The relaunched network was originally referred to as 'Plex' in promotions, with the numbering system used by the Encore networks at the time giving it the designation 'Encore 1' the network assumed the MoviePlex name in the fall of 1997. The channel also had some original content. MoviePlex originally launched on Januas Plex: Encore 1 it replaced both INTRO Television (originally called TV! Network until September 1995), a cable channel that was launched in June 1994 by Liberty Media (initial owner of MoviePlex through a joint venture with parent company Tele-Communications, Inc.), which aired 'sampler' blocks of programming from other cable channels without full coverage and Encore Plus, a secondary Encore network that had utilized what came to be MoviePlex's format.

It is the sister channel of Starz and Starz Encore. Launched on 1 January 1997 as Plex: Encore 1, its programming consists of recent, as well as older theatrically released motion pictures. subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment and headquartered at the Meridian International Business Center complex in Meridian, Colorado. MoviePlex, stylized as movieplex since 2006, is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by the Starz Inc. INTRO Television (originally TV! Network).

Manchester movieplex