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| Type | DVB & internet |
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| Owner | Mediawan |
Launch date | 1977 |
Former names | AB Groupe |
Official website | www |
Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting.
It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television.
On 11 October 2018 AB Groupe was rebranded to Mediawan Thematics after the purchase by Mediawan in 2017.
| Channel | Country | Category | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB1 | France | Entertainment | Pay-TV |
| AB3 | Belgium | General | |
| ABXplore | Belgium | Documentary | |
| Action | France | Movie channel | Pay-TV |
| Animaux | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| Automoto La chaîne | France | Motorsports | |
| Chasse et Pêche | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| Crime District | Luxembourg | Entertainment documentary | Pay-TV |
| Clubbing TV | France | Dance Music | Pay-TV |
| Science et Vie TV | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| Trek | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| Mangas | France | Teen | Pay-TV |
| Lucky Jack.tv | Luxembourg | Games | |
| RTL9 | Luxembourg | General | Pay-TV |
| Toute l'Histoire | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| XXL | Netherlands | Adult | Pay-TV |
| Channel | Country | Category | Start date | Close date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidéoclick | Belgium | Youth | 3 April 2007 | 29 July 2009 |
| AB4 | Belgium | Entertainment | 28 October 2002 | 13 September 2017 (replaced by ABXplore) |
| AB Moteurs | France | Sport | 26 March 1999 | 5 November 2018 (replaced by Automoto La chaîne) |
| Encyclo | France | Documentary | 6 June 1996 | 30 March 2015 |
| Escales | France | Documentary | 2 April 1996 | 2 February 2015 |
| Ciné Box | France | Movie channel | 1996 (Ciné Palace) September 2002 | 24 August 2004 |
| Ciné Comic | France | Movie channel | 2 April 1996 (Rire) 2002 | 24 August 2004 |
| Ciné Pop | France | Movie channel | 21 August 2006 | 15 July 2007 |
| Ciné First | France | Movie channel | 31 December 2007 | 30 September 2010 |
| Ciné FX | France | Movie channel | 15 September 2002 | 31 July 2018 |
| Ciné Polar | France | Movie channel | 2 April 1996 | 31 July 2018 |
| Fit TV | France | Fitness | 2 April 1996 | 15 October 2007 |
| Musique classique | France | Music | 2 April 1996 | 15 October 2007 |
| Melody | France | Music | 1996 | 10 April 1997 |
| Nostalgie la télé | France | Music | 10 April 1997 | July 1999 |
| RFM TV | France | Music | 5 July 1999 | March 2005 |
| Golf Channel | Luxembourg | Sport | 26 September 2010 | 1 September 2024 |
| Ultra Nature | France | Documentary | 19 May 2016 | 2022 |
| 'Zik | France | Music | 25 April 1998 | 31 December 2007 |
| France Courses | France | Sport | 9 September 1996 | 25 April 1998 (replaced by 'Zik on AB Sat, and recovered by the PMU and relaunched as Équidia) |
| AB Sports | France | Sport | 23 December 1996 | May 1999 (sold to Pathé and relaunched as Pathé Sport) |
| Onyx.tv | Germany | Music | 6 January 1996 | 15 September 2004 |
| NT1 | France | General | 31 March 2005 | June 2009 |
| TMC | Monaco | General | 19 November 1954 | June 2009 |
| Terranova | Germany | Documentary | 15 September 2004 | 10 July 2007 |
AB sold many channels, notably the free national channels TMC and NT1 taken over by TF1 when they were the main shareholder of AB Groupe.
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