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Dutch premium television and video on demand service
Television channel
Film1
is a Dutch
premium television
and
video on demand
service that replaced
Canal+
and is owned by
SPI International
(previously owned by
Liberty Global
and
Sony Pictures Television
).
Background
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The service launched with three channels and a
high-definition
and
timeshift
version of the main channel. On 1 October 2008
Film1 Action
was added to the line up.
Film1 Series
started on 17 January 2012 when it replaced the 1 hour timeshift channel
Film1 Premiere +1
.
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On 20 September 2012 Film1 announced that they would be launching an online GO service with Tvinci.
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On 31 January 2012, Film1 announced that it would launch
Sundance Channel
in the
Netherlands
, by replacing the
Film1 Festival
on 1 March of the same year.
[3]
Film1 closed Film1 Sundance on 31 August 2017. The premium television service wants to focus more on its video-on-demand services.
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The channels are available on
digital cable
of most Dutch cable companies (e.g.
Ziggo
,
Delta NV
and
Caiway
),
satellite
(
CanalDigitaal
) and
IPTV
(e.g.
KPN
,
T-Mobile Netherlands
and
Tele2 Netherlands
). Most providers support the Film1 on demand service via a settopbox, the Film1 mobile app or the Film1 website. Film1 is not available via
DVB-T
.
On 5 November 2020
Amazon Channels
started in the Netherlands and it provides Film1 as an additional package.
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Ownership
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Chellomedia
(
Liberty Global
) launched Film1 together with its sister service
Sport1
(known as Ziggo Sport Totaal after 11 November 2015) on 1 February 2006 and replaced the
Canal+
premium television channels in the Netherlands. The service offers multiple film channels with Dutch and international productions many of which are television premieres. It also broadcast
television series
,
documentaries
and
concerts
.
On 26 July 2014, Liberty Global announced that it had put Film1 up for sale.
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Liberty Global agreed to sell Film1 to Sony Pictures Television on 27 March 2015,
[7]
and the acquisition of Film1 and associated channels was completed on 21 July of the same year.
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On 1 May 2019, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that Film1 would close on 1 August 2019.
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On June 17 it was announced that Film1 will make a restart.
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SPI International has acquired Film1.
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Channels
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- Film1 Premiere
:
Main flagship channel.
- Film1 Action
:
Second channel focuses on thriller, action, and horror films.
- Film1 Family
:
Third channel which focuses on comedy, family and children films.
- Film1 Drama
:
Fourth channel.
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- Film1 On Demand:
A
video on demand
-service that provides selected content from all the above channels on an on-demand basis. The service is available from
Ziggo
's VOD service.
See also
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External links
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References
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