''Studio Universal'' is a specialty television channel focused on

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s. It is owned by

Universal Networks International NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-to-Consumer, formerly NBC Universal Global Networks, Universal Networks International and NBCUniversal International Networks, is a part of NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast. History When NBCUniversal was ...

. Programming is based on films (mainly from

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) and related programs with interviews, insights,

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s and frequent themed nights or seasons on which are shown films centred on one

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, director or

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. The ''Studio Universal'' brand was chosen as a core channel of Universal Networks International. The channel was launched on February 1, 2010 in

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replacing ''Hallmark Channel''.

History

The channel was originally launched in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

in 1998 on satellite television platform

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and continued on

SKY Italia Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo, and Sky TG24. Pay TV services on the Sky ...

from July 31, 2003 to June 1, 2008. A carriage dispute led the channel to be replaced by MGM Channel. The ''Studio Universal'' channel resumed on May 8, 2009, on ''Premium Gallery'', part of pay-television platform Mediaset Premium. It was announced in November, 2008 by Steve Patscheck, director of "Universal Networks Latin America", that the channel would be launched in

on February 1, 2010 replacing The

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in the region. Studio Universal launched in September 30, 2011 in

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and

sub-saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...

. Studio Universal was discontinued in Italy on 31 December 2018. In 2023, Studio Universal made its first launch in Southeast Asia thru TAP DMV's over-the-top streaming service Blast TV in the Philippines.

References

External links

Official Italian website

Official Latin America websiteOfficial South Africa website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Studio Universal Universal Networks International Movie channels Television channels and stations established in 1998 Italian-language television stations

History

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