Zone Fantasy

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Zone Fantasy
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Broadcast area Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden
Network Chello Zone
Programming
Picture format 576i (4:3 SDTV)
Ownership
Owner Chellomedia Liberty Global
Sister channels Zone Club
Zone Europa
Zone Horror
Zone Reality
Zone Romantica
Zone Thriller
History
Launched15 May 2006;15 years ago (2006-05-15)
Closed6 September 2011;10 years ago (2011-09-06)
Replaced by Horror Channel
Links
Website www.it.zonefantasy.tv

Zone Fantasy was a television film channel in Italy that featured diverse programming. Zone Fantasy was targeted towards a mixed 16- to 45-year-old demographic, and focused on adventure, fantasy, horror and science fiction genres.

The channel transmitted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on SKY Italia.

The channel ceased its broadcasts on 6 September 2011 and was rebranded by Horror Channel., [1] and the other cities are switched into VH1 Classic in 2011.

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References

  1. MvdbMedia (6 September 2011). "Fantasy wordt Horror". DutchDreambox.nl. Retrieved 3 December 2012.