WarnerTV Film

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WarnerTV Film
WarnerTV Film Logo 2021.svg
Country Germany
Broadcast area Europe
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s) German
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channels WarnerTV Comedy
WarnerTV Serie
Cartoon Network
Cartoonito
CNN International
History
Launched5 December 2006;17 years ago (2006-12-05) (as Turner Classic Movies)
4 July 2009;14 years ago (2009-07-04) (as TNT Film)
25 September 2021;2 years ago (2021-09-25) (as Warner TV Film)
Former namesTurner Classic Movies (2006–2009)
TNT Film (2009–2021)
Links
Website www.warnertv.de/film
Availability
Streaming media
Magine TV (Germany)-
HD Logo WarnerTV FILM HD Logo 2021.svg
HD Logo

WarnerTV Film, formerly Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and TNT Film, is a German pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery International. The channel broadcasts movies both in their original language and dubbed into German.

Contents

The channel launched on the Arena satellite platform with a full 24-hour schedule in December 2006 as Turner Classic Movies. It has later become available from other distributors, including Premiere from September 2007. On July 4, 2009, the channel was rebranded as TNT Film and started to feature recent films more prominently. The channel also switched to the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio. [1]

The channel changed its name to WarnerTV Film on September 25, 2021, after the ad made on June 14 that same year. [2]

Broadcasting

In August 2013, SES Platform Services (later MX1, now part of SES Video) won an international tender by Turner Broadcasting System, to provide playout services for TNT Film, and for TNT Serie, TNT Glitz, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and CNN International (in both SD and HD) for the German-speaking market, digitization of existing Turner content, and playout for Turner on-demand and catch-up services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland the Benelux region, from November 2013. [3]

M7 Group's Kabelkiosk stopped broadcasting of TNT Film on 1 March 2017.

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Audience share

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberAnnual average
2012 [4] --0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
2013 [5] 0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%Increase2.svg 0.1%
2014 [6] 0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%
2015 [7] 0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.1%
2016 [8] 0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%
2017 [9] 0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%

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