Sky Movies launch Sky Movies Superheroes HD
This summer, Sky Movies is bringing customers a selection of the biggest and best superhero movies, all in one place, wherever and whenever they want to enjoy them with the launch of a pop-up channel Sky Movies Superheroes HD.
From 17th August to 1st September, Sky Movies Greats HD will become Sky Movies Superheroes HD, boasting an all-action collection of blockbusters, animations and documentaries including The Dark Knight Rises, Marvel's Avengers Assemble, X-Men: First Class and With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story, all available to enjoy on the channel, On Demand and on the move via Sky Go and Sky Go Extra.
The Sky Movies Superheroes HD line-up includes themed collections of movies such as:
Super Teams, Sunday 18th August and On Demand
X-Men: First Class, Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, The Incredibles and Fantastic Four
Dynamic Duos, Monday 19th August and On Demand
The Men In Black trilogy, Batman, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin and Dredd
Customers will also be able to enjoy collections from two of the biggest and best specialist studios on Sky Movies Superheroes / HD’s:
Marvel Day, Saturday 31st August and On Demand
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and Fantastic Four
DC Day, Sunday 1st September and On Demand
The Dark Knight Rises, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman Begins, Batman & Robin, Green Lantern and Masters of the Universe
Director of Sky Movies Ian Lewis said: “From iconic comic book heroes including Batman, Spider-Man and He-Man to cult heroes including Buffy The Vampire Slayer and the Men In Black, we’ve assembled an unbeatable line-up to keep Sky Movies customers entertained this summer on Sky Movies Superheroes HD, all ready to spring in to action.”
Announced earlier this year, Sky Movies’ partnership with Disney means the home entertainment service will be UK and Ireland’s home of all-new blockbusters from Marvel Entertainment, as well as a selection of past hits from the studio, which is now part of The Walt Disney Company.
Sky Movies Superheroes HD launches on 17th August and will be available for customers to enjoy on the channel, On Demand and on the move via Sky Go and Sky Go Extra until Sunday 1st September.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
Megan MacLeod - Publicist, Sky Movies HD, Sky Atlantic HD
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About Sky Movies
Sky Movies is Europe's largest in-home movie service providing a fantastic range of movies to its customers. At any time, Sky Movies subscribers can choose from hundreds of subscription movies, including recent blockbusters and classics from major Hollywood studios to independents. Launched earlier this year, Sky Movies Disney is the home of new and classic Disney movies, including animated classics, live action adventures, Disney•Pixar favourites and the latest blockbusters.
Offering a choice of recent and quality titles, from cult indie cinema to the biggest blockbusters and hundreds of titles in HD every month, Sky Movies gives customers flexibility over what they watch, when and how – on the set-top box, on Sky’s comprehensive TV On Demand service and on Sky Go, the award-winning multi-platform TV service. Sky Movies is also available on NOW TV - the new internet TV service powered by Sky –as well as a range of other platforms including Virgin Media, UPC and TalkTalk.
Sky Movies provides viewers with a range of more than 700 titles to choose from On Demand, and new Sky Movies premieres added to the service every week - at least a year before they appear on any other TV or streaming subscription service. The service offers customers access to around three-quarters of the year’s top 100 UK box office movies.
As part of your subscription, Sky Movies is available On Demand which gives customers access to hundreds of additional movies via a broadband connection directly to an enabled Sky+HD box. Sky Movies can also be watched on the move on your laptop, iPad, phone or selected Android smartphones with Sky Go. A host of benefits are available to Sky Movies customers including free tickets to preview screenings across the UK.
The Sky Movies App enables customers to browse movies currently showing on Sky as well as what’s on at the cinema, remote record movies to your Sky+HD and watch titles via Sky Go.
For more information visit www.skymovies.com or www.sky.com