Montalvo Premium

**Montalvo Premium** is an American premium pay cable and satellite network owned by Montalvo Television Networks. Montalvo Premium's channels primarily broadcasts theatrically released feature films, along with original series, softcore pornographic series and films, documentaries and special behind-the-scenes features.

## History

### As AM-Networks Premium

Due to AM-Ivanna being now a basic film cable network, AM-Networks made its second attempt in 2015 at a premium network with ten channels such as AM-Cineplex, AM-Cineplex 2.0, AM-Cineplex Latino, AM-Showcase, AM-Showcase Latino, AM-Famiplex, AM-LOL, AM-Grit, AM-Indie, and AM-Classics.

### As Montalvo Premium

Due to the Montalvo rebrand of HolCom Networks, Montalvo Premium rebrands HCN Premium, with a few channels having new names.

On February of 2020, MontalVue and Montalvo Premium are consolidating their content plans in order to make Montalvue Originals and Montalvo Premium Originals to be merged into being Montalvo Originals, starting with Once Upon a Time... In Miami: A Harmony Unleashed Production. It will stream on MontalVue two weeks before airing on Montalvo Premium. As for the Premium Content, they will move exclusively to MontalVue for all tiers (although the Free tier will include no live simulcast and limited Premium content and only all on-demand MP content will be streaming on the service for the Prime and Premium tiers, while the Premium tier will include the premium live channels.)

In addition to the consolidation, Montalvo Television Networks made deals with cable (Optimum, Comcast, Spectrum, DirecTV, etc.) and livestreaming services (YouTube TV, FuboTV, FrndlyTV, AT&T TV, T-Vision, Philo, Hulu, etc.) in order to give free access to MontalVue Premium only for Montalvo Premium cable subscriber.

## Channels

Formatted as a movie-centric service, It focuses on action, comedy, science fiction and horror films from the 1970s to the present (consisting of both mainstream and B movie releases). It also especially broadcast R-rated films during the daytime hours.
It is a channel aimed at Hispanic and Latino American audiences that largely serves as a Spanish language simulcast of Montalvo Premium Showcase, with the exception of some limited program substitutions and different network promotions featured in-between programs. Like its English channel, it airs original series, simulcasted series, miniseries, and occasional concert specials with a Spanish dub. However, unlike Cineplex, it airs Latin America produced original series and events.

## On Demand & Streaming

* Montalvo Play
	+ The Montalvo Television Networks TV Everywhere app (available through Android, Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, game consoles such as PlayStation and XBOX) and MontalvoPlay.com provides Live simulcasts of the ten networks that are also available to subscribers, depending on platform or mode of access. Adding the Premium Channels requires a subscription to one of the channel's participating television providers in order to access program content. Amid the new MontalVue/Montalvo Premium consolidated partnership, Premium content will be moved to MontalVue, making Montalvo Play only for basic TV network subscribers.
* MontalVue
	+ MontalVue, the OTT streaming service from Montalvo Television Networks available online and through apps for Android devices, Apple devices, Roku and Fire TV and game consoles will provide the ten channels, and on-demand content from Montalvo Premium through the Premium/Ad-Free tier of MontalVue (alongside the free access to All Elite Wrestling live and on-demand pay-per-view content).
* Montalvo Premium On Demand
	+ Montalvo Premium On Demand is its television video on demand service that is available to the channel's subscribers at no additional cost. It offers feature films from MTVNP's distribution partners and the network's original series, as well as original concert and stand-up comedy specials that were previously seen on the network. Its rotating program selection incorporates select new titles that are added each Friday, alongside existing program titles held over from the previous one to two weeks. It is available to Montalvo Premium cable subscribers.

## Movie Library

Most first-run film rights run under a deal for a partnership with Netflix since 2016. It has since expanded to air movies from other studios that has deals with other streaming platforms.

### First-run film rights

* Montalvo Releasing (including Hollowfox Filmworks, Ivanna The Movie, Chamar69, AARONfilms, etc.)
* Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (including Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Touchstone Pictures, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Searchlight Pictures and Disneynature)
* Universal Pictures (including DreamWorks Animation, Illumination Entertainment, Universal Animation Studios, Gramercy Pictures)
* Sony Pictures Entertainment (including Sony Pictures Animation, Aniplex, Funimation Films, Stage 6 Films)
* Shout! Factory (including Toei Company, Shout! Studios. GKIDS, Saban Brands)
* Relativity Media (including Rogue Pictures)
* Entertainment One (including Sierra Affinity, eOne Family Brands (through eOne Studios and eOne Animation) and Open Road Films)
* Lionsgate (including Lionsgate Premiere, Harmony Unleashed Production Committee (Lionsgate/Summit/Pantelion-distributed films only due to conflicts between HBO, Starz, and Epix until late 2018), Manga Entertainment)
* Cinema Management Group
* Millennium Films/Nu Image
* Neon
* YouTube Original Films
* Netflix
* Viz Media
* Sentai Filmworks
* Lantern Entertainment (including TWC-Dimension, Radius, Spyglass Media Group)
* A24
* United Artists Releasing
	+ Annapurna Pictures

### First-run simulcasts from other networks

* From HBO
	+ Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (including 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Animation, Blue Sky Studios, Searchlight Pictures, New Regency Productions, and Marvel Entertainment (X-Men & Fantastic Four films))
	+ Universal Pictures (including Universal Animation Studios, Illumination, Working Title Films, Focus Features, DreamWorks Pictures (except the Touchstone 2011-2016 deal))
	+ Warner Bros. Entertainment (including HBO Films, Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Animation Group, HBO Max)
	+ Lionsgate (including Summit Entertainment)
* From Showtime
	+ CBS Films
	+ IFC Films
	+ Miramax Films
	+ STX Entertainment
	+ Global Road Entertainment
	+ Anchor Bay Entertainment
	+ Magnolia Pictures
	+ WWE Studios
* From Starz
	+ Sony Pictures Entertainment (including Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classics, Destination Films, Stage 6 Films, Funimation, Aniplex)
	+ EuropaCorp
	+ Warren Miller Films
* From Epix
	+ Paramount Pictures (including Paramount Animation, Paramount Classics, Paramount Vantage, Insurge Pictures, Comedy Central Films, VH1 Films, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, and Paramount Players)
	+ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (including United Artists and Orion Pictures)
	+ Lionsgate (including Roadside Attractions, Mandate Pictures/Good Universe, Pantelion Films)
	+ Samuel Goldwyn Films