Showtime Anytime is an American premium television network owned by Paramount Media Networks, and is the flagship property of the namesake parent subsidiary under its Premium Network Group unit, Showtime Anytime Networks.
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30 Facts About Showtime Anytime
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Showtime Anytime is sold independently of traditional and over-the-top multichannel video programming distributors a la carte through Apple TV Channels and Amazon Video Channels, which feature VOD library content and live feeds of Showtime Anytime's linear television services .
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The first program to be broadcast on Showtime Anytime was Celebration, a concert special featuring performances by Rod Stewart, Pink Floyd and ABBA.
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In 1990, Showtime Anytime ventured into acquiring and premiering independent films exclusively for the channel as part of the 30-Minute Movie short film anthology series.
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The following year in 2001, Showtime Anytime became one of the first cable networks to launch a high definition simulcast feed ; Showtime Anytime began to provide Dolby Digital 5.
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In 1991, after HBO and Cinemax debuted the first premium television multiplex service in the United States, Showtime Anytime followed with the testing of its own secondary service – Showtime Anytime 2 – on October 1 of that year.
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Showtime Anytime HD is a high definition simulcast feed of Showtime Anytime that broadcasts in the 1080i resolution format.
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Showtime streaming service is identical to Showtime Anytime; it offers a back catalog of episodes of various past and present Showtime original series, feature films and documentaries, and sports events and analysis programs.
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Unlike HBO Now, Showtime Anytime provides live streams of the East and West Coast television feeds of the linear Showtime Anytime channel .
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Showtime Anytime would continue to be offered as a standalone service and application.
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Main Showtime Anytime network carried, unusually for a premium channel, news programming; the now-defunct All News Channel produced 90-second long news updates for Showtime Anytime in the early 1990s .
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Signature feature of Showtime Anytime was a late-night block known as Showtime Anytime After Hours, which featured softcore pornographic films and original series.
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Showtime Anytime did not have set start or end times for the block, as they varied depending on the mainstream feature films – and original series on certain nights – that aired prior to and following it, and depended on the number of programs and programs in particular that were scheduled to air within the block.
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Films that Showtime Anytime has pay cable rights to will usually run on The Movie Channel and Flix during the period of its term of licensing.
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In 1986, Showtime Anytime signed an agreement with Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group; its contract with Walt Disney Pictures expired after 1992, while output deals with Touchstone and Hollywood expired after 1996.
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In 2006, Showtime Anytime entered into a partial deal with Rogue Pictures to broadcast select films released by the studio .
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Future of Showtime Anytime was put into question after negotiations to renew film output deals with Paramount Pictures, MGM, and Lions Gate Entertainment broke down, due to the failure between the studios and Showtime Anytime to agree on licensing fees for movies from the channel's three largest film distributors.
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Showtime Anytime operates Showtime Anytime PPV, which broadcasts boxing matches and other select event programming for pay-per-view.
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In 2004, Showtime Anytime began broadcasting all domestic fights telecast on the channel in high definition.
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In December 2006, Showtime Anytime announced a deal to broadcast mixed martial arts matches from the then-newly formed Elite Xtreme Combat, an MMA organization formed by Showtime Anytime Networks and ProElite, Inc, with all events broadcast under the banner ShoXC; the league folded two years later in 2008.
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In February 2009, mixed martial arts promotion Strikeforce announced a three-year broadcast agreement with Showtime Anytime, allowing it to broadcast up to 16 events per year, as well as a deal with sister network CBS for an option to produce up to four events for that network; Strikeforce ended its run on Showtime Anytime when the league folded in January 2013.
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In 2011, Showtime Anytime expanded its MMA programming by televising events produced by M-1 Global, the Russian PTC company of popular Strikeforce fighter Fedor Emelianenko.
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In November 2012, Showtime Anytime debuted a sports-themed spinoff of CBS' long-running newsmagazine 60 Minutes, titled 60 Minutes Sports.
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Showtime Anytime programming is distributed in selected countries through localized versions of Paramount+, including Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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SkyShowtime Anytime is a joint-venture between Paramount Global and Comcast's Sky Group that combines programming from the corporations' Paramount+ and Peacock services.
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SkyShowtime Anytime launched in European markets where Sky does not operate their satellite and cable services, with viewers in countries like the United Kingdom and Ireland getting access to both Paramount+ and Peacock on their Sky Q and NOW boxes along with Sky Glass television sets instead.
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