| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Germany,Austria,Switzerland |
| Headquarters | Munich,Germany |
| Programming | |
| Language | German/English |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sky Deutschland |
| Sister channels | 13th Street Syfy |
| History | |
| Launched | 5 September 2013; 12 years ago (2013-09-05) |
| Former names | Universal Channel (2013-2018) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
Universal TV is a Germanpay-tv-channel, operated bySky Deutschland and headquartered inMunich. The station was announced on 22 May 2013 and launched on 5 September 2013.[1]
In the course of the global renaming ofUniversal Channel intoUniversal TV, the channel was renamed in Germany on 2 July 2018.[2]
It was folded into Sky Deutschland operations in December 2023.
The programme consists of a mixture of feature films and series, the latter being the major part of the program. The station's prime time starts at 9 pm and is filled, among other things, by exclusive firstbroadcastings. The complete program is also available in the original version, in addition to German synchronization.[3] In addition to series already broadcast on other stations, German-language first-time broadcasts are also offered.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Annual average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017[6] | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% ' |
| 2018[7] | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |