Cine5

Cine5

Cine5

First subscription-based television channel in Turkey

Cine5 was the first subscription-based television channel in Turkey. It aired in an encrypted format and primarily broadcast feature-length movies when it was founded on September 20, 1993. Subscribers were required to buy a decoder to watch the channel. The number of subscribers reached over half a million. However, in recent years, it enlarged its program spectrum due to competition from other movie-based channels and removed encryption and the subscription policy on January 16, 2006. On February 15, 2011, the channel was put up for sale[1] and bought by Al Jazeera[2] to launch Al Jazeera Türk.

Quick Facts Country, Affiliates ...

Programmes

References

  1. [1]
    "Turkey's Deposit Insurance Fund to sell three media organs". World Bulletin. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Al-Jazeera to buy Turkey's Cine 5 TV station for 40.5m dollars". Access My Library. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
Stub icon

This article about a television station in Turkey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cine5, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.