Sky Cinema

Logo used since 2020
Country	Italy
Broadcast area	Italy Vatican City San Marino
Programming
Language	Italian
Picture format	576i (16:9SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Sky Italia
Sister channels	Sky Primafila

Sky Cinema is an Italian set of premium movie channels owned bySky Italia.

The Sky Cinema package includes elevenSky Italia-branded channels and fourMediaset Premium-branded channels.

EPG	Logo	Channel name	History
301, 331		Sky Cinema Uno	Sky Cinema Uno started July 31, 2003. Until November 4, 2016, it was calledSky Cinema 1.[1]
		Sky Cinema Uno HD	TheHD version of the channel replacedSky Cinema HD.
302, 332		Sky Cinema Due	Sky Cinema Due, formerly known asSky Cinema Cult,Cult andCult Network Italia, it has been under Sky management since August 2011.[2]
		Sky Cinema Due HD
303, 333		Sky Cinema Collection	Sky Cinema Collection start on March 1, 2008, asSky Cinema Hits, replacingSky Cinema 16:9. From July 20, 2009, it is also available in HD.[1]
		Sky Cinema Collection HD
304, 334		Sky Cinema Family	Sky Cinema Family started on December 20, 2008. On April 1, 2010, it started to broadcast in HD.
		Sky Cinema Family HD
305, 335		Sky Cinema Action	FormerlySky Cinema Max, transmission started on July 20, 2009.
		Sky Cinema Action HD
306, 336		Sky Cinema Suspense	—
		Sky Cinema Suspense HD
307, 337		Sky Cinema Romance	FormerlySky Cinema Passion, started airing March 1, 2011.[3][4]
		Sky Cinema Romance HD
308, 338		Sky Cinema Drama	—
		Sky Cinema Drama HD
309, 339		Sky Cinema Comedy	Started airing on March 1, 2011, replacingSky Cinema Italia.[3][4]
		Sky Cinema Comedy HD
310, 340		Sky Cinema Uno +24	Currently a timeshift channel, until December 20, 2008, it was calledSky Cinema 3 and thenSky Cinema +24.[1]
		Sky Cinema Uno +24 HD
311, 341		Sky Cinema Due +24	Timeshift variant of Sky Cinema Due, it started on March 8, 2019.
		Sky Cinema Due +24 HD

Sky Cinema Uno is the flagship channel. This channel shows the first viewing of films after there time in cinema that Sky have the rights to. Until November 4, 2016, it was calledSky Cinema 1.^[1]

Sky Cinema Uno +24 retransmits the schedule of the Sky Cinema Uno channel 24 hours after the main channel. Until December 20, 2008, it was calledSky Cinema 3, later becomingSky Cinema +24. Following the Sky #IoRestoACasa initiative, from April 4 to May 26, 2020, the channel is renamed toSky Cinema #IoRestoACasa 1 and from May 27 to June 30, 2020, it was renamed toSky Cinema per te 1.^[5][6][7][8]

Sky Cinema Due, formerly known asSky Cinema Cult,Cult andCult Network Italia, is the channel dedicated tocinema d'author and toindependent productions. It has been managed by Sky Cinema since August 2011.^[2]

Sky Cinema Due +24, born on March 8, 2019, retransmits the schedule of the Sky Cinema Due channel postponed by 24 hours. Following the Sky #IoRestoACasa initiative, from April 4 to May 26, 2020, the channel is renamed toSky Cinema #IoRestoACasa 2 while from May 27 to June 30, 2020, it will be renamed toSky Cinema per te 2.^[5][6][7][8]

From August 12, to September 17, 2020, the channel becameSky Cinema per te.^[9]

Sky Cinema Collection was born on March 1, 2008, asSky Cinema Hits. It was also formerlySky Cinema 16:9 which broadcast in the then new16:9 ratio.

Under the current name, the channel is dedicated to film reviews and collections/ franchises including:

• Sky Cinema Christmas each year for Christmas, it broadcasts Christmas-themed films.
• Sky Cinema 007 started for the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond film (Agent 007 – License to kill) and subsequently revived each year each, it broadcasts allJames Bond films.
• Sky Cinema Oscars each year around the Night of theOscars, broadcasts films that have received at least one Oscar.

And occasionally becomes:

• Sky CinemaStar Wars, films and documentaries.
• Sky Cinema Princesses broadcasts films related toDisney Princess.
• Sky Cinema Wedding
• Sky Cinema Saga of the Ring, broadcastsThe Lord of the Rings andThe Hobbit saga films.
• Sky Cinema Heroes broadcasts superhero filmsMarvel andDC.
• Sky Cinema Disney Pixar broadcastsDisney Pixar movies.
• Sky Cinema David di Donatello On the occasion of the David di Donatello, it broadcasts all the winning films of the David di Donatello.
• Sky Cinema 3D Vintage broadcast the 22 most important films in the history of cinema.
• Sky Cinema Rocky broadcasts all films in theRocky film series.
• Sky CinemaPlanet of the Apes
• Sky Cinema Shrek broadcasts all the films of the saga ofShrek.^[10]
• Sky Cinema Disney Pirates of the Caribbean
• Sky Cinema Women Collection
• Sky CinemaAgatha Christie with films based on the novels of the British writer.
• Sky CinemaSergio Leone with a review of films directed by the director thirty years after his death.
• Sky CinemaBack to the Future
• Sky CinemaSpider-Man
• Sky cinema Men in Black broadcastsMen in Black films.
• Sky Cinema DreamWorks broadcastsDreamWorks Animation films.
• Sky Cinema Sci-Fi broadcasts films ofsci-fi genre.

Sky Cinema Family started airing on December 20, 2008, broadcasting films of different genres each day including: comedies, animated films, teen-comedies, blockbusters and films from the eighties and nineties. There will be a female audience each Friday in prime time and cycles focusing on the stars ofHollywood. From April 1, 2010, broadcasts inHD begin. From December 3, 2011, to June 30, 2019, each weekend broadcast, the channel time shared withDisney Cinemagic.^[11]

Sky Cinema Action, formerlySky Cinema Max, is the channel that mainly offeringaction films. These includescience fiction,horror,espionage,thriller in themed cycles. From July 20, 2009, is also available inHD.

Sky Cinema Suspense is the channel dedicated to thriller, crime, horror and noir films.

Sky Cinema Romance, formerlySky Cinema Passion, is the channel dedicated mainly to films of love, romance and passion, which started on March 1, 2011.^[3][4]

Sky Cinema Drama is the channel dedicated to dramas and biographies.

Sky Cinema Comedy is the channel dedicated to comedies, from international cult, Italian, American and British Comedy. The channel is started broadcasting on March 1, 2011, replacingSky Cinema Italia.^[3][4]

• Sky Cinema onsky.it(in Italian)

• Sky Italia
• Sky television channels
• Italian-language television stations

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