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Film Cafe

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Film Cafe is a Polish television channel devoted to movies and cinema related programming, broadcast in Poland and other European territories in Polish and English at 1080i high definition. It launched on 15 March 1999 as Wizja Le Cinema and was rebranded several times over its history, becoming Le Cinema in 2002, Europa Europa in 2003, Zone Europa in 2006, CBS Europa in 2012 and finally Film Cafe in 2024, before ceasing operations on 31 December 2025. The channel was owned by AMC Networks International and Paramount Networks EMEAA, and at its widest reach it was available across 15 European territories and the Americas to more than 6.6 million subscribers, carrying content from distributors including Universal Studios, Film4 Productions and the British Film Institute.

Facts
Company Type
Film distributor 1
Company Type
Television station 1
Founded Year
1998 1
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Film Distributor 1
Sources
1. Wikidata: Film Cafe
Wikidata
  • Wikidata item description
    European television channel
  • Wikidata statement: inception (P571)
    inception: 1998
  • Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 2
    instance of: television station
  • Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 1
    instance of: film distributor
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Wikidata: Film Cafe
Wikidata Q393036, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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