''Film1'' is a Dutch

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service that replaced

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and is owned by

SPI International SPI International (a CANAL+ company) is an international media company based in the Netherlands. It is owned by Groupe Canal+, Canal+ Group. It operates 42 TV channels, multiple digital products across six continents, and is a major player in co ...

(previously owned by Liberty Global and

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Background

The service launched with three channels and a high-definition and

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version of the main channel. On 1 October 2008 ''

Film1 Action ''Film1 Action'' is a Dutch premium television channel owned by SPI International. Its main focus is on thriller, action and horror films. Film1 launched together with its sister service Sport1 on 1 February 2006 and replaced the Canal+ Netherlan ...

'' was added to the line up. ''

Film1 Series ''Film1 Drama'' is a Dutch Pay television, premium television channel owned by SPI International. Every night the programming is dedicated to a theme, such as a director or a genre. Film1 launched together with its sister service Sport1 (Netherlan ...

'' started on 17 January 2012 when it replaced the 1 hour timeshift channel ''Film1 Premiere +1''. On 20 September 2012 Film1 announced that they would be launching an online GO service with Tvinci. On 31 January 2012, Film1 announced that it would launch ''

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'' in the

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, by replacing the '' Film1 Festival'' on 1 March of the same year. Film1 closed Film1 Sundance on 31 August 2017. The premium television service wants to focus more on its video-on-demand services. The channels are available on digital cable of most Dutch cable companies (e.g.

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, Delta NV and

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(

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) and

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(e.g.

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, T-Mobile Netherlands and Tele2 Netherlands). Most providers support the Film1 on demand service via a settopbox, the Film1 mobile app or the Film1 website. Film1 is not available via DVB-T. On 5 November 2020 Amazon Channels started in the Netherlands and it provides Film1 as an additional package.

Ownership

Chellomedia ( Liberty Global) launched Film1 together with its sister service

Sport1 Sport1 may refer to the following TV channels: * Sport1 (Eastern Europe) * Sport1 (Germany) * Sport1 (Lithuania) * Sport1 (Netherlands) Sport1 may refer to the following TV channels: * Sport1 (Eastern Europe) * Sport1 (Germany) * Sport1 (Lithuani ...

(known as Ziggo Sport Totaal after 11 November 2015) on 1 February 2006 and replaced the

premium television channels in the Netherlands. The service offers multiple film channels with Dutch and international productions many of which are television premières. It also broadcast

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and

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s. On 26 July 2014, Liberty Global announced that it had put Film1 up for sale. Liberty Global agreed to sell Film1 to Sony Pictures Television on 27 March 2015, and the acquisition of Film1 and associated channels was completed on 21 July of the same year.SONY PICTURES TELEVISION CLOSES FILM1 DEAL
sonypicturestelevision.com, Retrieved on 26 July 2015 On 1 May 2019, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that Film1 would close on 1 August 2019. On June 17 it was announced that Film1 will make a restart. SPI International has acquired Film1.

Channels

* Film1 Premiere: Main flagship channel. *

: Second channel focuses on thriller, action, and horror films. * Film1 Family: Third channel which focuses on comedy, family and children films. *

Film1 Drama ''Film1 Drama'' is a Dutch premium television channel owned by SPI International. Every night the programming is dedicated to a theme, such as a director or a genre. Film1 launched together with its sister service Sport1 on 1 February 2006 and re ...

: Fourth channel. * Film1 On Demand: A

-service that provides selected content from all the above channels on an on-demand basis. The service is available from

's VOD service.

External links

film1.nl

References

{{Television in the Netherlands Television channels in the Netherlands SPI International Television channels and stations established in 2006 2006 establishments in the Netherlands Mass media in Amsterdam

Background

Ownership

Channels

See also

External links

References