Encore is an American premium television channel featuring mainly older and recent blockbuster motion pictures. It is owned by Liberty Starz. The headquarters of Encore and its sister channels Starz and MoviePlex are located on the Meridian International Business Center complex in Meridian, Colorado.
As of May 2011, Encore's programming is available to 33.1 million subscribers in the United States, which is larger than Starz's subscriber base of 18.8 million subscribers, due to Encore's penetration via subscribers of Starz and digital cable and satellite providers that offer Encore and its multiplex channels under a separate package from Starz. As such, satellite and some cable providers will sell Encore to non-Starz subscribers, though the two channels are typically sold as a package.
Encore launched on April 1, 1991 at 9 p.m. ET on four TCI cable systems (both it and Liberty Media were controlled by John Malone); the channel debuted with an introduction by founder John Sie, who served as the president of the network from its launch until 1999 and CEO until his retirement in 2004, which was then followed by Encore's first film telecast, the 1980 film 9 to 5, starring Jane Fonda,
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