Kinowelt TV is a German-language pay-TV station which broadcasts films. It shows classic films from Hollywood as well as European films from various genres such as

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. Since 2009, the company has produced three cinema films.

History

Kinowelt TV was founded by Achim Apell - a former associate of

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and ''Taunus Film'' from

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- together with ''MK Medienbeteiligungs GmbH'' from

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, and was launched on May 12, 2004. Michael Kölmel and his film distributor ''Kinowelt'', founded in 1984 (since 2011

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GmbH), were behind MK Medien. Apell is the brother of Kölmel's wife. Kinowelt TV is operated by ''Kinowelt Television GmbH'' based in Bad Soden am Taunus. Kinowelt TV has produced three cinema films: ''The Last Giants'' (nature, 2009), ''Die Präsenz (The Presence)'' (horror, 2015) and ''UFO'' (horror/sci-fi, 2016). On 5 February 2013, the station introduced a new on-air and off-air design, which also introduced new logos for Kinowelt.TV and Kinowelt TV HD. In April 2014

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announced it had acquired Kinowelt TV. The new owner has no plans to change the channel's name.

Distribution

Kinowelt TV can be received via cable operators such as

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, Kabelkiosk, Tele Columbus, Primacom, Unitymedia, UPC Austria,

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, Swisscable and Tele Columbus. The channel is broadcast via satellite on the Sky platform. The channel is also available via the Vodafone and Telekom Entertain IPTV platforms. Kinowelt_TV_HD_Logo_2020

A HD version of the channel was made available on 29 May 2012, Kinowelt TV on Unitymedia cable.

followed on 15 October 2012''Kabel Deutschland speist drei neue HD-Sender ein''
/ref> and UPC Austria in 2013.

References

External links

* {{Television in Germany Television channels and stations established in 2004 2004 establishments in Germany Television stations in Germany Television stations in Austria Television stations in Switzerland AMC Networks International German-language television stations Mass media in Frankfurt