Kinowelt TV

Kinowelt TV is a German-language pay-TV station which broadcasts films. It shows classic films from Hollywood as well as European films from various genres such as drama, romance, comedy, action, thriller, horror or western. Since 2009, the company has produced three cinema films.

Kinowelt TV
Launched12 May 2004 (2004-05-12)
Owned byAMC Networks International
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Broadcast areaGermany, Austria, Switzerland
HeadquartersBad Soden, Germany
Websitewww.kinowelt.tv
Availability
Satellite
Sky Deutschland (Germany/Austria)Channel 333 (SD)
Cable
Kabel Deutschland (Germany)Channel 307 (SD) / Channel 330 (HD)
Unitymedia (Germany)Channel 273 (SD) / Channel 77 (HD)
NetCologne (Germany)Channel 321 (SD)
Kabelkiosk (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)Channel ? (SD)
UPC Austria (Austria)Channel 259 (HD)
UPC Switzerland (Switzerland)Channel 125 (HD)
IPTV
Telekom Entertain (Germany)Channel 206 (SD)
A1 TV (Austria)Channel 514 (SD) / Channel 614 (HD)

History

Kinowelt TV was founded by Achim Apell - a former associate of Hessischer Rundfunk and Taunus Film from Wiesbaden - together with MK Medienbeteiligungs GmbH from Leipzig, and was launched on May 12, 2004. Michael Kölmel and his film distributor Kinowelt, founded in 1984 (since 2011 StudioCanal GmbH), were behind MK Medien. Apell is the brother of Kölmel's wife. Kinowelt TV is operated by Kinowelt Television GmbH based in Bad Soden am Taunus.

Kinowelt TV has produced three cinema films: The Last Giants (nature, 2009), Die Präsenz (The Presence) (horror, 2015) and UFO (horror/sci-fi, 2016).

On 5 February 2013, the station introduced a new on-air and off-air design, which also introduced new logos for Kinowelt.TV and Kinowelt TV HD.[1]

In April 2014 AMC Networks announced it had acquired Kinowelt TV.[2] The new owner has no plans to change the channel's name.[3]

Distribution

Kinowelt TV can be received via cable operators such as Kabel Deutschland, Kabelkiosk, Tele Columbus, Primacom, Unitymedia, UPC Austria, UPC Cablecom, Swisscable and Tele Columbus. The channel is broadcast via satellite on the Sky platform. The channel is also available via the Vodafone and Telekom Entertain IPTV platforms.

A HD version of the channel was made available on 29 May 2012, Kinowelt TV on Unitymedia cable. Kabel Deutschland followed on 15 October 2012[4] and UPC Austria in 2013.

References
  1. DWDL.de: KinoweltTV präsentiert neues Design und Logo, 5. Februar 2013
  2. Quotenmeter.de: EILMELDUNG AMC/Sundance Channel expandiert nach Deutschland, 24. April 2014
  3. DWDL.de: US-Sender AMC kommt vorerst nicht nach Deutschland, 15. Oktober 2014
  4. Kabel Deutschland speist drei neue HD-Sender ein
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