Lumiere TV

Lumiere TV (LTV)

Type	Broadcast
Country	Cyprus
Availability	National
Launch date	1993
Official website	http://www.lumieretv.com/

Lumiere TV (LTV) is a premium television service available in Cyprus, that broadcasts movies and series. It is owned by LTV Group Ltd. Repeaters have been set up across the country that enable more than 80% of the population to receive these services. Lumiere TV was originally available on the NOVA Cyprus platform but following a financial dispute, it moved over to rival Athina Sat. It is also available through IPTV providers CytaVision & PrimeTel.

As of March 3, 2008, LTV is once again available through NOVA Cyprus following a new agreement that was signed between the two companies. The channel is no longer available through Athina Sat, which has ceased operations.

Channels and content

Lumiere TV operates nine multiplex channels:

• : It is a 24-hour channel and it broadcasts entertainment, news and sports programming, as well as live football matches of the Cypriot Champions League. Also it broadcasts blockbuster movies, feature films, top-rated television series, lifestyle programmes, reality shows and talk-shows. The sports section includes live football matches and sports programmes.
• : It is a 24-hour channel and it focuses on live transmission of sports events and sports-related programmes. The entertainment content involves Nickelodeon’s children’s programmes and a vast range of animation movies which are broadcasted daily.
• : It is a 24-hour channel and includes prime TV series and mini-series from the biggest American studios. Movies and programs of general interest are also included.
• : It is a 24-hour channel and it broadcasts premieres of blockbuster films and TV-movies, but also old favourite movies. The channel also includes a daily adult zone.
• : It is a 24-hour channel and it broadcasts live transmissions, highlights and sports shows for big football events, such as the Marfin Laiki Championship, the Coca-Cola Cup, the Barclays Premier League, the German Bundesliga and the Spanish Primera Division. Also it broadcasts basketball and tennis games, golf, motor sports events and as well as the NBA.
• : The sports channel LTV SPORTS 2 aims to complement the LTV SPORTS 1 channel in cases of simultaneous or multiple event transmissions, such as the Barclays Premier League, the Spanish Primera Division, the Greek Superleague, and others. It also broadcasts live tennis events and weekly football highlights.
• : It broadcasts football games and many sports in HD.
• : Premier League’s High Definition channel with 380 LIVE exciting football matches and 400 derbies of the past that remained in history. Highlights, commentaries, season review, live transmissions, sports shows, and the latest updates.
• The first Cyprus horse racing channel, with a 5-hour daily programme. It broadcasts the Nicosia Race Club’s meetings, as well as specialised talk-shows and programmes, including statistics, analyses and everything that interests the fans of horse racing.

Programming

Lumiere TV features hit movies from Greece and abroad, including Hollywood blockbusters. It also airs hit TV series from the US such as Grey's Anatomy and Supernatural. It boadcasts over 15 premieres each month with new release films being added continuously.

Current

LTV

• Desperate Housewives
• Grey's Anatomy
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Hung
• The Big Bang Theory
• Criminal Minds
• Cougar Town
• CSI: Miami
• Without a Trace
• Two and a Half Men
• Melissa & Joey

LTV2

• Eastwick
• The Vampire Diaries
• Fringe
• Friends
• Ugly Betty
• Miami Medical
• Hawaii Five-0
• CSI: NY
• Gossip Girl
• Chuck
• Eastbound & Down
• Human Target
• Supernatural
• Huge
• Southland
• Bored to Death
• V
• The Office (U.S. TV series)
• Entourage
• Big Love
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Castle

Additional hit series

• Nickelodeon block on LTV1

External links

• Official Site (Greek)