ValentineXavier Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I just read this on the Audio Video Science Forum: >Launch in France on September 10 a new movie channel : > >PARAMOUNT CHANNEL >Canal 27 >Canal 516 en HD : > > > >All films from Paramount catalog from 1930 to 2000, of which some will >be native HD ... I'm astounded, considering that they won't let us see many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 That does not surprise me. The French Love their movies ! In the Latin Quarter in Paris, there are 6 theatres within a 2 block radius, most show older American movies. There is a line up every night ! Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 It doesn't surprise me that the French would like a Paramount Channel, but it stuns me that Paramount would give them one. After all, they won't give us sh*t. We need someone there to record the stuff that Paramount won't release here, and pass it around to us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody1949 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 This really irks me to say it mildly. The one to blame is COMCAST. They own Universal and the pre-48 Paramount library. I would like to do something more than **** about it. But what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Move to France ?! Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 >ValentineXavier said: We need someone there to record the stuff that Paramount won't release here, and pass it around to us... I'll do it! But I refuse to wear socks.. or comb my hair.. I just won't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 WTH??? The French can watch them, but we cant?? Thanks, Universal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 < ..I refuse to wear socks..or comb my hair..I just wont ! > You would fit right in Kid ! Twinkee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I'll call it.. The History of Paramount on the French Coast.. I will sit in a chair pointing at things and Dargo will narrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 < Paramount on the French Coast..I will sit in a chair pointing at things ..> ..Oh you mean the 'Cote d'azur' ?...you will have to be careful at what things you point at since 'topless' is a way of life on the Riviera ! Twinkee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelmaTodd Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 From RapidTVNews: "Paramount Channel will broadcast 20% recent movies, 50% movies released from the 60s to the 90s and 30% films produced between 1930 and 1960" "The Made in Hollywood multi-screen HD channel and its catch-up TV service will be carried in the basic offer or as an option on Canalsat (satellite and ADSL), Numericable, Free, SFR and Bouygues Telecom in continental France, and on Canalsat and Le Cable in overseas territories." From DigitalTVEurope: "Paramount Channel, which will be the fourth Viacom channel to launch in France after MTV, Nickelodeon and Game One, will be accompanied by a smartphone application with a full TV schedule, clips and web radio functionality, and a channel app will be made available for free download from the iTunes and Google Play stores in the near future." That this will become available as a streaming app is encouraging; hopefully US users will be able to access. I also have a feeling a lot of this stuff is going to wind up on youtube- albeit temporarily. You might want to set up email alerts in case they get posted. Don't expect them to stay on for long if they do. (Youtube content can be saved to DVR) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBackTransformer Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 > "Paramount Channel will broadcast 20% recent movies, 50% movies released from the 60s to the 90s and 30% films produced between 1930 and 1960" *What? No turn of the last century french silents like TCM???* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 > From RapidTVNews: > "Paramount Channel will broadcast 20% recent movies, 50% movies released from the 60s to the 90s and 30% films produced between 1930 and 1960" While it is called the Paramount Channel, it doesn't conclusively say that the films will be from the Paramount film library (unless there is something I missed,which is always possible). It just says that this new channel called Paramount in France will broadcast films from the 1930s -2000. 30% of the films broadcast will be those produced between 1930-1960 but Paramount sold their 1930-1948 film library to Universal back in the 1950s, so where are they getting these 1930-1948 titles? They aren't coming from Paramount because that studio hasn't owned those titles in almost 60 years. So, is Paramount doing what other channels like SonyHD and MGMHD are doing here in the states and augmenting their film broadcasts from other studios as well? Or will it be like the Fox Movie Channel with lots of repeat screenings, a focus on more modern films and a sprinkling of the 1930 -1960 films (possibly with an emphasis on the post 1948-1960 films that Paramount actually owns). Or did Paramount retain the foreign rights to their 1930-1948 films in the deal with Universal? And were there any films Paramount produced from 1930-1948 that weren't included in the Universal sale sixty years ago? Over the years, I've read that Paramount retained the rights to a small handful of early talkies (1930-1933) that they didn't include in the Universal sale. Anyone know what those titles are? Edited by: lzcutter on Oct 1, 2013 9:54 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Well, folks, based on what I've just seen about this channel, I think I'll stay in the US and stay with TCM. Around the whole world, this is it for me. The USA and TCM. http://www.paramountchannel.fr/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg_mATCHmhM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMeingast Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Well, the official website, in French, is here: http://www.paramountchannel.fr/ You can see some of the older films on its schedule. "The Bells of St. Mary's" from 1945. "Samson and Delilah" from 1949. "The Counterfeit Traitor" from 1961. "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" from 1955. "We're No Angels" from 1955. Don't see anything on its schedule, so far, pre-1945... ("The Bells of St. Mary's" and "Lost Weekend" both 1945.) Sounds like your description of the Fox Movie Channel in your post. Modern films mixed with late 1940s-1950s stuff... Oh well... This article in French mentions some of the films the new channel will air: http://www.ozap.com/actu/paramount-channel-debarque-en-france/448952 It mentions "Lost Weekend" from 1945 ("Le Poison" with the year 1946) with the more modern films. Edited by: RMeingast on Oct 1, 2013 4:19 PM Corrected my error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 While *Lost Weekend* is a Paramount film, I believe Universal owns the rights to that one due to the sale almost 60 years ago. *Bells of St. Mary* was produced by Rainbow Productions and released theatrically by RKO, so maybe they rented the film from Warner Brothers studio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfp2 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 No surprise for me considering there have been many Paramount films available on DVD for years in Europe, yet are not released in the United States. I guess Universal prefers Euros to Dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 < I guess Universal prefers Euros to Dollars. > ..probably because the Euro is higher than the US Dollar. Twink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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