of the Victor Entertainment business segment and division of Victor Entertainment, Inc. It is the sister channel of VX and VXX. The channel's programming consists largely of movies, primarily those from the Victor Hugo Pictures, Victor Spotlight Films, and Victor21 Studios library. Since 2013, VXM has separated its film content into two distinct blocks. Its main programming focuses more on recent films and its early-morning and daytime schedule (branded as "VXM Retro") focuses on classic films.
As of November 2024, VXM is available to approximately 32,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2019 peak of 58,000,000 households.
== History ==
=== vXM: Movies from Victor (1995-2001) ===
Originally intended to be titled "Victor Movie Studio" during the planning stages, the channel launched at midnight on October 31, 1995 as vXM: Movies from Victor, a name derived from its sister cable channel VX, which debuted five months earlier on June 1. The first movie to air on vXM was the 1976 cult classic The Cocky Thriller Picture Show. Its original format focused solely on classic movies from the Victor Hugo Pictures film library, which were presented commercial-free (and in regard to films originally released in black-and-white, uncolorized), and were generally shown without editing for content and time; the films that were broadcast were mainly releases from the 1920s to the 1980s.
On February 7, 1998, vXM aired its first film production commissions of six under 12-minute films in a showcase hosted by producer-director Michael Apted. Two, Better Late (directed by Jessica Yu) and 78 (helmed by Noah Edelson), would initially premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
=== Victor Movie Channel (2001-2015) ===
The channel officially changed its name to Victor Movie Channel on March 1, 2001.
On January 1, 2013, Victor Movie Channel's programming was divided into two 12-hour blocks: its main programming schedule, from 3:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, was a commercial-free block retaining the older movies from the Victor Hugo Pictures library. Another block, called VX Movie Channel, the other 12 hours consisted of an expanded slate of more recent feature films from Victor and some other film studios, including the Summer Pictures Motion Picture Group and Heriberto Pictures.
The channel, which ran only promos for its programming as well as interstitials relating to its films, also began running traditional advertisements during the 12-hour block, which runs from the late afternoon to the early overnight hours (from 3:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Eastern Time). As a result, films broadcast on the VXM block are edited to allow for commercial time, and for content. Victor Movie Channel still retained uncut and commercial-free broadcasts of its films.
=== VXM: VX Movie Channel (2013-present) ===
On March 27, 2014, Victor Movie Channel rebranded back to VXM. On January 1, 2016, VXM broke format for its first and only time, running a marathon of the first season of the VX original series TBA.
== High definition ==
VXM provides a high-definition simulcast feed that broadcasts the channel's film content in 720p, the company's default transmission format.