ShortsTV
ShortsTV is a cable and satellite television channel dedicated to short film including Academy Award nominated short films.[3][4] It is franchise owned and operated by Shorts International and AMC Networks International.[2] The channel launched in Europe on November 26, 2008 and in the United States on February 17, 2010.[1] It is available in 40 million homes worldwide.[5][6]
ShortsTV | |
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Launched | 26 November 2008 (Europe) 17 February 2010 (United States)[1] 24 August 2018 (Latin America) |
Owned by | Shorts International (75%) AMC Networks International (25%)[2] |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Broadcast area | United States Europe |
Headquarters | London, England |
Website | shorts.tv (English) |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
DirecTV (US) | Channel 573 |
Dish Network (US) | Channel TBA |
Bell Satellite TV (Canada) | Channel TBA |
Telekom (Romania & Slovakia) | Channel 201 (Romania) Channel 312 (Slovakia) |
Cable | |
Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 125 (HD) |
Telenet (Belgium) | Channel 314 (Flanders) Channel 334 (Brussels) |
Caiway (Netherlands) | Channel 106 (HD) |
Serbia Broadband (Serbia) | Channel 175 |
DELTA (Netherlands) | Channel 312 |
IPTV | |
AT&T U-Verse (US) | Channel 1789 |
US Sonet (US) | Channel 292 |
CenturyLink (US) | Channel 1789 |
Frontier Communications (US) | Channel 1789 |
Google Fiber (US) | Channel 603 |
Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | Channel TBA |
Streaming media | |
Magine (Germany) | Magine |
Ziggo GO (Netherlands) | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Academy Award nominated shorts theatrical distribution
Starting in the 2000s ShortsTV has theatrically distributed all the Academy Award nominated short films.[3][4][7][8][9]
Programming
The channel broadcasts a selection of short films in a variety of genres in blocks of 30 and 60 minutes. Genres include comedy, animation and Stars in Shorts featuring short films with celebrity casts.[10] A compilation of a number of these short films was released theatrically September 28, 2012 under the title Stars in Shorts.[11]
Selected short films that have aired on ShortsTV
Short films airing on ShortsTV change frequently as per the ShortsTV schedule.[12]
- Trained (starring Yuri Rutman, Jenny Diamico, directed by Yuri Rutman)
- Steve (starring Colin Firth and Keira Knightley, directed by Rupert Friend)
- Impulse (starring Chris Masterson)
- Toyland
- We Were Once a Fairytale (directed by Spike Jonze, Starring Kanye West)
- Trailers from Hell (featuring contributions from Joe Dante, John Landis, Edgar Wright, Eli Roth, Rick Baker)
- The Death of Salvador Dali (starring Dita Von Teese)
- Airlock, or How to Say Goodbye in Space (starring Michael Sheen)
- Stingray (starring Mathew Horne)
- The Last Farm
- Cashback
- The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
- Badgered
- The Seed
- I Met the Walrus
- Mam (starring Josie Lawrence and Paul Barber, directed by Hugo Speer)
- Just One Drink
References
- "ShortsHD launches across U.S. with OmniBus Broadcast Engineering". Broadcastengineering.com. 2010-02-17.
- "Chellomedia acquires stake in short film company Shorts International" (PDF). Shortsinternational.com. 2008-02-15.
- Galas, Marjorie. "ShortsHD Brings Oscar Nominated Shorts To Theaters". La411.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10.
- Rome, Emily (2012-02-09). "Oscar-nominated shorts, coming to a theater near you".
- Gil, Billy (2011-05-05). "ShortsHD Launches on DirecTV5". Home Media Magazine.
- "ShortsHD Launches on DIRECTV". DirecTV. 2011-05-04. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01.
- Scott, A. O. (2009). "Oscar Shorts, Low-Hype and Sweet". The New York Times.
- Holden, Stephen (2012). "Three Programs in Oscar Nominated Short Films". The New York Times.
- Holden, Stephen (2013). "The Oscar Nominated Short Films". The New York Times.
- Vasquez, Dorothy Burk (2012-10-18). "'Stars in Shorts' Makes Short Films Attractive to Viewers Worldwide". PopMatters.
- Holden, Stephen (2012-09-26). "Anti-Epic Flirts and Jokes 'Stars in Shorts,' with Judi Dench and Colin Firth". The New York Times.
- "Shorts TV Schedule".