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Polar (TV Channel)
Ciné Polar was a French television channel owned by AB Groupe. History The channel was originally only available on AB Sat and as an option on CanalSat, but is now available through a cinema contract with AB, on cable, on ADSL, and on digital television packages. Change in cinema package : *At its launch in 1996, the cinema package of AB Groupe comprised five channels: Ciné Palace, Rire (comedies), Romance (sentimental films), Polar (crime and suspense films) and Action *Due to the repackaging of the cinema package in September 2002, the cinema bouquet formerly known as CINEBOX now has new channels named Ciné Box, Ciné comic (formerly Rire), Ciné Polar (formerly Polar) and Ciné FX. *Today, Ciné FX and Ciné Polar are no longer available. From its cinema channels launched in 1996, only Action is still active. At the heart of the programming are the big names in classic films noirs, notably the first works of Alfred Hitchcock. On 4 December 2012, ''Ciné Polar'' became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
576i
576i is a standard-definition television, standard-definition digital video mode, originally used for Digitization, digitizing 625 lines, 625 line Analog television, analogue television in most countries of the world where the utility frequency for electric power distribution is 50 Hz. Because of its close association with the legacy colour encoding systems, it is often referred to as PAL#PAL region, PAL, PAL/SECAM or SECAM when compared to its 60 Hz (typically, see PAL-M) NTSC-colour-encoded counterpart, 480i. The ''576'' identifies a vertical resolution of 576 lines, and the ''i'' identifies it as an Interlaced video, interlaced resolution. The Refresh rate, field rate, which is 50 Hertz, Hz, is sometimes included when identifying the video mode, i.e. 576i50; another notation, endorsed by both the International Telecommunication Union in Rec. 601, BT.601 and SMPTE in SMPTE 259M, includes the frame rate, as in 576i/25. Operation In analogue television, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, List of cameo appearances by Alfred Hitchcock, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1955–65). His films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director, despite five nominations. Hitchcock initially trained as a technical clerk and copywriter before entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. His directorial debut was the British–German silent film ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Establishments In France
1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people. * January 9– 20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan. * January 13 – Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. Bio promises to restore power following elections scheduled for February. * January 19 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Television Channels In France
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Television Channels And Stations Established In 1996
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting", which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediawan Thematics
Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French television channel business and audiovisual distribution group in the field of broadcasting that is owned by Mediawan. History Mediawan Thematics had its roots under the name of AB Productions which it was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a Music production (music industry), music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television. In 1991, AB Productions created their own music record publishing label named AB Disques who had published their own music videos. In December 1995, AB Groupe launched their first television channel named AB Channel 1 (now AB1). In July 1996, AB Productions announced that they've expanded their catalogue by acquiring Pierre Grimblat's French production company Hamster Productions and its parent company The Hamster Group which had merged with AB Productions to become the biggest French television production company with Hamster Productions became a subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free (ISP)
Free S.A.S. is a French telecommunications company and subsidiary of Iliad S.A. that provides voice, video, data, and Internet telecommunications to consumers in France. Its head office is in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and it is the second-largest ISP in France. Free provides ISP services in France and in the 30 OECD countries. It was the first company to offer a "triple play" service in France through its self-produced singular Freebox set-top box, claiming to have invented the ''box'' marketing concept in France in reference to all the other French ISPs who thereafter released "triple play" modems named to include the anglicism ''box'' as a suffix. These ''boxes'' provide comprehensive telecommunication services such as high-speed Internet, telephone and digital television packages, leading Free to become the world's number one IPTV provider offering almost systematically IPTV to subscribers and optimizing it to be available on most landlines. Developing its own 3G a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime District
Crime District is a French television channel from Luxembourg broadcasting news reports and criminal investigations. It belongs to AB Groupe via its subsidiary ''AB Luxembourg S.A.''. History Crime District began broadcasting on February 11, 2016 exclusively in the Orange TV package . The channel is now broadcast on Bis Télévisions as well as on the applications of Molotov TV Molotov TV, stylised as Molotov.TV or simply Molotov, is a French streaming television distribution service launched on 11 July 2016. Founded by Jean-David Blanc (founder of AlloCiné) and Pierre Lescure (former chairman of Canal+), the servi .... Since December 15, 2016, it is also broadcast in Switzerland in the Swisscom TV offer. Programming References External links * {{French television stations Mediawan Thematics Television stations in France Television channels and stations established in 2016 French-language television stations Television networks in Luxembourg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Channel
Paramount Network is an international television channel brand owned and operated by the Paramount International Networks division of Paramount Global that showcase its selected television productions and the film catalogue of its filming division, Paramount Pictures. First launched in Spain on 30 March 2012, as Paramount Channel, the brand has since been or was operated in territories across Europe, East Africa, Latin America and Asia. History As Paramount Channel To date, Paramount Channel has launched in Spain in March 2012, France in September 2013, Hungary in February 2014, Russia in January 2014, Romania on January 14, 2014, Latin America in September 1995 until 2003, but returns again in the brand new look of November 2014, Sweden in December 2014, Poland in March 2015, Italy and Thailand in February and May 2016, and in the Middle East in April 2017. Relaunch as Paramount Network In May 2018, Viacom announced that the original Paramount Channel in Spain would relaun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canalsat
Canal+ is a French subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and subscription TV provider. The TV provider was established as CanalSatellite in 1992 and later rebranding to CanalSat and the streaming service was launched as myCanal in 2013. It is a subsidiary of Canal+ S.A. History CanalSat (pay TV provider) Digital satellite provider CanalSatellite was launched as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Groupe Canal+ on 6 December 1991. The shareholders were Canal+ (66 percent) and Lagardère Active (34 percent), a subsidiary of Lagardère. Canal+ began satellite broadcasting in 1992, to reach parts of France not covered by cable. On 27 April 1996, CanalSatellite launched as a digital satellite platform, with 24 channels and interactive services. On 23 May 2005, CanalSatellite was renamed Canalsat. With Canal+, the utilisation of the card pairing (QEV) technology allowed access to many channels such as Eurosport, Paris Premiere, or LCI. On 31 August 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action (TV)
Action is a French television channel which shows action films. History A TV channel dedicated to films (cinema and telefilm) in the action genre, was commercially launched as part of the AB Sat package in 1996. It is also the name of a channel of the Starz Encore Group in Canada. Budget Action is run by AB Sat SA with a budget of €24 million, provided 100% by AB Groupe. Programming * ''Lucha Underground'' Season 4 is being broadcast in 2019, narrated by Marc Chavet and Jerome Pourrut.La Lucha Underground saison 4 arrive sur La Chaine Action , url=https://catch-newz.com/newz/dernieres-newz/15616-la-saison-4-de-la-lucha-underground-arrive-sur-action * ''WWE NXT'' Broadcast Action is broadcast on the "Ciné-Séries" bouquet of Canal+ and the "Cinérama" (now "Panorama" in satellite) bouquet from Bis Télévisions, on cable, and on ADSL. It ceased transmissions on StarTimes in 2020. References External links Official site of the Action channelProgrammes on Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard-definition Television
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. ''Standard'' refers to offering a similar resolution to the analog broadcast systems used when it was introduced. History and characteristics SDTV originated from the need for a standard to digitize analog TV (defined in BT.601) and is now used for digital TV broadcasts and home appliances such as game consoles and DVD disc players. Digital SDTV broadcast eliminates the ghosting and noisy images associated with analog systems. However, if the reception has interference or is poor, where the error correction cannot compensate one will encounter various other artifacts such as image freezing, stuttering, or dropouts from missing intra-frames or blockiness from missing macroblocks. The audio encoding is the last to suffer a loss due to the lower bandwidth requirements. Standards that suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
