Ciné Fx
Encyclopedia
Ciné FX is a French television channel, owned by AB Groupe
.
The channel was originally only available via AB Sat
and as an option on CanalSat
, but is now available through contract on the cinema option from AB, on cable, on ADSL, and on digital television packages
.
At its start, in 1996, the cinema package of the AB group comprised five channels, but none which dealt with science-fiction films. When the cinema package was reformatted on 15 September 2002, the channel created three others: Ciné Comic, Ciné Polar
and Ciné Box to replace the former CINEBOX. Today, the package is named CINERAMA and comprises this channel, as well as Ciné Polar
, Ciné First and Ciné Pop.
The programming comprises science fiction films from the 1950s to today, covering every sub-genre, including programming the classics, Forbidden Planet
, the films of Roger Corman
, the studio Troma
and films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey
.
Director of cinema channels : Laurent Zameczkowski
Programme director : Richard Maroko
Editor : Pascal Goubereau
AB Groupe
The AB Groupe is a French business group in the field of broadcasting. It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television.- Television :-External links:* *...
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The channel was originally only available via AB Sat
AB Sat
AB Sat is a package of digital channels offered by the satellite companies Hot Bird and Astra and marketed in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. The channels are all run by the cable operators and certain networks ADSL. ABSAT has a stake in pay channel TNT and of two services in free TNT...
and as an option on CanalSat
CanalSat
CanalSat is a French digital satellite and DSL pay television service. It is owned by Vivendi with a 65% share, minority shareholders are Lagardère , TF1 and M6...
, but is now available through contract on the cinema option from AB, on cable, on ADSL, and on digital television packages
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
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At its start, in 1996, the cinema package of the AB group comprised five channels, but none which dealt with science-fiction films. When the cinema package was reformatted on 15 September 2002, the channel created three others: Ciné Comic, Ciné Polar
Ciné Polar
Ciné Polar is a French television channel owned by AB Groupe.The channel was originally only available on AB Sat and as an option on CanalSat, but is now available through a cinema contract with AB, on cable, on ADSL, and on digital television packages....
and Ciné Box to replace the former CINEBOX. Today, the package is named CINERAMA and comprises this channel, as well as Ciné Polar
Ciné Polar
Ciné Polar is a French television channel owned by AB Groupe.The channel was originally only available on AB Sat and as an option on CanalSat, but is now available through a cinema contract with AB, on cable, on ADSL, and on digital television packages....
, Ciné First and Ciné Pop.
The programming comprises science fiction films from the 1950s to today, covering every sub-genre, including programming the classics, Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox, with a screenplay by Cyril Hume. It stars Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, and Anne Francis. The characters and its setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and its plot contains certain...
, the films of Roger Corman
Roger Corman
Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...
, the studio Troma
Troma Entertainment
Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974.The company produces low-budget independent movies that play on 1950s horror with elements of farce...
and films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey (film)
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, partially inspired by Clarke's short story The Sentinel...
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Managers
President : Jean-Michel FavaDirector of cinema channels : Laurent Zameczkowski
Programme director : Richard Maroko
Editor : Pascal Goubereau