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| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | France, Switzerland, Mauritius |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French Original audio track |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Groupe Canal+ |
| History | |
| Launched | November 13, 2008; 16 years ago (November 13, 2008) |
| Former names | Orange Cinéma Séries (2008–2012) |
OCS, or previously known asOrange Cinéma Séries, was a group of Frenchpay televisionnetworks that is dedicated to films and series. It was launched in November 2008 byOrange S.A. and was later sold toGroupe Canal+
The channels launched on November 13, 2008, as part of the company's newdirect-to-home satellite service and was exclusive to Orange TV.
OCS is composed of three channels and a streaming service. OCS broadcast almost all their series in English with French subtitles in simulcast with the American broadcasting, but they also broadcast series dubbed in French or French series. From November 2008 to December 2022, OCS was holding the French rights toHBO production.
From 2012, OCS TV package was available from Bouygues Telecom, CanalSat, Numericable, Orange TV, SFR and Tahiti Nui Satellite. All subscribers have the option to subscribe to OCS with their TV distributor. OCS is also available through multi devices. In 2024, following its acquisition by theGroupe Canal+
In April 2008,France Telecom (who would rebranded as Orange in 2013) announced that they're creating a new movie direct-to-home satellite service by launching Orange Cinema Series, a package of six pay-TV channels exclusive to Orange's customers and had signed exclusive content deals withWarner Bros. (includingHBO),Gaumont,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to show their movies and TV series to the service.[1]
In October 2008, it was announced that Orange had set the launch date of their subscription-based multiplatform Orange Cinema Series along with their announced five new pay-TV premium movie channels which were called Orange Cinemax (for major blockbusters in HD), Orange Cinéhappy (for family films), Orange Cinéchoc (for action movies), Orange Cinénovo (for independent and art house films) and Orange Cinegeants (for timeless classic movies) as part of the company's then-new television service named Orange TV to November 13, 2008 with HBO's programming being available in that same day on the Orange Cinema Series service.[2][3]
A month later on November of that same year, Orange Cinema Series was officially launched along with their five channels.
In September 2010, France Telecom had announced that there in talks withGroupe Canal+ the owner of CinéCinema and TPS Star channels to merge Orange's Orange Cinema Series with Canal+'s general entertainment channelTPS Star to create a premium
On January 20, 2011, France Telecom and Canal+ had announced that they're creating a new enterprise partnership that could merge the blockbuster film channel Orange Cinema Series with TPS Star to create a proposed premium pay TV channel which was planned to be called Orange Cine Star. It was going to be distributed by the Orange services and CanalSat was about to be available to other French telco operators.[4]
On 25 November 2011,Canal+ took a 33% share in Orange Cinéma Séries. Originally exclusive toLa TV d'Orange, Orange Cinéma Séries joinedCanalSat on 5 April 2012. On 22 September 2012, Orange Cinéma Séries became OCS to show its expansion bouquets other thanOrange TV.
On 10 October 2013, OCS Happy was merged with OCS Max; OCS à la demande became the multiplatform service OCS Go; and OCS Novo was replaced by OCS City, specialised in TV series and HBO productions.
Since 2008, OCS have an exclusive contract withHBO, but other channels likeCanal+ Séries can broadcasts reruns of HBO series. In 2017, OCS's contract with HBO became stricter, giving complete exclusivity to OCS.
The suite also includes a streaming service, OCS Go, who simply became OCS in 2019. Content is provided by exclusive contracts withWarner Bros.,HBO,MGM and Fidelity as well as non-exclusive contracts withGaumont, SND, BAC and Wild Side.[5]
On 2 August 2017, OCS was launched in Switzerland onTeleclub Premium. It is also available on the Ciné-Séries bouquet of Canal+ since March 2019.
WhenWarner Bros. Discovery announced that their removing of HBO shows on OCS in return for the former launching their own streaming service in France, it was announced that Orange was considering selling their movie bouquet OCS along with their channels including their production arm Orange Studio to other French companies
In December 2022, OCS deal with HBO ended with most HBO productions leaving OCS from January 2023 onwards. Following that, OCS closed OCS City, the channel that was in charge ofHBO programs, and merged it with OCS Choc to create OCS Pulp.[6]
On January 8, 2023,Canal+ Group along with Orange had announced that Groupe Canal+ had secured a deal with Orange and the latter announced that they were acquiring both Orange's rival premium pay-TV movie services OCS along with their three channels and its film production and television co-production house Orange Studio, whichCanal+ previously owned the minority stake on Orange's pay-TV arm and film division. The planned acquisition would give Canal+[7]
In January 2024, Groupe Canal+ announced that they had finalised their acquisition of Orange's pay-TV premium movie service OCS along with their three premium television channels and the film production and television series co-production company Orange Studios from long-time partner Orange after the acquisition was conditionally approved by the French Competition Authority[8]
| Channel | Type | Notes | Launched | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Blockbusters, comedies, family and teen films | Programs have been moved to Ciné+ Premier, Ciné+ Frisson and Ciné+ Famiz | 2008 | 2024 |
 | Classic films | Programs have been moved to Ciné+ Classic | ||
| Merged to Ciné+ then Ciné+ OCS launched | Streaming service | 2013 | |
 | Independent, arthouse, action, thriller and horror films | Programs have been moved to Ciné+ Frisson and Ciné+ Festival | 2023 | |
 | Family and teen channel | Programs have been moved to OCS Max | 2008 | 2013 |
 | Independent and art house films | Became OCS City | ||
 | Action, thriller and horror films | Merged and became OCS Pulp | 2023 | |
 | Independent, art house films and programs fromHBO | 2013 |
This list includes programs fromOCS Happy who have been moved toOCS Max.
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