13th Street is a German

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channel owned operated by

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. The channel is devoted to the genres thriller & crime and shows series, feature films as well as short films. 13th Street is also promotes young directors. The station awards the short film prize ''Shocking Shorts Award'' every year as part of the

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''(Filmfest München)'' and has co-financed nearly 40 short films. It was folded into Sky Deutschland operations in December 2023.

History

As part of repositioning of NBC/Universal channels, 13th Street was renamed 13th Street Universal on 14 March 2011.

Programming

Current

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Distribution

''13th Street'' is available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland via the pay-TV package

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as well as in Germany via the digital program offerings of cable operators

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and Primacom as well as the digital package of the Kabelkiosk. In addition, 13th Street can be received via the IPTV offer Telekom Entertain and Vodafone. In Switzerland, the channel can be received via the cable network operator

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, with numerous smaller cable network operators as well as via the program platform

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, in Austria via

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and A1 TV. Since 19 July 2011, the station broadcasts in HD standard at

, Unitymedia was unveiled on 15 March 2012.digitalfernsehen.de:
13th Street Universal HD ab sofort auch bei Unitymedia
' Since 17 January 2013, the HD version can be received via the

platform.

Audience share

Germany

References

External links

* {{Television in Germany NBCUniversal networks Television channels and stations established in 1998 1998 establishments in Germany Television stations in Germany Television stations in Austria Television stations in Switzerland German-language television stations Mass media in Munich