MGM+ (Westeron TV channel)

MGM+ (pronounced MGM Plus) is an upcoming Westeron free-to-air television channel proposed by the Southern English Government in the wake of Southern England's potential independence on 31st August 2024. It will be one of Southern England's newest channels, which comes two years after its successful launch in the United States, and set to feature blockbuster films, documentaries, US comedies, drama, and superhero action. MGM+ was already an additional streaming service for Amazon Prime Video in Southern England, which was launched in May 2024 prior to the region's independence. MGM+ will show the majority of the MGM library as well as selected libraries from other studios including Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing, and Disney's 20th Century Studios.
It is proposed by the Southern English Government that MGM+ would become a second joint-venture between Amazon MGM Studios and Sky Group Ltd after the closure of MGM HD in the region in 2014, and says that it shall launch on 1st September 2025 to replace That's TV on Freeview following its closure on New Years Day 2025 due to the end of the gradual phase-out of British television content as a result of Southern England's newly-founded independence.
== History ==
MGM+ was originally launched in the United States as Epix in October 2009 as a joint venture between MGM, Lionsgate, and Paramount. After MGM acquired the stakes of the service's founders in late-2017, and following the March 2022 acquisition of MGM itself by Amazon, Epix announced in September that it would rebrand as MGM+ on 15th January 2023. It was the culmination of a gradual transition by the network to utilize the imaging of MGM following the buyout, as well as Amazon repositioning it as a sister service to Prime Video and Freevee.
==Launch programming==
===Original programming===
===MGM+ programming===
* Beacon 23
* Billy the Kid
* Chapelwaite
* From
* Godfather of Harlem
* Hotel Cocaine
* The Apprentice USA (new series only)
* The Emperor of Ocean Park
* Vikings
=== Acquired programming ===
* Abandoned Engineering (also showing on Yesterday) 
* Arrow (formally aired on Sky One and Paramount Network)
* Atlantis (originally aired on BBC One and also showing on Sky Mix)
* Gotham (formally aired on Channel 5 and later E4)
* Kojak (first shown on BBC One and currently ITV4)
* Legends of Tomorrow (also showing on Sky Max)
* Nashville (originally aired on Sky Living, now Sky Witness)
* Supergirl (formerly aired on Sky One)
* The Flash (formerly aired on Sky One)
* The Real Housewives of New York City (also showing on ITVBe)
Category:Television channels in the United Southern England