Zone Romantica
| Zone Romantica | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched |
Central & Eastern Europe: 1998 UK & Ireland: 3 September 2007 |
| Closed |
UK & Ireland: 16 November 2009 Hungary: 2 July 2012 Central & Eastern Europe: 3 December 2012 |
| Network | Chello Zone/Chello Central Europe |
| Owned by | Chellomedia Liberty Global |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Broadcast area | Europe |
| Formerly called | Romantica (Until 2006) |
| Replaced by |
Romania: Romantica (2007-2012) UK & Ireland: CBS Drama (2009) Hungary: Film Café (2012) Central & Eastern Europe: CBS Action (2012) |
| Sister channel(s) |
Zone Club Zone Europa Zone Fantasy Zone Horror Zone Reality Zone Thriller |
| Website |
zoneromantica.tv romantica.tv UK |
Zone Romantica (formerly Romantica) was a European TV channel that launched in 1998. The channel broadcast a mixture of telenovelas, music and entertainment from all over the world, but mainly from Latin America. The channel was available 24 hours a day, to 20 territories across Central and Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom, Ireland, as well as the Middle East. The channel reached 8 million subscribers.
The channel launched on Sky Digital in the UK and Ireland on September 3, 2007. It was broadcasting between 8 a.m. and 3 a.m. from the start.[1] It slot on the Sky EPG had been purchased from BEN TV.[2]
On May 6, 2008 it was one of the channels that were on the free-to-air platform Freesat platform from the start.[3]
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. The new channels would replace Zone Romantica, Zone Thriller, Zone Horror and Zone Reality, plus timeshift services Zone Horror +1 and Zone Reality +1.[4][5] On 1 October 2009, it was announced that CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, CBS Drama and CBS Action would launch on 16 November 2009 replacing Zone Reality, Zone Reality +1, Zone Romantica and Zone Thriller. On 5 April 2010, Zone Horror and Zone Horror +1 were rebranded as Horror Channel and Horror Channel +1, following the rebrand of the portfolio’s other three channels in November 2009.[6]
On 2 July 2012, Hungarian version of Zone Romantica is replaced by Film Café.[7] On 1 August 2012 Chellomedia revealed that all European versions of the Zone Channels would be rebranded into CBS Channels.[8] CBS Action replaced Zone Romantica on 3 December 2012.[9] However the channel still broadcast in Poland at the platform Cyfrowy Polsat.
Programming
Programme Line-up for UK/Éire features 3 Classic First Run US Daytime Soap Operas.
Current shows[10]
- A escrava Isaura
- Amazônia, de Galvez a Chico Mendes
- Aunque mal paguen
- ¿Dónde está Elisa?
- El encantador
- Hilda Furacão
- La quiero a morir
- Los misterios del amor
- Mulher
- Muñoz vale por 2
- Pocholo
- Sabrosa pasion
- Sabrosa pasion plus
- Salvador de mujeres
- Vivir asi
- Voltea pa' que te enamores
- La diosa Coronada
References
- ↑ "Zonemedia to launch Romantica channel". The Airwaves. August 20, 2007. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Zone brings US soaps to UK screens". Digital Spy. August 20, 2007.
- ↑ "In full: Freesat channels at launch". Digital Spy. May 6, 2008.
- ↑ "CBS FINALChello Zone partnership press release" (DOC). Chello Zone. 2009-09-14.
- ↑ "CBS to launch UK channels with Chellomedia". Broadcastnow. 2009-09-14.
- ↑ "Zone Horror rebrands as Horror Channel". Broadband TV News. 2010-03-31.
- ↑ "Chello rebrands movie channels". Broadband TV News. 2012-06-18.
- ↑ "CBS and Chellomedia take entertainment across EMEA". Broadband TV News. 2012-08-01.
- ↑ "Kanały CBS w Polsce. Co w ramówce?". Media2.pl. 2012-11-30.
- ↑ http://www.zoneromantica.tv/shows.php?genre=All
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