{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox television channel | name = AFN Movie | logo_size = | logo = | logo_caption = | founder = | launch_date = {{start date and age|2004|9|2}} | closed_date = {{end date and age|2026|3|22}} (via satellite) | picture_format = 1080i (HDTV) | country = United States | owner = American Forces Network | parent = | language = {{Plainlist| * English }} | area = United States military bases and family homes via IPTV distribution | headquarters = Riverside, California, U.S. | key_people = | sister_channels = {{collapsible list| * AFN Prime * AFN News * AFN Sports * AFN Sports 2 * AFN Spectrum * AFN Family }} | website = {{URL|https://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/ | MyAFN}} | availability_note = limited to U.S. military personnel in military bases | online_serv_1 = Affiliated Streaming Service | online_chan_1 = AFN Now | online_serv_2 = | online_chan_2 = }}
'''AFN Movie''' is a channel showcasing movies as well as film-oriented programming.
==History== In January 2003, AFN announced the creation of AFN Family and AFN Movie, scheduled to start in December 2003.<ref name="newAFN">{{cite news |last1=Emert |first1=Rick |title=Watch for 2 new AFN channels |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/2003-01-17/watch-for-2-new-afn-channels-1903411.html |access-date=August 23, 2025 |work=Stars and Stripes |date=January 17, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250719234031/https://www.stripes.com/news/2003-01-17/watch-for-2-new-afn-channels-1903411.html1 |archive-date=July 19, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> The launch of the two channels were delayed for technical reasons;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dougherty |first1=Kevin |title=AFN to delay start of 2 new TV channels |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/2003-11-09/afn-to-delay-start-of-2-new-tv-channels-1955636.html1 |access-date=August 23, 2025 |work=Stars and Stripes |date=November 9, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250719234534/https://www.stripes.com/news/2003-11-09/afn-to-delay-start-of-2-new-tv-channels-1955636.html1 |archive-date=July 19, 2025 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> and were announced in August 2004 to start on September 3; meanwhile, the channel had launched on satellites as a placeholder until the scheduled date.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Little |first1=Vince |url=https://www.stripes.com/migration/afn-set-to-air-olympics-add-family-and-movie-services-expand-spectrum-1.23142 |title=AFN set to air Olympics, add family and movie services, expand Spectrum |access-date=April 24, 2024 |work=Stars and Stripes |date=August 12, 2004|archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424115358/https://www.stripes.com/migration/afn-set-to-air-olympics-add-family-and-movie-services-expand-spectrum-1.23142 |url-status=live }}</ref> Broadcasts started ''de facto'' on September 2, but ''de jure'' on September 3; however, it still held provisional broadcasts for the length of the 2004 Summer Olympics, relaying events seen on CNBC and MSNBC.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Kevin |date=July 18, 2004 |title=New AFN channels first get Olympics |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/2004-07-18/new-afn-channels-first-get-olympics-1959337.html1 |website=Stars and Stripes}}</ref>
From the outset of the channel, the network has been targeted towards a predominantly adult audience. Like the other channels of the AFN network, it airs a mix of new releases (available two years after theatrical release) and other films from throughout the decades.<ref name="newAFN"/> Like American premium film channels, films air without commercial advertising and not in specific hour/half-hour blocks, with interstitial programming airing to fill the remainder of a timeslot if needed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/Hourglass/issues-archived/05Issues/hourglass03_30_05.pdf#page=8|title=AFN Family Schedule|date=March 30, 2005|work=The Kwajalein Hourglass: Volume 45|access-date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=January 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115060238/https://www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/Hourglass/issues-archived/05Issues/hourglass03_30_05.pdf#page=8|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2017, in line with other AFN networks, it converted to high definition.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Svan |first1=Jennifer |title=AFN to go high-definition by end of year after years of delay |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/afn-to-go-high-definition-by-end-of-year-after-years-of-delay-1.460902 |access-date=August 23, 2025 |work=Stars and Stripes |date=March 28, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=August 2, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802100748/https://www.stripes.com/news/afn-to-go-high-definition-by-end-of-year-after-years-of-delay-1.460902 |url-status=live }}</ref>
With AFN services moving from satellite distribution to IPTV streaming (including access to individual programs), the channel moved exclusively to that mode of distribution on March 22, 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFN to reduce satellite services in 2026; streaming option available now |url=https://www.army.mil/a/283541 |website=www.army.mil |access-date=August 23, 2025 |language=en |date=March 6, 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
Movie Category:Television channels and stations established in 2004 Category:Movie channels