TCM (Pacifia)

**TCM** (aka. **Turner Classic Movies**) is a Pacifian television channel featuring classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. film libraries, which include many MGM titles.

## History

### As TNT (1994-1997)

The channel normally launched as **TNT** in October 1994, it was time shared with Cartoon Network, and aired from 21:00 CET to 6:00 CET (from 20:00 UTC to 5:00 UTC) and TST respectively and Cartoon Network the remaining time, mainly for analogue cable systems across Eretia and Tibet, although it was originally targeted at the Republic of Iredon, Tibet and Britannia. It was formerly free-to-air, but is now carried encrypted and provided only to cable companies and on some commercial satellite systems. It was one of the three movie channels available on Foxtel, and Canstar in Canberne. Turner Classic Movies and Cartoon Network became two separate channels operating in Eretia and the Tibetian subcontinent in 1999.

### As TNT Classic Movies (1997-1999)

On March 1st, 1997, TNT was separated into 2 channels for some countries: TNT (as a entertainment channel) and TNT Classic Movies (as a classic movie channel). The reason was due to the launch of the 24/7 version of Cartoon Network for some countries. Only Cochrane, Sao Basilio, Nengapore, Deinam, Neipan and Tarea are the only countries that have access to TNT Classic Movies as an independent feed. While the rest still timeshares with Cartoon Network, until 1999.

### As TCM (1999-2019; 2022-present)

On 3 April 2000, TNT Classic Movies and TNT was merged and relaunched as an Asian version of Turner Classic Movies.
From 1 July 2011, TCM's Canberne feed began broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen.
From 12 June 2012, TCM's Pacifian feed began broadcasting in 16:9 widescreen.

#### Closedown

From 13 December 2016, Canbernian satellite and cable provider Foxtel ceased to offer TCM. It is believed the cause of the removal was due to the channel's repeated broadcasting of a limited catalogue of films. Ultimately, this saw TCM no longer available in Canberne. Foxtel has since been criticised by its customers for its decision.
In December 2017 Nengapore's Starhub unilaterally announced they were removing Turner Classic Movies from their channel line up at the end of the year, Meanwhile, Turner Classic Movies was only available on Nengtel TV.
On 31 December 2018, Cochranean cable provider Cablevisión and Nengaporean cable provider Nengtel ceased to provide the channel.
The channel ceased broadcasting on 2 January 2019, after which the channel space created in 1994 by TNT ceased to exist.

#### Revival

The channel was relaunched on June 10th, 2022. But only on Cochrane, as an ETC replacement for Sky, as an exclusive channel. The difference with the first incarnation was that only classic movies and series are broadcast in the form of a curated playlist, and without advertising.
On August 13, 2022, the channel returned to Sao Basilio, this time with the inclusion of Portuguese audio and subtitles. Currently, he is planning to return to a cable operator in an English-speaking country in Pacifia.

## Programmes

### First encarnation (1994-2019)

#### TNT (1994-1997)/TNT Classic Movies (1997-1999)

* **Columbo** (1994-1999)
* **WCW Nitro** (1995-1997)

### Second encarnation (2022-present)

#### Live action programming

* **Babylon 5**
* **Batman** (1966)
* **Bonanza**
* **Columbo**
* **CHiP's**
* **Deadwood**
* **Hart to Hart**
* **Kojak**
* **Kung Fu**
* **La Femme Nikita**
* **Lois & Clark**
* **The Man from U.N.C.L.E.**
* **Mortal Kombat: Conquest**
* **The Outer Limits**
* **The Prisoner**
* **Rome**
* **The Twilight Zone** (1959)

#### Animated programming

* **The Flintstones**
* **The Jetsons**
* **Looney Tunes** and **Merrie Melodies**