| 词条 | Home Theater Network |
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| name = Home Theater Network | logofile = File:Home Theater Network logo.jpg | logosize = 240px | logocaption = | logo2 = | launch = {{Start date and age|1978|9|1}} | closed date = {{End date and age|1987|1|31}} | picture format = 480i (SDTV) | owner = Group W Satellite Communications | slogan = | country = United States | language = English | broadcast area = Nationwide | headquarters = | former names = | replaced names = | replaced by names = The Travel Channel | sister names = | timeshift names = | web = }} Home Theater Network (HTN) was an American premium cable television network that was owned by Group W Satellite Communications. Targeted at a family audience, the channel focused primarily on theatrically released motion pictures, along with travel interstitials that aired between select films. HistoryHome Theater Network launched on September 1, 1978. The service operated initially for four hours a day, and later expanded its schedule to 12 hours a day; HTN was notable for airing non-exclusive G and PG-rated films (prior to 1984, when the PG-13 rating was first introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America). The channel boasted a policy of not running R-rated feature films (predating the launch of family-oriented multiplex services by HBO and Showtime that also omitted R-rated films from their schedules), and marketed itself as a lower-priced alternative to HBO, Cinemax, Showtime (which Group W later owned in part, making HTN a de facto sister network to Showtime from 1982, when it acquired TelePrompTer Corporation, to 1983) and The Movie Channel. Prior to The Disney Channel's April 1983 launch, Walt Disney Pictures licensed select live-action films to many premium cable networks (including HBO, Showtime and Spotlight); as a result, HTN featured Disney fare such as Freaky Friday, Snowball Express, Pete's Dragon, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and The North Avenue Irregulars. Other films that HTN featured included Xanadu and The Private Eyes. In addition, the channel showcased travel-related programming as filler between films, billing these segments as "The Travel Channel". From 1984 to 1985, Home Theater Network aired a live 90-minute call-in trivia program called Movie Talk America, in a Thursday primetime timeslot that was typically used to broadcast feature films. Hosted by Earle Ziff, the popular program would feature live calls from viewers as they competed for various prizes, as well as celebrity interviews and promotions for upcoming programs to be seen on HTN. In October 1986, Group W Satellite Communications announced that it would shut down the network, citing a lack of subscriber growth despite a positive cash flow. Home Theater Network shut down on January 31, 1987, and Group W sold the transponder slot on Satcom 3-R and the "Travel Channel" name to Trans World Airlines to launch the present-day basic cable channel now known as the Travel Channel.[1] See also
References1. ^{{cite news|title=Broadcasting Magazine|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC/BC%201986/BC-1986-10-27.pdf|accessdate=6 March 2011|date=October 27, 1986}} {{U.S. premium television services (defunct)}}{{US-tv-stub}} 6 : Defunct American television networks|Television channels and stations established in 1978|Television channels and stations disestablished in 1987|Commercial-free television networks|Movie channels|Westinghouse Broadcasting |
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