''Film1 Festival'', formerly known as Film1.3, was a Dutch
premium television
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channel owned by
Chellomedia, the European content division of
Liberty Global. On 1 March 2012 the channel was replaced by
Film1 Sundance. Its main focus was on arthouse films and international productions. Film1 launched together with its sister service
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on 1 February 2006, and replaced the Canal+ Netherlands television channels. Film1 offers multiple channels with Dutch and international film and television series productions. On 25 February 2011 Film1.3 was rebranded into Film1 Festival. On 31 January 2012, Film1 announced that Film1 Festival would be replaced by Film1 Sundance on 1 March 2012.
Chellomedia launches Sundance Channel
The channel was available on most digital cable providers, satellite
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provider CanalDigitaal
CanalDigitaal is a provider of digital television via satellite for the Dutch market, using the Astra satellites at 23.5° east.
Initially customers were mainly Dutch citizens in the countryside who did not have cable access. But in the me ...
and IPTV
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provider Tele2
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. DVB-T provider Digitenne does not provide Film1.
See also
* Film1
''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
The service launched with three channels a ...
* Television in the Netherlands
Television in the Netherlands was officially introduced in 1951. In the Netherlands, the television market is divided between a number of commercial networks, such as RTL Nederland, and a system of public broadcasters sharing three channels, NPO 1 ...
* Digital television in the Netherlands The Netherlands now has three major forms of broadcast digital television. Terrestrial (DVB-T), Cable (DVB-C), and Satellite (DVB-S). In addition IPTV services are available. At the end of the first quarter of 2013 almost 84% of the households in th ...
External links
film1.nl
alleenopeen.tv
References
{{Television in the Netherlands
Defunct television channels in the Netherlands
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2012
Television channels and stations established in 2006