WarnerTV Film, formerly Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and TNT Film, is a German

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channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery International. The channel broadcasts movies both in their original language and dubbed into German. The channel launched on the

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satellite platform with a full 24-hour schedule in December 2006 as Turner Classic Movies. It has later become available from other distributors, including

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from September 2007. On July 4, 2009, the channel was rebranded as TNT Film and started to feature recent films more prominently. The channel also switched to the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. The channel changed its name to ''WarnerTV Film'' on September 25, 2021, after the ad made on June 14 that same year.

Broadcasting

In August 2013,

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(later MX1, now part of SES Video) won an international tender by

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, to provide

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services for TNT Film, and for TNT Serie, TNT Glitz,

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and

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(in both SD and HD) for the German-speaking market, digitization of existing Turner content, and playout for Turner on-demand and catch-up services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland the Benelux region, from November 2013. M7 Group's Kabelkiosk stopped broadcasting of TNT Film on 1 March 2017.

Logos

TCM logo.svg, Turner Classic Movies – until July 4, 2009 TNT Film.svg, TNT Film – July 5, 2009 – May 31, 2016 TNT Film HD.svg, TNT Film HD – 5 July 2009 – 31 May 2016 TNT Film Logo 2016.svg, TNT Film – June 1, 2016 – September 24, 2021 TNT Film HD Logo 2016.svg, TNT Film HD – 1 June 2016 – 24 September 2021 WarnerTV Film Logo 2021.svg, WarnerTV Film – since September 25, 2021

Audience share

References

External links

* {{Warner Bros. Discovery International

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Television stations in Germany German-language television stations Turner Broadcasting System Germany Television channels and stations established in 2006 Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA