Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting.
History
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.
On 11 October 2018 AB Groupe was rebranded to Mediawan Thematics after the purchase by Mediawan in 2017.
Television
| Channel | Country | Category | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB1 | France | Entertainment | Pay-TV |
| AB3 | Belgium | General | |
| ABXplore | Belgium | Documentary | |
| Action | France | Movie channel | Pay-TV |
| Animaux | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| Automoto La chaîne | France | Motorsports | |
| Chasse et Pêche | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| Crime District | Luxembourg | Entertainment documentary | Pay-TV |
| Clubbing TV | France | Dance Music | Pay-TV |
| Science et Vie TV | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| Trek | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| Mangas | France | Teen | Pay-TV |
| Lucky Jack.tv | Luxembourg | Games | |
| RTL9 | Luxembourg | General | Pay-TV |
| Golf Channel | Luxembourg | Sport | Pay-TV |
| Toute l'Histoire | France | Documentary | Pay-TV |
| XXL | Netherlands | Adult | Pay-TV |
Former channels
| Channel | Country | Category | Start date | Close date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidéoclick | Belgium | Youth | 3 April 2007 | 29 July 2009 |
| AB4 | Belgium | Entertainment | 28 October 2002 | 13 September 2017 (replaced by ABXplore) |
| AB Moteurs | France | Sport | 26 March 1999 | 5 November 2018 (replaced by Automoto La chaîne) |
| Encyclo | France | Documentary | 6 June 1996 | 30 March 2015 |
| Escales | France | Documentary | 2 April 1996 | 2 February 2015 |
| Ciné Box | France | Movie channel | 1996 (Ciné Palace) September 2002 |
24 August 2004 |
| Ciné Comic | France | Movie channel | 2 April 1996 (Rire) 2002 |
24 August 2004 |
| Ciné Pop | France | Movie channel | 21 August 2006 | 15 July 2007 |
| Ciné First | France | Movie channel | 31 December 2007 | 30 September 2010 |
| Ciné FX | France | Movie channel | 15 September 2002 | 31 July 2018 |
| Ciné Polar | France | Movie channel | 2 April 1996 | 31 July 2018 |
| Fit TV | France | Fitness | 2 April 1996 | 15 October 2007 |
| Musique classique | France | Music | 2 April 1996 | 15 October 2007 |
| Melody | France | Music | 1996 | 10 April 1997 |
| Nostalgie la télé | France | Music | 10 April 1997 | July 1999 |
| RFM TV | France | Music | 5 July 1999 | March 2005 |
| Ultra Nature | France | Documentary | 19 May 2016 | 2022 |
| 'Zik | France | Music | 25 April 1998 | 31 December 2007 |
| France Courses | France | Sport | 9 September 1996 | 25 April 1998 (replaced by 'Zik on AB Sat, and recovered by the PMU and relaunched as Équidia) |
| AB Sports | France | Sport | 23 December 1996 | May 1999 (sold to Pathé and relaunched as Pathé Sport) |
| Onyx.tv | Germany | Music | 6 January 1996 | 15 September 2004 |
| NT1 | France | General | 31 March 2005 | |
| TMC | General | 19 November 1954 | ||
| Terranova | Germany | Documentary | 15 September 2004 | 10 July 2007 |
AB sold many channels, notably the free national channels TMC and NT1 taken over by TF1 when they were the main shareholder of AB Groupe.
References
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This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 13:51