Cine5

First subscription-based television channel in Turkey

Television channel

Cine5
Programming

Country	Turkey
Affiliates	Radyo5 (1997-2010)
Headquarters	Barbaros Boulevard, Aşiyan, Bebek, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Language(s)	Turkish
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Mehmet Emin Karamehmet
Sister channels	Show TV
History
Launched	20 September 1993; 30 years ago (1993-09-20)
Closed	30 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-30)
Links
Website	http://cine5tv.com.tr

Cine5 was the first subscription-based television channel in Turkey. It aired in an encrypted format and primarily broadcast feature-length movies when it was founded on September 20, 1993. Subscribers were required to buy a decoder to watch the channel. The number of subscribers reached over half a million. However, in recent years, it enlarged its program spectrum due to competition from other movie-based channels and removed encryption and the subscription policy on January 16, 2006. On February 15, 2011, the channel was put up for sale^[1] and bought by Al Jazeera^[2] to launch Al Jazeera Türk, however it’s never happened (except the short-term digital broadcast).

Programmes

References

^ "Turkey's Deposit Insurance Fund to sell three media organs". World Bulletin. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
^ "Al-Jazeera to buy Turkey's Cine 5 TV station for 40.5m dollars". Access My Library. 12 February 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2012.