TVCine
Country | Portugal |
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Broadcast area | Portugal Angola Mozambique Cape Verde |
Programming | |
Picture format | 576i 16:9 TVCine Top TVCine Edition TVCine Emotion TVCine Action TVCine Power 1080i 16:9 TVCine Top HD TVCine Edition HD TVCine Emotion HD TVCine Action HD TVCine Power HD |
Ownership | |
Owner | NOS |
History | |
Launched | 1998 |
Former names | Telecine (1998-2003) Canais Lusomundo (2003-2007) |
Links | |
Website | www.tvcine.pt |
TVCine is a Portuguese premium television brand used on four movie channels, operated by NOS. They showcase recent movies and premieres from all the major studios, as well as comedy, action, classic and old movies.
History
TVCine originally began life as a Portuguese version of the Brazilian premium channels Telecine in 1998, only consisting of two channels at the time. One dedicated to more recent films, Telecine 1, while the other was dedicated to older films, Telecine 2.
The channels were eventually fully acquired by the theatrical Portuguese distributor Cinemas Lusomundo (now NOS Audiovisuais) and on 1 June 2003 the channels were rebranded as Canais Lusomundo. Telecine 1 became Lusomundo Premium and Telecine 2 became Lusomundo Gallery.
On April 16, 2004, a third channel was launched as Lusomundo Action dedicated to action movies, and in 2005 a fourth channel was added as Lusomundo Happy, dedicated to movies that were more family friendly and more emotional. Following the launch of Fox and Fox Life on TV Cabo, Lusomundo signed a contract with 20th Century Fox, valid from June 2005. With these developments, TV Cabo claimed that the ensemble of the Lusomundo channels had an estimated 250,000 to 270,000 subscribers.[1]
The TVCine brand was launched on 1 November 2007, replacing the Lusomundo branding of the channels. In May 2009 they started to broadcast in 16:9 24-hours a day, instead of the old 4:3 format.
As of 1 September 2015 TVSéries has granted HBO series exclusivity in Portugal and has adopted "Home of HBO" as its tagline,[2][3] until the closure of the channel on 14 January 2020 following the launch of HBO Portugal, which would eventually become HBO Max.
Channels
- TVCine Top (replaced Lusomundo Premium, and more recently TVCine 1)
- TVCine Edition (replaced Lusomundo Action, and more recently TVCine 2)
- TVCine Emotion (replaced Lusomundo Happy, and more recently TVCine 3)
- TVCine Action (replaced Lusomundo Gallery, TVCine, and more recently TVCine 4)
- TVCine Top HD (replaced TVCine 1 HD)
- TVCine Edition HD (replaced TVCine 2 HD)
- TVCine Emotion HD (replaced TVCine 3 HD)
- TVCine Action HD (replaced TVCine 4 HD and TVCine HD)
Extinct Channels (on 14th January 2020)
- TVSéries
- TVSéries HD
References
- ^ "Canais Lusomundo assinam contrato com a 20th Century Fox". Público. 24 May 2005. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Chegada da HBO a Portugal é uma parceria entre a TVSéries e a rede norte americana". IGN. August 24, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "TVSéries Home of HBO".
External links
- Official website
- TVCine on Facebook
- TVCine on Instagram
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