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London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-based television company, founded in 1991 by Chris Wronski and owned by Chellomedia
Chellomedia
Chellomedia, the European content division of Liberty Global, is a leading international media company & distributor of channels, content and video services. The division’s operating companies and business units currently own and operate 45 branded TV channels and run a suite of digital, on demand...
(Liberty Global).
History
The company was originally founded to distribute television programmes in Eastern EuropeEastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
, but now operates in 125 countries. They operate channels under 7 brands, albeit with some limited to specific countries, and provide 22 sound tracks across these.
Its English speaking-targeted channels show mainly US and Canadian imports as well as older BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
produced content; whereas its Central European stations show large quantities of recent British television. Original sound tracks are provided on most shows which are dubbed.
On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009. The new channels would replace Zone Romantica, Zone Thriller, Zone Horror and Zone Reality, plus timeshift services Zone Horror +1 and Zone Reality +1. On 1 October 2009, it was announced that CBS Reality
CBS Reality
CBS Reality is a television channel which broadcasts to the United Kingdom and Ireland.On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009...
, CBS Reality +1, CBS Drama
CBS Drama
CBS Drama is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland - home of 'modern US TV classics'.On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during...
and CBS Action
CBS Action
CBS Action is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland that launched on 16 November 2009.On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during...
would launch on 16 November 2009 replacing Zone Reality, Zone Reality +1, Zone Romantica and Zone Thriller.
On 5 April 2010, Zone Horror was rebranded as Horror Channel, following the rebrand of the portfolio’s other three channels in November 2009. On-air the channel name appears as Horror. The rebrand was produced by Chello Zone’s in-house creative services team.
Current
- Zone RealityZone RealityZone Reality is a European reality television channel.Zone Reality broadcasts in both analogue and digital to over 120 million viewers throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America....
- Horror Channel (joint venture with CBS Studios International)
- Horror Channel +1 (joint venture with CBS Studios International)
- Zone RomanticaZone RomanticaZone Romantica is a European TV channel that launched in 1998. The channel broadcasts a mixture of telenovelas, music and entertainment from all over the world, but mainly from Latin America. The channel is available 24 hours a day, to 20 territories across Central and Eastern Europe as well as...
- Zone ClubZone ClubZone Club is a European lifestyle and entertainment channel. The channel focuses on six different programme categories: style, health, home, travel, food and relationships...
- Zone FantasyZone FantasyZone Fantasy is a television film channel in Italy that features a raft of diverse programming, Zone Fantasy is targeted towards a mixed 16 - 45 year old demographic, and focuses on horror, fantasy, adventure and science fiction genres....
- CBS ActionCBS ActionCBS Action is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland that launched on 16 November 2009.On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during...
(joint venture with CBS Studios International) - CBS DramaCBS DramaCBS Drama is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland - home of 'modern US TV classics'.On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during...
(joint venture with CBS Studios International) - CBS RealityCBS RealityCBS Reality is a television channel which broadcasts to the United Kingdom and Ireland.On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009...
(joint venture with CBS Studios International)- CBS Reality +1CBS RealityCBS Reality is a television channel which broadcasts to the United Kingdom and Ireland.On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009...
(joint venture with CBS Studios International)
- CBS Reality +1
- Extreme Sports ChannelExtreme Sports ChannelThe Extreme Sports Channel is a Netherlands-based extreme sports television channel available across Europe and the Middle East. Al Gosling had the idea for the channel in 1998.-History:...
- RomanticaRomantica (Romanian TV Channel)Romantica is a TV channel that broadcasts telenovelas, talk-shows, news, music and entertainment.The channel is the Romanian version of Zone Romantica.-External links:*...
(joint venture with Realitatea Media) - JimJamJimJamJimJam is a television children channel which was launched in 2006 in Italy on SKY Italia. In September 2007 was acquired as part of a joint venture partnership between Chellomedia and HIT Entertainment....
(joint venture with HiT EntertainmentHIT EntertainmentHit Entertainment is a British-American entertainment distribution company established in 1989, and originally the international distribution arm of Jim Henson Productions called Henson International Television...
)
Former
- Zone Reality ExtraZone RealityZone Reality is a European reality television channel.Zone Reality broadcasts in both analogue and digital to over 120 million viewers throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America....
(Replaced by Zone Horror +1Zone HorrorHorror Channel is a television film channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel shows horror movies....
) - Zone Reality +1Zone RealityZone Reality is a European reality television channel.Zone Reality broadcasts in both analogue and digital to over 120 million viewers throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America....
(Replaced by CBS Reality +1CBS RealityCBS Reality is a television channel which broadcasts to the United Kingdom and Ireland.On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009...
) - Zone ThrillerZone ThrillerZone Thriller was a television channel in Europe that launched on 3 July 2006. The channel aired a number of varying movie styles including psychological dramas and murder mysteries....
(Replaced by CBS ActionCBS ActionCBS Action is a television channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland that launched on 16 November 2009.On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during...
)