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| Broadcast area | Europe |
|---|---|
| Network | NBCUniversal International Networks |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam,Netherlands |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NBCUniversal |
| Sister channels | 13th Street CNBC Europe DreamWorks Channel Syfy Diva |
| History | |
| Launched | 2 December 2002 (2002-12-02) |
| Closed | 31 August 2012; 13 years ago (2012-08-31) (Italy) 1 May 2015; 10 years ago (2015-05-01) (Russia) 31 December 2022; 2 years ago (2022-12-31) (Germany) 31 December 2023; 22 months ago (2023-12-31) (UK and Ireland) 6 October 2025; 49 days ago (2025-10-06) (Africa) |
| Links | |
| Website | Official Website |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Ziggo GO(Netherlands) | ZiggoGO TV |
E! is a Europeanpay television channel, operated by E! Entertainment Europe B.V. and owned byNBCUniversal &Sky Group. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television and Hollywood gossip and news. E! currently has an audience reach of 600 million homes internationally.
E! Entertainment Television was founded byLarry Namer andAlan Mruvka in the United States.[1][2]
The network launched on 31 July 1987 asMovietime, a service that aired movie trailers, entertainment news, event and awards coverage, and interviews as an early example of a nationalbarker channel.[3] Three years later, in June 1990, Movietime was renamedE! Entertainment Television to emphasise its widening coverage of thecelebrity–industrial complex, contemporary film, television and music, daily Hollywood gossip, and fashion.
In the Fall of 1999, Zone Vision launched E! Entertainment in Poland, under a licensing agreement on the Polish digital platform Wizja TV, with Zone's Studio Company providing localized content.[4] The channel was shut down by 2002.
In 2002, E! launched in Europe with its headquarters situated inAmsterdam in theNetherlands. One of the first countries E! broadcast in was Germany, where it telecast daily.[5][6][7] In the Summer of 2006, E! began localizing in France, Italy, and the UK.[8]
At the end of 2011, E! launched inHD in Eastern Europe.[9] Followed by a launch in the UK and in Ireland on 8 October 2012,[10] Germany on 30 April 2013 and other European countries.
On 30 April 2015, E! was closed during technical problems, along withUniversal Channel.
E! in the UK and Ireland was a lifestyle channel with E! America's content like E! News and Live from the Red Carpet dropped. The promos/trailers for E! have also ceased.The channel closed on 31 December 2023.[11]
E! has localised versions of the same channel, including:
Closed channels:
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