True Movies 2
True Movies 2 | |
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Launched | 20 March 2006 |
Closed | 30 September 2016 |
Owned by | Sony Pictures Television |
Audience share | 0.04% (September 2015 , BARB) |
Sister channel(s) |
Chart Show Hits Chart Show TV Flava Kix Movies4Men Pop Scuzz Sony Channel Sony Movie Channel Starz TV Tiny Pop True Crime True Drama True Entertainment True Movies 1 The Vault |
Website | www.truemovies.com |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Freesat | Channel 303 |
Sky | Channel 322 |
Eutelsat 28A | 11307 V 27500 2/3 |
True Movies 2 was a satellite and cable television film channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland, it wss available on Freesat channel 303 and Sky channel 322, and is the second channel from Moving Movies Ltd., majority owned by CSC Media Group (formerly Chart Show Channels). It was launched on 20 March 2006 and was another channel from True Movies which was launched on 29 April 2005. True Movies 2 initially broadcast for two hours in the early morning, from 4am to 6am by timesharing with Pop, a children's cartoon channel. The service was later extended to 24 hours a day.
True Movies 2 was aimed especially at a female audience with its movies dedicated to true life dramas, which are mostly made-for-TV movies.
Reception of the channel did not require any special Sky or Freesat equipment nor subscription, any free to air receiver can pick up the channel. The channel was temporarily rebranded from 19 May to 2 June 2014 as True Murder. From 30 September 2016, the channel was replaced by True Movies +1.