Showtime Movie Channels is an Australian pay-TV movie service, available on the Foxtel, Optus and Austar TV platforms, the service consists of five original channels (showtime premiere, showcase, showtime action, showtime comedy, showtime drama), three HD simulcasts (showtime premiere HD, showcase HD, showtime action HD) and two timeshift channels (showtime two, showcase two). It is owned and operated by the Premium Movie Partnership (PMP), a joint venture in which Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBC Universal, Viacom, News Corporation and Liberty Global have equal shares. Foxtel took over managing and producing the Showtime channels as of 31 October 2012, with it purchasing assets of the PMP. It is currently unknown what percentage of the company is owned by Foxtel and what is still owned by the original owners. The main competitor to Showtime is Movie Network.
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