Epix (TV Channel)
Epix (pronounced "epics") is an American hybrid television premium channel and subscription video on demand service that is operated by Studio 3 Partners – a joint venture of Viacom (specifically its subdivision Paramount Pictures), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Lions Gate Entertainment. Viacom handles operational support for the channel, including marketing and affiliate services, through its Viacom Media Networks division. The television channel features theatrically released motion pictures, documentaries, concert and comedy specials, boxing matches and mixed martial arts events.
As of December 2011, Epix's programming reaches 9.5 million pay television subscribers in the United States, therefore giving the channel the lowest subscriber tally among the major U.S. pay cable channels (far behind Showtime's 21.3 million pay subscribers). Epix (as well as its three multiplex channels, depending on the latter's carriage) are sold by pay television providers either as premium services or as part of a la carte digital movie tiers.