Ciné Box, broadcast from September 2002 to 24 August 2004, is a former French television channel of
AB Groupe devoted to cinema.
History
In 2002, a project for the revision of the cinema channels of AB Groupe was envisaged. The bouquet was to be called ''Cinétem'' and had to be composed of 6 channels: ''Ciné Art'', ''Ciné Box'' (replacing
Ciné Palace
Ciné Palace was a French television station of AB Groupe, which broadcast from 1996 to September 2002.
History
In 1996, AB Groupe launched a cinema bouquet consisting of 5 channels: Action, Polar, Rire, Romance and ''Ciné Palace''.
In Sept ...
), ''Ciné Comic'' (replacing ''Rire''),
Ciné FX,
Ciné Passion (replacing ''Romance'') and
Ciné Polar
Ciné Polar was a French television channel owned by AB Groupe.
History
The channel was originally only available on AB Sat and as an option on CanalSat, but is now available through a cinema contract with AB, on cable, on ADSL, and on digital ...
(replacing ''Polar'').
Finally, in September 2002, the new cinema bouquet was born and named ''Cinébox''. It consisted of 4 channels:
Ciné Comic,
Ciné Polar
Ciné Polar was a French television channel owned by AB Groupe.
History
The channel was originally only available on AB Sat and as an option on CanalSat, but is now available through a cinema contract with AB, on cable, on ADSL, and on digital ...
,
Ciné FX and ''Ciné Box''. The last one is the portal chain of the cinema bouquet. Following the redesign of the cinema bouquet of
CanalSatellite
Canal+ is a French subscription provider associated to the channel of the same name. It is owned by Vivendi (owner of Canal+) with a hundred percent share.
History
In 1992, Canalsatellite was launched, the shareholders were Canal+ Group (66 pe ...
, named
CinéCinéma,
Ciné Art and
Ciné Passion were not retained, judged too close to ''CinéCinéma Auteur'' and ''CinéCinéma Émotion''.
''Ciné Box'' was canceled on August 24, 2004 at the same time as
Ciné Comic to release the transponder rented by AB Groupe to welcome
Télé Monte Carlo, which was recently bought from the
Pathé
Pathé or Pathé Frères (, styled as PATHÉ!) is the name of various French people, French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest ...
group on the
AB Sat
AB Sat is a package of digital terrestrial television channels (encrypted with Viaccess and Mediaguard) offered by the satellite companies Hot Bird and Astra and marketed in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. The channels are all (or partl ...
bouquet.
References
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Mediawan Thematics
Defunct television channels in France
Television channels and stations established in 2002
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2004
2002 establishments in France
2004 disestablishments in France
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