Action (French TV channel)

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Action
CountryFrance
Headquarters La Plaine Saint-Denis, France
Programming
Language(s)French
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Mediawan Thematics
History
Launched2 May 1996;25 years ago (1996-05-02)
Links
Website www.actiontv.fr
Availability
Terrestrial
Easy TV (Congo)Channel 25

Action is a French television channel which shows action films.

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History

A TV channel dedicated to films (cinema and telefilm) in the action genre, was commercially launched as part of the AB Sat package in 1996.

It is also the name of a channel of the Starz Encore Group in Canada.

Budget

Action is run by AB Sat SA with a budget of €24 million, provided 100% by AB Groupe.

Programming

Season 4 is being broadcast in 2019, narrated by Marc Chavet and Jerome Pourrut. [1]

Broadcast

Action is broadcast on the "Ciné-Séries" bouquet of Canal+ and the "Cinérama" (now "Panorama" in satellite) bouquet from Bis Télévisions, on cable, and on ADSL.

It ceased transmissions on StarTimes in 2020.

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