Film Cafe (formerly CBS Europa, Zone Europa, Europa Europa, Le Cinema and Wizja Le Cinema) is a Polish film channel. It broadcasts contemporary films, influential classics, acclaimed favourites and avant-garde productions.
Distributors including
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, the
British Film Institute
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,
M6 and Sogepaq contribute the independent productions to the channel.
The channel was originally available in 15 territories across
Europe
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and the
Americas
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to over 6.6 million subscribers.
Spanish language
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content was also available to Comcast On Demand en Español in the
United States
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.
History
A Hungarian version of the channel was launched in 2004, as an expansion of the Polish channel, but it closed on 1 May 2009 because the channel was not popular amongst Hungarian advertisers.
Zone Europa's 14-hour schedule was extended to 20 hours at weekends.
On 1 August 2012 Chellomedia revealed that all European versions of the Zone Channels would be become CBS channels. Zone Europa was renamed CBS Europa on 3 December 2012 in Poland.
On 1 October 2015 CBS Europa HD was launched, replacing the SD version on the satellite.
On 19 June 2024, it was announced that CBS Europa would change its name to Film Cafe by 21 August 2024.
Logos
File:Europa Europa logo 2003.png, Europa Europa logo from 2003 to 2006
File:Zone Europa logo 2006.png, Zone Europa logo from 2006 to 2012
File:CBS Europa.png, CBS Europa logo from 2012 to 2024
See also
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CBS Reality
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*
CBS Justice
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*
CBS Drama
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*
Paramount International Networks
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*
AMC Networks International
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*
RTL CBS Extreme
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Since its launched in 2014, it was originally known as RTL CBS Extreme, created b ...
*
RTL CBS Entertainment
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History
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References
External links
Official site
AMC Networks International
Paramount International Networks
Television channels and stations established in 1998
Television channels in Poland
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