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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (USA),Canada (Rogers Cable) |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English Spanish (viaSAP audio track) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Disney Entertainment (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Parent | FX Networks |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | October 31, 1994; 31 years ago (1994-10-31) |
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| Links | |
| Website | fxnow |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Service(s) | YouTube TV,Hulu + Live TV,Vidgo,FuboTV,DirecTV Stream,Sling TV |
FX Movie Channel (FXM) is an Americanpay television channel owned byFX Networks, LLC, a subsidiary of theDisney Entertainment business segment and division ofThe Walt Disney Company. It is the sister channel ofFX andFXX. The channel's programming consists largely of movies, primarily those from the library. Since 2012, FXM has separated its film content into two distinct blocks. Its main programming focuses more on recent films and its early-morning and daytime schedule (branded as "FXM Retro") focuses on classic films.
As of November 2023[update], FXM is available to approximately 32,000,000 pay television households in the United States, down from its 2019 peak of 58,000,000 households.[1]
In recent years, FXM's carriage has declined with the growth of streaming alternatives including its parent company'sDisney+, and has generally been depreciated by Disney in current retransmission consent negotiations with cable and streaming providers. Notably, the channel was removed in negotiations withCharter Spectrum in 2023 and withVerizon Fios in 2025.
Originally intended to be called "Fox Movie Studio" during the planning stages,[2] the channel launched at midnight on October 31, 1994, asfXM: Movies from Fox, a name derived from its sistercable channelFX, which launched five months earlier on June 1. The first movie to air on fXM was the 1975 filmThe Rocky Horror Picture Show.[3] Its original format focused solely on classic movies from the 20th Century Fox film library, which were presented commercial-free (and in regard to films originally released inBlack and white,uncolorized), and were generally shown without editing for content and time; the films that were broadcast were mainly releases from the 1920s to the 1980s.[3]
On February 7, 1997, FXM aired its first film production commissions of six under 12-minute films in a showcase hosted by producer-directorMichael Apted. Two,Better Late (directed by Jessica Yu) and78 (directed by Noah Edelson), would initially premiere at theSundance Film Festival.
The channel was rebranded asFox Movie Channel on March 1, 2000.[4]
On January 1, 2012, Fox Movie Channel's programming was divided into two 12-hour blocks: its main programming schedule, from 3:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, was a commercial-free block retaining the older movies from the 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures libraries. Another block, called FX Movie Channel, the other 12 hours consisted of an expanded slate of more recent feature films from Fox, Fox Searchlight and some other film studios, includingColumbia Pictures andUniversal Pictures.[5]
The channel, which ran onlypromos for its programming as well as interstitials relating to its films, also began running traditional advertisements during the 12-hour block, which runs from the late afternoon to the early overnight hours (from 3:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.Eastern Time). As a result, films broadcast on the FXM block are edited to allow for commercial time, and for content. Fox Movie Channel still retained uncut and commercial-free broadcasts of its films.[5]
On March 27, 2013, Fox Movie Channel was fully rebranded to FX Movie Channel (FXM).[6] On January 1, 2015, FXM ran amarathon of thefirst season of the FX original seriesFargo, marking the first time a non-film program had aired on the channel.[7]
FXM provides ahigh-definitionsimulcast feed that broadcasts the channel's film content in720p, the company's default transmission format.
