OCS, or previously known as Orange Cinéma Séries, was a group of French

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networks that is dedicated to films and series. It was launched in November 2008 by Orange S.A. and was later sold to

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The channels launched on November 13, 2008, as part of the company's new direct-to-home satellite service and was exclusive to Orange TV. OCS is composed of three channels and a streaming service. OCS broadcast almost all their series in English with French subtitles in simulcast with the American broadcasting, but they also broadcast series dubbed in French or French series. From November 2008 to December 2022, OCS was holding the French rights to

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production. From 2012, OCS TV package was available from Bouygues Telecom, CanalSat, Numericable, Orange TV, SFR and Tahiti Nui Satellite. All subscribers have the option to subscribe to OCS with their TV distributor. OCS is also available through multi devices. In 2024, following its acquisition by the

History

In April 2008, France Telecom (who would rebranded as Orange in 2013) announced that they're creating a new movie direct-to-home satellite service by launching Orange Cinema Series, a package of six pay-TV channels exclusive to Orange's customers and had signed exclusive content deals with

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...

(including

), Gaumont,

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered ...

to show their movies and TV series to the service. In October 2008, it was announced that Orange had set the launch date of their subscription-based multiplatform Orange Cinema Series along with their announced five new pay-TV premium movie channels which were called Orange Cinemax (for major blockbusters in HD), Orange Cinéhappy (for family films), Orange Cinéchoc (for action movies), Orange Cinénovo (for independent and art house films) and Orange Cinegeants (for timeless classic movies) as part of the company's then-new television service named Orange TV to November 13, 2008 with HBO's programming being available in that same day on the Orange Cinema Series service. A month later on November of that same year, Orange Cinema Series was officially launched along with their five channels.

Attempted merger with Canal+

In September 2010, France Telecom had announced that there in talks with

the owner of CinéCinema and TPS Star channels to merge Orange's Orange Cinema Series with Canal+'s general entertainment channel TPS Star to create a premium On January 20, 2011, France Telecom and Canal+ had announced that they're creating a new enterprise partnership that could merge the blockbuster film channel Orange Cinema Series with TPS Star to create a proposed premium pay TV channel which was planned to be called Orange Cine Star. It was going to be distributed by the Orange services and CanalSat was about to be available to other French telco operators. On 25 November 2011, Canal+ took a 33% share in Orange Cinéma Séries. Originally exclusive to ''La TV d'Orange'', Orange Cinéma Séries joined CanalSat on 5 April 2012. On 22 September 2012, Orange Cinéma Séries became OCS to show its expansion bouquets other than Orange TV. On 10 October 2013, OCS Happy was merged with OCS Max; OCS à la demande became the multiplatform service OCS Go; and OCS Novo was replaced by OCS City, specialised in TV series and HBO productions. Since 2008, OCS have an exclusive contract with

, but other channels like Canal+ Séries can broadcasts reruns of HBO series. In 2017, OCS's contract with HBO became stricter, giving complete exclusivity to OCS. The suite also includes a streaming service, OCS Go, who simply became OCS in 2019. Content is provided by exclusive contracts with

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and Fidelity as well as non-exclusive contracts with Gaumont, SND, BAC and Wild Side. On 2 August 2017, OCS was launched in Switzerland on

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Premium. It is also available on the Ciné-Séries bouquet of Canal+ since March 2019.

Acquisition by Canal+

When Warner Bros. Discovery announced that their removing of HBO shows on OCS in return for the former launching their own streaming service in France, it was announced that Orange was considering selling their movie bouquet OCS along with their channels including their production arm Orange Studio to other French companies In December 2022, OCS deal with HBO ended with most HBO productions leaving OCS from January 2023 onwards. Following that, OCS closed OCS City, the channel that was in charge of

programs, and merged it with OCS Choc to create OCS Pulp. On January 8, 2023,

Canal+ Group Canal+ S.A., formerly Groupe Canal+, is a French Media conglomerate, media and telecommunications Conglomerate (company), conglomerate based in Paris. It runs its own Canal+ (streaming service), eponymous Over-the-top media service, over-the-to ...

along with Orange had announced that Groupe Canal+ had secured a deal with Orange and the latter announced that they were acquiring both Orange's rival premium pay-TV movie services OCS along with their three channels and its film production and television co-production house Orange Studio, which Canal+ previously owned the minority stake on Orange's pay-TV arm and film division. The planned acquisition would give Canal+ In January 2024, Groupe Canal+ announced that they had finalised their acquisition of Orange's pay-TV premium movie service OCS along with their three premium television channels and the film production and television series co-production company Orange Studios from long-time partner Orange after the acquisition was conditionally approved by the French Competition Authority

TV channels

Logo

2008-2012

File:Logo Orange Ciné Max 2008.svg, Orange Ciné Max logo from November 13, 2008 to September 22, 2012. File:Logo Orange Ciné Happy 2008.svg, Orange Ciné Happy logo from November 13, 2008 to September 22, 2012. File:Logo Orange Ciné Choc 2008.svg, Orange Ciné Choc logo from November 13, 2008 to September 22, 2012. File:Logo Orange Ciné Novo 2008.svg, Orange Ciné Novo logo from November 13, 2008 to September 22, 2012. File:Logo Orange Ciné Geants 2008.svg, Orange Ciné Geants logo from November 13, 2008 to September 22, 2012.

2012-2022

File:Logo OCS Max 2012.svg, OCS Max logo from September 22, 2012 to February 1, 2022. File:Logo OCS Happy 2012.svg, OCS Happy logo from September 22, 2012 to October 10, 2013. File:Logo OCS Choc 2012.svg, OCS Choc logo from September 22, 2012 to February 1, 2022. File:Logo OCS Novo 2012.svg, OCS Novo logo from September 22, 2012 to October 10, 2013. File:Logo OCS Geants 2012.svg, OCS Geants logo from September 22, 2012 to February 1, 2022. File:Logo OCS City 2012.svg, OCS City logo from October 10, 2013 to February 1, 2022.

2022-present

File:Logo OCS Max.png, OCS Max logo from February 1, 2022 File:Logo OCS Choc.png, OCS Choc logo from February 1, 2022 File:Logo Ocsgeants.png, OCS Géants logo from February 1, 2022 File:Logo OCS City.png, OCS City logo from February 1, 2022 File:Logo OCS Pulp 2022.svg, OCS Pulp logo from January 12, 2023

Series

OCS Max (2008-2024)

This list includes programs from ''OCS Happy'' who have been moved to ''OCS Max''. * ''

2 Broke Girls ''2 Broke Girls'' (stylized as ''2 Broke Girl$'') is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 19, 2011, to April 17, 2017. The series was produced for Warner Bros. Television and created by Michael Patrick King and Whitn ...

'' * ''3615 Monique'' * ''Aïcha'' * ''Alphonse Président'' * ''

Angry Birds Toons ''Angry Birds Toons'' is a short-form animated television series based on Rovio's '' Angry Birds'' franchise. The series follows the adventures of the birds as they guard their eggs against the pigs, who want to steal them for their king to e ...

'' * '' Band of Brothers'' * ''

Being Erica ''Being Erica'' is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that aired on CBC Television, CBC from January 5, 2009, to December 12, 2011. Created by Jana Sinyor, the series was originally announced by the CBC as ''The Session'', but was later r ...

'' * '' Better with You'' * '' Black Sails'' * '' Boardwalk Empire'' (season 1-4, other seasons on OCS City) * ''La Bouse'' * ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan for AMC (TV channel), AMC. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Breaking Bad), Walter White (Bryan Cran ...

'' (season 1-4, other seasons on OCS City) * '' Bunheads'' * ''

Cougar Town ''Cougar Town'' is an American television sitcom that ran for 102 episodes over six seasons, from September 23, 2009, until March 31, 2015. The first three seasons aired on ABC, with the series moving to TBS for the remaining three seasons. AB ...

'' * '' Crash'' * '' Éternelle'' * '' Entourage'' * '' Falling Skies'' * ''France Kbek'' * '' Fantômette'' (2000) * '' The Garfield Show'' * '' Gary Unmarried'' * '' The Girlfriend Experience'' * ''

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'' * '' Good Behavior'' * ''

The Handmaid's Tale ''The Handmaid's Tale'' is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985. It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has ...

'' * '' Hell on Wheels'' (season 1-2, other seasons on OCS Choc) * ''Holly Weed'' * ''

Houdini Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known professionally as Harry Houdini ( ), was a Hungarian-American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts. Houdini first attracted notice in vaudeville in ...

'' * '' The Hour'' * '' How to Make It in America'' * '' Hung'' * '' In Treatment'' * ''

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before Presidency of John Adams, his presidency, he was a leader of ...

'' * ''Kinky et Cosy'' * ''Lazy Company'' * '' Legion'' * ''

Luck Luck is the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones. The Naturalism (philosophy), naturalistic interpretation is that positive and negative events may happen at a ...

'' * '' Magic City'' * '' Make It or Break It'' * ''Merci Julie !'' * '' Mildred Pierce'' * '' Mr Selfridge'' * '' Mr. Sunshine'' * '' The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'' * ''

Pretty Little Liars ''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery teen drama television series created by I. Marlene King, which aired on Freeform (TV channel), Freeform from June 8, 2010 to June 27, 2017, based on the novel series Pretty Little L ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''Q.I.'' (season 1-2) * '' Rubicon'' * ''

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...

'' * ''

Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy, romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO, based on Sex and the City (newspaper column), the newspaper column and 1996 book by Candace Bushnell. It premiered in th ...

'' * '' Six Feet Under'' * '' True Blood'' (season 1-6, other seasons on OCS City) * '' Turn: Washington's Spies'' * '' Veep'' (season 1-2, other seasons on OCS City) * '' War and Peace'' * '' The White Princess'' * '' The White Queen'' * ''

Winx Club ''Winx Club'' is an animated television series co-produced by Rainbow S.p.A., Rainbow and, later, Nickelodeon. It was created and directed by Italian animator Iginio Straffi. It premiered on 28January 2004, becoming a ratings success in Ita ...

'' * ''Zak''

OCS Choc (2008-2023)

* '' Ash vs Evil Dead'' * '' Band of Brothers'' * ''The Fear'' (2012) * ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...

'' (season 1-3, other seasons on OCS City) * '' Generation Kill'' * '' Hell on Wheels'' * ''

House of Saddam ''House of Saddam'' is a 2008 British docudrama television miniseries that charted the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein. A co-production between BBC Television and HBO Films, the series was first broadcast on BBC Two (in the United Kingdom) in f ...

'' * '' Justified'' * '' Kingdom'' * ''Kinky et Cosy'' * '' The Knick'' * '' Misfits'' * '' Outcast'' * ''Plaisir de Nuire, Joie de Décevoir'' * '' Power'' * '' Powers'' * ''

Preacher A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who Open-air preaching, preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach com ...

'' * ''Revivre'' * ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The series follows Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey American Mafia, Mafia boss who suffers from panic attacks. He reluct ...

'' * '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' * '' Spartacus: Gods of the Arena'' * '' Spartacus: Vengeance'' * ''Trafics'' * '' The Walking Dead''

OCS City (2013-2023)

* ''

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'' * ''The Art Of Television : Les réalisateurs de séries'' * ''

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'' * '' Ballers'' * '' Band of Brothers'' * '' Being Human'' * '' Big Little Lies'' * '' Blunt Talk'' * ''

'' * '' The Brink'' * '' Boardwalk Empire'' * '' Bored to Death'' * '' Boss'' * '' The Casual Vacancy'' * '' Crashing'' * ''

Curb Your Enthusiasm ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', also known colloquially simply as ''Curb'', is an American television comedy of manners created by Larry David that premiered on HBO with an hour-long special in October 17, 1999, followed by 12 seasons broadcast from Oc ...

'' * ''

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'' * '' Eastbound & Down'' * ''

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'' * '' Entourage'' * ''Extra Life'' * '' Flesh and Bone'' * ''The Game'' * ''

'' * '' Girls'' * ''

Hello Ladies ''Hello Ladies'' is an American sitcom created by Stephen Merchant, Lee Eisenberg, and Gene Stupnitsky. It stars Merchant as an Englishman looking for love in modern Los Angeles. The series premiered on the American network HBO on September 2 ...

'' * '' High Maintenance'' * '' Irma Vep'' * ''Irresponsable'' * ''In America'' * '' Insecure'' * ''

'' * '' The Knick'' * '' The Leftovers'' * '' Looking'' * '' Louie'' * '' Low Winter Sun'' * ''

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'' * '' Masters of Sex'' * '' Missions'' * '' Mozart in the Jungle'' * '' Mr Selfridge'' * '' The Newsroom'' * '' The Night Of'' * ''

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'' * ''Q.I.'' * '' Room 104'' * ''

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'' * '' Search Party'' * ''

'' * '' Sex and the Series'' * '' Show Me a Hero'' * ''

Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that is a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical area of the Santa Clara Valley ...

'' * '' Six Feet Under'' * ''

'' * ''Templeton'' * '' Togetherness'' * '' Transparent'' * '' Treme'' * '' True Blood'' * ''

True Detective ''True Detective'' is an American Anthology series, anthology Crime fiction, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Nic Pizzolatto for the premium cable network HBO. The series premiered on January 12, 2014, and ...

'' * '' Veep'' * '' Vice Principals'' * ''

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'' * ''Xanadu'' * ''

Westworld ''Westworld'' is an American science fiction dystopia media franchise that began with the Westworld (film), 1973 film ''Westworld'', written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film depicts a technologically advanced Wild West, Wild-West-th ...

'' * '' The White Lotus''

OCS Pulp (2023-2024)

* ''3615 Monique'' * '' Tales of the Walking Dead''

References

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