Altice Studio

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Altice Studio
Altice Logo.jpg
CountryFrance
Broadcast areaFrance
Headquarters Paris, France
Programming
Language(s)French
English
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
576i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerAltice France (Altice)
History
Launched22 August 2017;5 years ago (2017-08-22)
Links
Website sfr.fr/altice-studio

Altice Studio is a French Premium pay television channel dedicated to movies and series operated by Altice France.

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The channel launched on 22 August 2017 as part of the company new strategy to provide to their subscribers their own television channel, like their competitor Orange S.A. with the OCS channels.

Altice Studio is available exclusively on SFR, and Canal+ since 2020. Its subscribers have the option to subscribe to Altice Studio.

Most of the Altice Studio programmes were also available on SFR Play, the subscription video on demand service owned by SFR, until 30 June 2020 when the service became only for kids.

History

On 17 May 2017, Alain Weill announced the launch of a television channel named SFR Studio. [1]

On 11 July 2017, the group announced that the channel name will be Altice Studio and revealed an exclusive contract with NBCUniversal and Paramount Pictures. [2]

In November 2017, SFR Sat packages were launched on Fransat with 3 offers: SFR Play, SFR Sport and Altice Studio. [3] [4] [5] SFR Play and Altice Studio were removed of Fransat on 1 November 2019, but RMC Sport kept available. [6] [7]

On 18 August 2020, Altice Studio was added to Canal+, as an option for 5€. [8] [9]

On March 6, 2023, the channel will be closed on March 22, 2023 due to competitions like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+.

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References

  1. "Altice va lancer la chaîne SFR Studio à la fin de l'été". 17 May 2017 via Le Monde.
  2. "Altice Studio: SFR va lancer sa chaîne de séries et de cinéma". 11 July 2017.
  3. "SFR Play et Altice Studio sur Fransat". Echos du Net (in French). 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  4. "Fransat - Les offres SFR SAT arrivent sur le bouquet FRANSAT !". Fransat (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. "SFR SAT : L'offre TV SFR par satellite est lancée, la 4K en prime". www.telesatellite.com. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  6. "Des chaînes en moins sur Fransat mais un service SVOD en plus". www.telesatellite.com. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  7. Damien (2019-10-24). "Les chaînes SFR quittent Fransat le 31 octobre". Planète CSAT (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  8. "Altice Studio apparaît en option chez CANAL+". alloforfait.fr (in French). 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  9. "ALTICE STUDIO est désormais disponible sur CANAL+ A LA DEMANDE". CANAL+ Assistance (in French). 5 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2021-02-14.