On August 27, 2009, A+E Networks acquired Lifetime Entertainment Services, which was jointly owned by the former's corporate parents The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Corporation in conjunction with NBCUniversal (which sold its interest to the two other companies in 2011). On April 19, 2009, the broadcast of Natalee Holloway attracted 3.2 million viewers for the network, more than 1 million of which were among the demographic of women aged 18–49, garnering the highest ratings in the network's history at that time. The network airs different movies each day, although the movies aired at 8:00 p.m. The network also added theatrical film releases to its schedule. As the network grew and broadcast networks ceased producing made-for-TV movies, more commercial breaks were added during its film content. The original format of the network consisted of longer blocks of made-for-television movies with limited commercial interruptions, airing twice a day. Variety praised the move as "capitalizing on the expected channel boom from TV’s conversion to digital distribution over the next few years." However, it only reached 3 million of the 70 million pay-television subscribers in the U.S.
The network launched on June 29, 1998, as Lifetime Movie Network, a digital cable and direct broadcast satellite extension of its main network. Īn Australian version of the channel launched on Septemthrough Foxtel. Until they ended their involvement in television films in the early 2000s, the network's earliest programming consisted of movies originally meant for broadcast networks.Īs of February 2015, LMN is available to approximately 82,031,000 pay television households (70.5% of households with television) in the United States. Many, though not all, of the movies that air on the network are Lifetime originals that were first shown on the flagship Lifetime channel in turn, the network also premieres original films that are later broadcast on Lifetime. LMN carries movies and exclusive shows aimed at women, especially made for television movies.
LMN, an initialism for the Lifetime Movie Network, also known as Lifetime Movies, is an American pay television network launched on Jand owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Communications. (requires subscription to access content) Hulu with Live TV, Philo, Sling TV, Frndly TV, Vidgo