Sony Movies Action
Sony Movies Action is a British free-to-air TV channel which launched on 10 September 2019 on Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin.[1] It replaced Movies4Men. The channel is dedicated to showing action, war and western movies but also shows classic action television series.
| Sony Movies Action | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 10 September 2019 |
| Owned by | Sony Pictures Television |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland |
| Replaced | Movies4Men |
| Sister channel(s) | Pop Pop Max Sony Channel Sony Movies Sony Movies Classic Tiny Pop |
| Timeshift service | Sony Movies Action +1 |
| Website | sonymovies |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 40 |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 305 |
| Sky | Channel 323 Channel 324 (+1) |
| Astra 2F 28.2°E | 11306 V 27500 5/6 11306 V 27500 5/6 (+1) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 426 |
History
This channel replaced Movies4Men and Movies4Men +1. Sony Movies Action is available on Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin, but the timeshift service Sony Movies Action +1 is only on Sky. Sony Movies Action +1, launched on 25 February 2008, was briefly on Freeview back when it was still known as Movies4Men +1. The channel launched on 13 May 2019 on Freeview channel 48, but was closed the next month because True Entertainment (now Sony Channel) and True Movies (now Sony Movies Classic) were moving to the Local Multiplex. Movies4Men moved to 325 on Sky on May 3, 2012, but moved back to 323 on May 1, 2018 after 6 years.
The Sony Movies Action channel was first announced on 24 July 2019, when Movies4Men would be replaced by Sony Movies Action.
References
- Tolve, Christopher (30 July 2019). "Sony to launch UK's first free-to-air movie network, rebranding existing channels". The Drum. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
