Eurochannel
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Eurochannel is a world television channel focused on European culture and lifestyle throughout movies, series and other programs dedicated to European culture. Eurochannel broadcasts in original audio with subtitles in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Eurochannel is available in Latin America, United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Angola, Mozambique and Portugal, reaching more than 25 million people in 25 countries through 10.5 million households.

History

Eurochannel was originally created by Televisão Abril
Televisão Abril
TVA - Televisão Abril is a Brazilian subscription television operator, working with Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service analog system, analog cable and digital cable...

 (TVA) in Brazil in 1994, then released by DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...

 in that country. In 2000, the channel was acquired by a joint venture of Canal + subsidiary Multithematiques Inc. and Vivendi
Vivendi
Vivendi SA is a French international media conglomerate with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet, and video games. It is headquartered in Paris.- History :...

.

In 2004, Gustavo Vainstein, former executive at Noos
Numericable
Numericable is a British-American-Luxembourgian owned cable television operator operating in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, currently proposing standard quadruple-play services .- History :...

, a French cable operator, took control of the channel. Since 2004, the channel develops its programming content and also created its own programs.

Current programming

Eurochannel's programming includes mostly cinema, television series and music programs.

Cinema

  • Claude Chabrol
    Claude Chabrol
    Claude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s...

     tribute
    (France)
  • Skirt Day
    Skirt Day
    Skirt Day is a 2008 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld and starring Isabelle Adjani as a high school teacher.A key point of the plot of the movie happened in real life: a request was sent to the French Secretary of Education to propose a Skirt Day.-Plot:Sonia Bergerac is a French...

    (France)
  • A Crime in Paradise
    A Crime in Paradise
    A Crime in Paradise, , is a French comedy film from 2001, directed by Jean Becker, written by Sacha Guitry , and starring by Jacques Villeret. The scenario was used on the film La Poison .- Cast :* Jacques Villeret ... Jojo Braconnier...

    (France)
  • March of Millions
    March of Millions
    March of Millions is the international English title of the multi-award-winning three-hour German television film Die Flucht...

    (Germany)
  • Il mistero di Oberwald
    Il mistero di Oberwald
    Il mistero di Oberwald or The Mystery of Oberwald is a 1981 drama film, written, edited and directed by Italian Director Michelangelo Antonioni. It was filmed on video...

    (Italy)

Series

  • Prime Minister (TV series)
    Prime Minister (TV Series)
    Ekipa is a Polish political drama TV series created and directed by Agnieszka Holland, aired from 13 September 2007 until 6 December 2007 on Polsat...

    (Poland)
  • KDD - Berlin Crime Squad (Germany)
  • David Nolande (France)
  • Looking Back (Italy)

Music

  • Europe (band)
    Europe (band)
    Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...

    (Sweden)
  • The Baseballs
    The Baseballs
    The Baseballs are a German rock and roll band founded in Berlin in 2007. They became popular with rock cover versions of modern hits such as "Umbrella" by Rihanna and "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry. The band members are only credited by their first names...

    (Germany)
  • Muse (band)
    Muse (band)
    Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...

    (UK)
  • Depeche Mode
    Depeche Mode
    Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

    (UK)
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