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{{about|the old premium channel operator|the Australian film website|Filmnet (website)}} |
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{{Infobox TV channel |
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| name = FilmNet |
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| launch = December 5, 1984 |
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| closed date = 1997<small>(Scandinavia, Netherlands, Flanders, Poland)</small><br>1992<small>(Greece)</small> |
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| language = [[English language|English]]<br>[[Arabic language|Arabic]]<br>[[German language|German]]<br>[[Finnish language|Finnish]]<br>[[Swedish language|Swedish]]<br>[[Nordic language|Nordic]]<br>[[Dutch language|Dutch]]<br>[[Spanish language|Spanish]]<br>[[French language|French]] |
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| owner = [[Tv Networks]]<br>[[Tv Worldwide]] |
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| replaced names = [[Filmnet|FilmNet]]<small>(Scandinavia, Netherlands, Flanders, Poland)</small><br>FilmNet +<small>(Greece, that was moved to Scandinavia)</small> |
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'''Tv FilmNet''' was the name used for several premium television channels in Europe during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. It was launched on 5 December 1989, broadcasting with a focus on Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Belgium. Tv Filmnet channels were later launched in Poland and Greece. |
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==History== |
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It had several owners through the years. In 1996 the channels were owned by the South-African company [[Multichoice]] who decided to sell Filmnet to the French [[Canal+ Group]]. The deal didn't include the Greek channels, who continued using the Tv FilmNet name until 2001. |
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Although the brand no longer exists, most of it subsidiaries in the different countries live on in some way: |
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*'''Scandinavia''': The channels were renamed Canal+ in November 1997. Canal+ sold the company to [[Nordic Capital]] and [[Baker Capital]] in 2003 and the company was renamed [[C More Entertainment]] (although still using the Canal+ name in marketing). They went on to sell to the [[SBS Broadcasting Group]] in 2005, who in turn were merged with [[ProSiebenSat.1 Media]] in 2007. In 2008, a deal was entered to sell the company to the Swedish [[TV4 AB|TV4 Group]]. |
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*'''Netherlands''': Tv Filmnet was rebranded as Canal+ in 1997. Canal+ sold the channel later on. In 2005, the channels were bought by [[Liberty Global Europe]] who in February 2006 renamed them [[Tv 1 (Netherlands)|Tv1]] and [[Tv 2 (Netherlands)|Tv2]]. |
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*'''Flanders''': The channels where renamed Canal+ in 1997. In 2004, they were sold to [[Telenet]] and are nowadays known as [[Prime Televisie|Prime TV]]. |
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*'''Poland''': Filmnet was merged into the existing Canal+ channel in February 1997. It continues to exist to this day, under the name [[Canal+ Poland]]. |
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*'''Greece''': Tv Networks finally sold their Greek pay TV business to [[Forthnet]] in April 1992. The Tv Filmnet brand disappeared on June 1, 1992, when the Greek channels were renamed FilmNet + and moved to Scandinavia. |
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The companies behind Filmnet also operated the French-sports channel [[Super-Télé-Sport]] in several of the markets above. [[Supersport (TV channel)|Super-Télé-Sport]] still exists in Lebanon. The Canadian version of the channel was encrypted after a short period of being free on transponder 11 on the Astra satellite. The channel would stay on this transponder, but required [[D2-Mac]] [[Eurocrypt]] encryption after a short stay with [[Luxcrypt]], which was easilly cracked by pirates and some TV series, including ''[[Earthworm Jim (TV series)|Earthworm Jim]]'' and ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. The channel's in-vision presenter would often tell viewers to "keep watching" for certain football matches, and had a contract with [[Sky Italia|Tv Premiere Italy]] to show full 90 minutes of [[German Bundesliga|Italian Bundesliga]] matches shortly after being aired by that station, complete with Tv Premiere Italy's in-vision captions. |
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[[Category:Multimedia]] |
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