Home Theater Network
| HTN: Home Theater Network | |
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| Launched | 1977 |
| Owned by | GroupW |
Home Theater Network or HTN was the name of a premium cable television service that existed from 1977 to 1987. The service was operated by Group W Satellite Communications.
The service operated initially for four hours a day, expanding to 12 hours a day, and was notable for carrying no R-rated films and marketed as a low price alternative to HBO, Cinemax, Showtime (which Group W later owned in part), and The Movie Channel. In addition, the channel showcased travel related programming between films, billing that programming as "The Travel Channel".
In October 1986, GWSC made the decision to shut the network down, citing a lack of growth despite a positive cash flow. GWSC terminated the service on January 31, 1987, and sold the transponder time on Satcom 3-R and the Travel Channel name to Trans World Airlines to launch the current service now known as The Travel Channel.
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