CBS Europa (formerly 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
Universal Studios
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,
Film4 Productions
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, the
British Film Institute
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,
M6 and Sogepaq contribute the independent productions to the channel.
Zone Europa's 14-hour schedule was extended to 20 hours at weekends. The channel was originally available in 15 territories across
Europe
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and The
Americas by over 6.6 million subscribers.
Spanish language
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content was also available to Comcast On Demand en Espanol in the
United States
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.
A Hungarian version of the channel was launched in 2004, as an extension of the Polish channel, but it closed on 1 May 2009 because the channel was not popular by the Hungarian advertisers.
On 1 August 2012 Chellomedia revealed that all European versions of the Zone Channels would be rebranded into CBS Channels. CBS Europa replaced Zone Europa on 3 December 2012 in Poland.
On 1 October 2015 CBS Europa HD has been launched, replacing the SD version on the satellite.
Logos
See also
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CBS Reality
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History
CBS Reality was launched as Reality TV on 1 December 1999 as a joint-venture between UPCtv and Zone Vision. In 2005, Liberty Global, owner of U ...
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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 wa ...
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RTL CBS Entertainment
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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