24 Facts About MGM Television

Since May 31, 2006, MGM Television has resumed sole production and distribution of its programs on television.

MGM Television has rejoined the first-run syndication market for the first time in many years with Paternity Court.

MGM Television took bids for its movie library in 1956 from Lou Chesler, PRM, Inc owner and others.

MGM Television then offered three-year term leases of film series, Andy Hardys Maisies and Dr Kildares to TV film distributors.

MGM Television-TV was started with the hiring of Bud Barry to head up the operation in June 1956.

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MGM Television-TV was to distribute its 770 films to TV, TV production and purchasing TV stations.

MGM Television-TV began producing commercials by April 1957 creating ads for Knickerbocker and Standard Oil of Indiana.

MGM Television-TV denied the charges as the stations have the options of 3; 100 film groups licensed for 2 years with three runs, 2 different 350 packages with rights for 3 to 4 years and unlimited runs, the full library for seven years with unlimited runs.

MGM Television-TV was in negotiation with California National Productions, NBC's syndicated distribution subsidiary, for a deal to place two series into syndication.

MGM Television later left the studio to join 20th Century-Fox Television.

In late 1960, MGM Television received a contract with NBC to obtain two series, that was on the air.

In 1997, MGM Television bought Orion Pictures Corporation, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, and Motion Picture Corporation of America from Metromedia.

In March 2001, MGM Television signed a multi-year international distribution deal for the NBC Studios catalog including current and future programs.

In 2005, MGM Television was purchased by a consortium which includes the Sony Corporation, Comcast and private equity investors.

MGM Television started entering the TV network and cable channel field in the mid-2000.

MGM Television started with This TV, a joint venture network with Weigel Broadcasting, launched on November 1, 2006.

MGM Television was partnering on KIN TV, an African-American subchannel, with Lee Gaither of Basil Street Media and was involved in the launch of TV One, an African-American cable network, shopping it to stations in late 2011.

MGM Television formed a TV finance and distribution entity, Orion TV Production.

In November 2016, MGM Television formed Gato Grande Productions, a joint venture with Mexican entrepreneurs Miguel Aleman and Antonio Cue.

On October 31, 2015, MGM launched a new digital television network with Sinclair Broadcast Group known as Comet, with a focus on science fiction and related genres.

On July 18, 2017, MGM Television acquired Evolution Media, a non-scripted studio best known for the Real Housewives franchise.

In July 2017, MGM Television announced that it would revive the Stargate franchise with a new, digital-exclusive series, Stargate Origins, as part of a new subscription streaming service known as Stargate Command launched in third quarter 2017.

MGM Television launched two more subchannel networks in late 2016 and early 2017.

MGM Television was seeking other cable providers to carry the channel.