Overview
Movie content consists mainly of selections from 20th Century Fox's library of releases through the 1990s and movies produced exclusively for television between 3 A.M. and 3 P.M. EST (12 A.M. and 12 P.M. PST). Widescreen versions of older films are shown whenever available. Typically, older movies air during the daytime; more recent films, in the evening prime time. Other programming consists mainly of commentaries about the featured films, often from Fox Entertainment CEO Thomas Rothman.
The channel, originally titled "Fox Movie Studio" during the planning stages, was launched on October 31, 1994 as fXM: Movies from Fox. The current name became official on March 1, 2000. Its primary competitors are Time Warner's Turner Classic Movies, Metro Goldwyn Mayer's MGM HD, and Sony Pictures Entertainment's Sony Movie Channel, each of which likewise features films from its respective owner's inventory.
The Fox Movie Channel is available as Fox Movies in the Arab world, where it is an ad-supported network, and often broadcasts partially censored or cut material.
Since January 1, 2012, at 3 p.m. ET every day, Fox Movie Channel becomes FXM (FX Movie Channel), which airs newer movies, edited for content and including commercials. The rest of the time, movies will air uncut without commercials.
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