The Entertainment Network – also known as TEN and The Movie Channel – launched in the UK on 29 March 1984 by Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor Robert Maxwell.
It was jointly owned by UIP Pay TV Group (MGM/UA, Paramount and MCA/Universal), Visionhire, Plessey and The Rank Organisation.
[4] Star Channel was started by British Telecom in August 1986 as an alternative film service which broadcasts between 6.30pm and 2.00am.
Due to losses of around £10 million and increased competition from Sky Movies, Premiere closed on 31 July 1989.
In addition to movies, the service also showed children's television programmes in an after school slot as fillers.