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Network | NBCUniversal International Networks |
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Programming | |
Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9480i/576i for theSDTV feeds) |
Ownership | |
Owner | NBCUniversal |
Sister channels | Syfy CNBC Europe DreamWorks Channel E! Universal TV Sky News |
History | |
Launched | 30 November 1997; 27 years ago (1997-11-30) (France) 1 May 1998; 26 years ago (1998-05-01) (Germany) 13 September 1999; 25 years ago (1999-09-13) (Spain) 5 January 2005; 20 years ago (2005-01-05) (Russia) 30 May 2007; 17 years ago (2007-05-30) (Netherlands) 15 November 2009; 15 years ago (2009-11-15) (Australia) 13 September 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09-13) (Poland) |
Closed | 1 July 2016; 8 years ago (2016-7-1) (Netherlands &Flanders) 31 December 2019; 5 years ago (2019-12-31) (Australia) |
13th Street (France:13ème Rue, Spain:Calle 13 and Poland:13 Ulica) is atelevision channel specializing inaction,suspense andpolice procedural programs and movies, mainly from theUniversal Pictures andTelevision libraries. It is owned byNBCUniversal and was inaugurated in France in 1997, quickly adding local versions across Europe and Australia.
The channel changed its name to13th Street Universal in the early 2010s like ’’Syfy Universal’’.[1] The additional "Universal" notation was dropped after and the channel had a rebranding in March 2017.[2]
Channel | Country or region | Launch date |
13ème Rue | France | November 30, 1997 |
13th Street (German TV channel) | Germany | May 1, 1998 |
Calle 13 | Spain | September 13, 1999 |
13 Ulica | Poland | September 13, 2010[3][4] |
In Latin America, Calle 13/Rua 13 was a programming block ofUSA Network from 13 July 1999 to November 2001.
Channel | Country or region | Launch date | Shutdown date |
13th Street (Dutch TV channel) | Netherlands | September 6, 2007 | July 1, 2016[5] |
13th Street (Australian TV channel) | Australia | November 15, 2009 | December 31, 2019 |