Wizja Le Cinema

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Wizja Le Cinema
Launched1998;22 years ago (1998)
Closed19 April 2003;17 years ago (2003-04-19)
Network Wizja TV
Picture format 576i (4:3 SDTV)
Country Poland
Language Polish
Broadcast area Poland
Headquarters Warsaw, Poland
Formerly calledLe Cinema
Replaced by Europa Europa
Sister channel(s) Twoja Wizja
Wizja Info
Wizja Jeden
Wizja Pogoda
Wizja Sport

Wizja Le Cinema was a Polish movie channel featuring famous and less known film productions from Europe and the rest of the world. Over the years, the owner, name, form and availability of the channel have changed. Initially, it was a channel of Wizja TV, available only on this platform and some cable networks. In fact, the channel only broadcast European films, though the productions from other parts of the world were rare on the channel. After merging Wizja TV with Cyfra+, the channel did not enter into the offer of the new platform. The name was also changed into Le Cinema and appeared in the rival Cyfrowy Polsat offer.

On April 19, 2003 the name was changed into Europa Europa.

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