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Country | Netherlands |
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Broadcast area | Europe Worldwide |
Headquarters | Almere, Netherlands |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Stingray Group (since 2015) |
Sister channels | Stingray Djazz Stingray iConcerts Stingray Lite TV |
History | |
Launched | 2006 1 July 2010 (Dutch feed) | (Pan-European feed)
Replaced | Cultuur 7 (Flanders) |
Closed | 1 March 2019 |
Replaced by | Stingray Brava Europe: Closed down, effectively replaced by Stingray Classica Europe Stingray Brava Dutch: Rebranded as a local version of Stingray Classica |
Former names | Stingray Brava Europe: Brava HDTV (2007–2013) Brava HD (2013–2014) Brava (2014–2016) Stingray Brava Dutch: Brava NL (2009–2013) Brava NL Klassiek (2013–2014) Brava (2014–2016) |
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Stingray Brava (formerly Brava) was a cultural television channel originated in the Netherlands, owned by the Stingray Group in Canada. The programming consisted of opera, ballet, and concertos. Productions were recorded in opera houses such as the Royal Opera House, the Teatro Real, and La Scala. The productions consisted of stage performances such as La bohème , Otello , Aida , Swan Lake , Tosca , Zoroastre and Così fan tutte .
Brava was founded by Jur Bron and Gerard Ardesch. [1] The pan-European Brava HDTV (now Stingray Brava Europe) was launched in 2006, and Brava NL (now Stingray Brava Dutch), which is broadcast in Dutch and focuses on Dutch contents, began on 1 July 2009. Brava was co-owned by Strengholt BV between 23 December 2011 and 31 July 2015. [2] [3]
On 25 November 2010, Brava launched Brava 3D, which showcased stereoscopic 3D television content across Europe as a Free-to-air channel on the Astra 3B satellite. The channel, however, was closed down on 1 August 2012. [4] [5]
The Canadian company Stingray Group took over Brava on 31 July 2015. [6] Followed by Cultuur 7 in Flanders in October 2015, which merged with Brava on 1 December 2015. [7] Both versions of Brava (all of which simplified names to Brava in 2014) were renamed as Stingray Brava at the end of 2016. [8]
The Stingray Brava brand was abolished on 1 March 2019, in favour of Stingray Classica. [9] Stingray acquired Classica brand and channels from Unitel in Germany in 2017.
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