TORONTO – Bell Media’s The Movie Network has finalized a licensing agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that will see both first run theatrical titles and select library films air on The Movie Network and The Movie Network Encore.
The deal includes titles from Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Fox 2000 such as The Martian, Fantastic Four, The Peanuts Movie, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Maze Runner, which will be available to subscribers on all available platforms, including on-air, on demand, and on TMN Go. The agreement also permits Fox theatrical titles to be offered to subscribers of Movie Central in Western Canada until The Movie Network completes its national expansion later this year.
“Fox has an outstanding slate of new feature film titles, not only in the pay-television window, but currently in theatres and in production, plus an incredible collection of epic library titles,” said Tracey Pearce, Bell Media’s SVP specialty and pay, in the news release. “We’re thrilled to increase the volume of first-run features and classic movies for our subscribers, and continue to offer audiences the best value proposition for premium film and television content”.
