TV 2 Film
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TV 2 Film is a 24-hour two star movie channel owned by TV 2
.
It was launched on November 1, 2005 at 9 p.m. First to air was Danish feature film The Green Butchers
.
The channel mostly shows American two star movies. Each movie is shown many times over the course of several days.
In August 2008, the channel started broadcasting in the widescreen format. This was followed by the launch of a high-definition simulcast of the channel on January 1, 2009.
The channel was developed from a film strand on TV 2 called "en go' film uden afbrydelser" ("A good movie without interruptions"). Initially, the channel carried advertising between the movies, but this practise was discontinued in 2007 as the ad sales had remained modest.
On satellite, TV 2 Film (as well as TV 2 Charlie and TV 2 Film) was initially exclusively available via Canal Digital
. The competing Viasat
platform started broadcasting the channels in January 2009.
TV 2 (Denmark)
TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....
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It was launched on November 1, 2005 at 9 p.m. First to air was Danish feature film The Green Butchers
The Green Butchers
The Green Butchers is a 2003 Danish film starring Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Line Kruse, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. It is a black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, who start their own shop to get away from their arrogant boss...
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The channel mostly shows American two star movies. Each movie is shown many times over the course of several days.
In August 2008, the channel started broadcasting in the widescreen format. This was followed by the launch of a high-definition simulcast of the channel on January 1, 2009.
The channel was developed from a film strand on TV 2 called "en go' film uden afbrydelser" ("A good movie without interruptions"). Initially, the channel carried advertising between the movies, but this practise was discontinued in 2007 as the ad sales had remained modest.
On satellite, TV 2 Film (as well as TV 2 Charlie and TV 2 Film) was initially exclusively available via Canal Digital
Canal Digital
Canal Digital is a Scandinavian television distributor and internet service provider that was founded in March 1997 as a joint venture between the French pay-TV company Canal+ and the Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor...
. The competing Viasat
Viasat
Viasat is a DBS distributor and TV broadcaster, owned by the Swedish media conglomerate Modern Times Group. Broadcasting from London, the target markets are in the Nordic and the Baltic Countries...
platform started broadcasting the channels in January 2009.