Universal TV (Germany)

Universal TV
CountryGermany
Broadcast areaGermany, Austria, Switzerland
HeadquartersMunich, Germany
Programming
LanguageGerman/English
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerSky Deutschland
Sister channels13th Street
History
Launched5 September 2013; 12 years ago (2013-09-05)
Former namesUniversal Channel (2013-2018)
Links
Websitewww.sky.de/sender/universaltv
Availability

Universal TV (originally Universal Channel) is a German pay-tv-channel, operated by Sky Deutschland and headquartered in Munich. The station was announced on 22 May 2013 and launched on 5 September 2013.[1]

As part of a global rebrand, the channel changed its name in Germany to Universal TV on 2 July 2018.[2]

It was folded into Sky Deutschland operations in December 2023.

Programming

The channel mainly broadcasts series and some feature films. The station's prime time starts at 9pm, sometimes premieres. All programmes are dubbed into German and also their original audio.[3] Besides reruns of series originally broadcast on other channels, Universal TV also broadcast first-run programmes in German.

Current

Sources:[4][5]

Former

Logos

  • 5 September 2013 – 1 July 2018
    5 September 2013 – 1 July 2018
  • 2 July 2018 – present
    2 July 2018 – present
  • Universal TV HD
    Universal TV HD

Audience share

Germany

January February March April May June July August September October November December Annual average
2017[6] 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% '
2018[7] 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%

References

  1. ^ "Universal Channel geht in Deutschland auf Sendung". horizont.net. HORIZONT Online. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  2. ^ Schwegler, Petra (4 May 2018). "Aus Universal Channel wird Universal TV". wuv.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Matthew Perry und "Chicago Fire" zum Start des Universal Channel". 23 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ^ KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co. "Serien nach Sendern: Universal TV". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  6. ^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  7. ^ "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018" (PDF). kek-online.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_TV_(Germany)