Zone Club
Broadcast areaEurope
NetworkChello Zone
Programming
Picture format576i (4:3 SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerChello Central Europe/Chellomedia
Liberty Global
Sister channelsZone Europa
Zone Fantasy
Zone Horror
Zone Reality
Zone Romantica
Zone Thriller
History
Launched1998 (1998) (EMEA)
1 April 2001 (2001-04-01) (Poland)
13 September 2004 (2004-09-13) (Hungary)
Closed1 April 2010 (2010-04-01) (EMEA)
1 February 2012 (2012-02-01) (Hungary)
3 December 2012 (2012-12-03) (Poland)
Replaced byEurope: Fine Living Network (2010)
Hungary: Megamax (2012)
Poland: CBS Drama (2012)
Former namesClub (1998-2006)
Poland: Club TV (2010-2012)
Links
Websitewww.zoneclub.tv

Zone Club was a European lifestyle and entertainment channel. It launched in 1998 as Club. It then launched on 1 April 2001 in Poland, and on 13 September 2004 in Hungary.

History

The Hungarian version was originally 24/7 on the UPC Direct satellite platform, but on cable, it timeshared with TV2's Írisz TV, which was broadcast between 18:00-23:00 CET. On 27 June 2006, as part of Zone Vision's channels rebranded under the "Zone" brand, Club became Zone Club. The channel became 24/7 in Hungary on 1 January 2007, when Írisz TV closed.[1]

The channel focused on six programme categories: style, health, home, travel, food and relationships. It also broadcast dramas and documentaries. It targeted women aged 18 to 39 and was available 24/7 in five languages, reaching 6 million viewers in 22 countries across Europe, the Arab World and Korea. On 27 December 2010 Zone Club in Poland changed its name into Club TV.[2]

The Hungarian version of the channel became timeshared again by 18 April 2011, when Chello Central Europe launched its new kids channel, Megamax, broadcasting between 16:00-22:00 CET.[3] Megamax's broadcast hours were extended to 15 hours (7:00-22:00 CET) in late 2011, leading Zone Club being broadcast at night.[4]

In EMEA, Zone Club closed on 1 April 2010 and was replaced by Fine Living Network.[5][6] On 1 February 2012, Zone Club closed in Hungary and was completely replaced by Megamax.[7] On 1 August 2012 Chellomedia revealed that all European versions of the Zone Channels would be rebranded into CBS channels.[8] CBS Drama replaced Club TV in Poland on 3 December 2012.[9]

Programming

Final shows

Former shows

See also

References

  1. ↑ Attila, Kardos. "A Zone Club-bal osztott musoridoben a Megamax! - sat-tv-radio". sat-tv-radio.hu. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  2. ↑ "Zone Club zmienia się w Club TV". www.wirtualnemedia.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  3. ↑ "Megamax od 18. dubna v Maďarsku". Parabola.cz (in Czech). 2011-04-17. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2018-12-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Fine Living Network Debuts April 1 As Home of Quality Lifestyle Programming Throughout EMEA". Business Wire. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Zone Club vanaf 1 april Fine Living Network". Radio.nl. 2010-03-18.
  7. ↑ "Éjjel-nappal Megamax". DTV News (in Hungarian). 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  8. ↑ "CBS and Chellomedia take entertainment across EMEA". Broadband TV News. 2012-08-01.
  9. ↑ "Kanały CBS w Polsce. Co w ramówce?". Media2.pl. 2012-11-30.
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