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Published on: 1/27/2003
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The announcement was made today by Bruce Tuchman, Executive Vice President, MGM Networks, and Barry Wilson, Managing Director, UPC Nederland.
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Mr. Wilson underlines the significance of the cooperation between MGM and the Dutch cable operator: "Again our customers benefit from our continuous efforts to increase choice within our UPC Digital offering.We are very proud that with the MGM Channel, an enormous treasure of modern film titles will become available to our customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week."The MGM Movie Channel plans to present round-the-clock offerings from MGM's celebrated 4,000-title library, the largest modern film library in the world, including "Annie Hall," "Bull Durham," "The Fortune Cookie," "Last Tango in Paris," "The Manchurian Candidate," "Midnight Cowboy," "The Misfits," "Moonstruck," "Network," "Paths of Glory" and "The Pink Panther."The channel is expected during the first quarter of 2003 and will also be made available to other Dutch cable operators.Distribution of MGM's channel in Holland will join the Company's growing stable of worldwide network interests in over 90 countries, including branded channels in Latin America, Europe, India, Israel, Turkey and New Zealand, as well as the Middle East and South Korea.In October 2002, MGM announced the planned launch of a customized channel in Germany which is anticipated to debut on the Premiere Pay TV platform during the second quarter of 2003.In the last year, MGM has grown by four-fold the number of territories in which it has established a channel presence.