Lumiere TV
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Country | Cyprus |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Lumiere TV Limited |
History | |
Launched | 20 September 1993 |
Closed | August 2014 |
Lumiere TV (LTV) was a pay television service based in Cyprus[1] and broadcast in more than 67 European and African countries. It broadcast movies, series, documentaries and social TV shows. It was owned by LTV Group Ltd.
Availability
[edit]Repeaters had been set up across 67 countries that enabled more than 80% of the population to receive these services. Lumiere TV was originally available on the Nova platform but following a financial dispute, it moved over to rival Athina Sat in July 2006.[2] As of March 3, 2008, LTV was once again available through Nova, following a new agreement that was signed between the two companies.[3]
The channel is no longer available through Athina Sat, which ceased operations in March 2008. It was also available through IPTV providers CytaVision and PrimeTel until its final closure and liquidation in August 2014.[4]
Channels and content
[edit]Lumiere TV operated eight multiplex channels:
Former Programming
[edit]Lumiere TV featured hit movies from Greece and abroad, including Hollywood blockbusters. It also aired hit TV series from the US and it broadcast over 15 premieres each month with new release films being added continuously.
Series
[edit]- 10 Things I Hate About You
- 2 Broke Girls
- 30 Rock
- 90210
- According to Jim
- Alcatraz
- Alias
- America's Next Top Model
- Army Wives
- The Big Bang Theory
- Big Love
- Boardwalk Empire
- Bones
- Bored to Death
- The Borgias
- Brothers & Sisters
- Californication
- Castle
- Chuck
- The Closer
- Cold Case
- The Comeback
- Cougar Town
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Minds
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: NY
- The Cult
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Desperate Housewives
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Eastwick
- Entourage
- ER
- Flight of the Conchords
- The Forgotten
- Friends
- Fringe
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Gossip Girl
- Grey's Anatomy
- Half & Half
- Harry's Law
- Hawaii Five-0
- Heroes
- House
- How to Make It in America
- Human Target
- Hung
- In Treatment
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Joey
- The King of Queens
- Mad Men
- Melissa & Joey
- The Mentalist
- Miami Medical
- The Middle
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- Necessary Roughness
- The Office
- One Tree Hill
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
- The Protector
- Shameless
- The Simpsons
- Sons of Anarchy
- The Sopranos
- Southland
- Supernatural
- Survivor
- Tell Me You Love Me
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Trust Me
- Two and a Half Men
- Ugly Betty
- Underbelly
- Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud
- United States of Tara
- V
- The Vampire Diaries
- The Wire
- Without a Trace
Children's
[edit]- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
- All Grown Up!
- The Angry Beavers
- As Told by Ginger
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Back at the Barnyard
- CatDog
- ChalkZone
- Danny Phantom
- Dora the Explorer
- Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Fanboy & Chum Chum
- Go, Diego, Go!
- Hey Arnold!
- iCarly
- Kappa Mikey
- The Mighty B!
- Rocket Power
- Rugrats
- The Powerpuff Girls
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- The Wild Thornberrys
- The X's
References
[edit]- ^ Maniou, Theodora A. (2017-09-22). "From PSB to Privatisation: Structures and Vulnerabilities of the Greek-Cypriot Broadcasting Sector". VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture. 6 (11). doi:10.18146/2213-0969.2017.jethc127. ISSN 2213-0969.
- ^ Multichoice Official
- ^ "Κατέληξαν σε συμφωνία Multichoice (Cyprus) – Netmed – Lumiere TV". Stockwatch.com.cy (in Greek). 2008-02-18. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "LTV shuts down - Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail". cyprus-mail.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-05. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
External links
[edit]- Youtube Playlist of LTV promos
- "Corporate profile". www.ltv.tv. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2016-03-20.