Mediawan Thematics

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Mediawan Thematics

DVB & internet
Country	Paris, France
Owner	Mediawan
Launch date	1977
Official website	http://www.groupe-ab.fr/

Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting.

History

It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a

.

On 11 October 2018 AB Groupe was rebranded to Mediawan Thematics after the purchase by Mediawan in 2017.

Television

Channel	Country	Category	Information
AB1	France	Entertainment	Pay-TV
AB3	Belgium	General
ABXplore	Belgium	Documentary
Action	France	Movie channel	Pay-TV
Animaux	France	Documentary	Pay-TV
Automoto La chaîne	France	Motorsports
Chasse et Pêche	France	Documentary	Pay-TV
Crime District	Luxembourg	Entertainment documentary	Pay-TV
Clubbing TV	France	Dance Music	Pay-TV
Science et Vie TV	France	Documentary	Pay-TV
Trek	France	Documentary	Pay-TV
Mangas	France	Teen	Pay-TV
Lucky Jack.tv	Luxembourg	Games
RTL9	Luxembourg	General	Pay-TV
Golf Channel	Luxembourg	Sport	Pay-TV
Toute l'Histoire	France	Documentary	Pay-TV
XXL	Netherlands	Adult	Pay-TV

Former channels

Channel	Country	Category	Start date	Close date
Vidéoclick	Belgium	Youth	3 April 2007	29 July 2009
AB4	Belgium	Entertainment	28 October 2002	13 September 2017 (replaced by ABXplore)
AB Moteurs	France	Sport	26 March 1999	5 November 2018 (replaced by Automoto La chaîne)
Encyclo	France	Documentary	6 June 1996	30 March 2015
Escales	France	Documentary	2 April 1996	2 February 2015
Ciné Box	France	Movie channel	1996 (Ciné Palace) September 2002	24 August 2004
Ciné Comic	France	Movie channel	2 April 1996 (Rire) 2002	24 August 2004
Ciné Pop	France	Movie channel	21 August 2006	15 July 2007
Ciné First	France	Movie channel	31 December 2007	30 September 2010
Ciné FX	France	Movie channel	15 September 2002	31 July 2018
Ciné Polar	France	Movie channel	2 April 1996	31 July 2018
Fit TV	France	Fitness	2 April 1996	15 October 2007
Musique classique	France	Music	2 April 1996	15 October 2007
Melody	France	Music	1996	10 April 1997
Nostalgie la télé	France	Music	10 April 1997	July 1999
RFM TV	France	Music	5 July 1999	March 2005
Ultra Nature	France	Documentary	19 May 2016	2022
'Zik	France	Music	25 April 1998	31 December 2007
France Courses	France	Sport	9 September 1996	25 April 1998 (replaced by 'Zik on AB Sat, and recovered by the PMU and relaunched as Équidia)
AB Sports	France	Sport	23 December 1996	May 1999 (sold to Pathé and relaunched as Pathé Sport)
Onyx.tv	Germany	Music	6 January 1996	15 September 2004
NT1	France	General	31 March 2005
TMC		General	19 November 1954
Terranova	Germany	Documentary	15 September 2004	10 July 2007

AB sold many channels, notably the free national channels

when they were the main shareholder of AB Groupe.

References

External links

• Mediawan Thematics
• BIS