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Launched
  
September 1, 2004

Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) Poland
  
Channel 38

Slogan
  
100% Characters

Universal Channel

Owned by
  
NBCUniversal (Comcast) Brazil: NBCUniversal (50%), Globosat (Organizações Globo, 50%) Latin America: NBCUniversal (50%), HBO Latin America Group, (50%)

Sister channel(s)
  
13th Street Universal Diva Universal Syfy Universal Studio Universal Movies 24 CNBC International E! Style Network Golf Channel Universal HD DreamWorks Channel Euronews Africanews

Website
  
Universal Channel Brazil Universal Channel Germany Universal Channel Poland Universal Channel South Africa Universal Channel Asia Universal Channel Australia Universal Channel Latin America

Universal Channel is a television channel specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, comedy, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by Universal Networks International, a division of NBCUniversal and available on satellite and cable platforms. They were formerly branded as USA Network until 2003 when the name was changed to take more advantage of the Universal branding, but continue programming as that network does like a general interest network.

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Original launch

Universal Channel was officially launched on December 1, 2007 in Poland and Romania and on July 1, 2008 in Southeast Asia. In Latin America the channel is owned by NBC Universal but is controlled and broadcast by Fox Latin American Channels and Globosat in Brazil.

Re-branded in selected countries

In South Africa, Hallmark Channel was re-branded under that name on March 24, 2010 for DStv subscribers. In Japan, Sci Fi Channel re-branded to that name on April 1, 2010. In Australia, Hallmark Channel re-branded to that name on July 1, 2010. In Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and some former Yugoslavian countries Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia, Hallmark Channel was re-branded to that name on September 3, 2010. And in the Philippines, this channel was launched on July 26, 2010 and replaced the Sci Fi Channel (Philippines) which was rebranded as Universal Channel. On October 18, 2010, the Hallmark Channel in the UK and Ireland was rebranded, adopting the Universal Channel name. On March 7, 2016, Universal HD was rebranded as Universal Channel in the US.

Movie block

  • Universal Channel Movies

    • Former shows

  • Astro Boy (a)
  • Dalziel & Pascoe (a)
  • Missing (b)
  • Pushing Daisies (b)
  • Quarterlife (b)
  • The Secret Life of the American Teenager (b)
  • Surface (b)
  • Walker Texas Ranger (a)
  • The Woody Woodpecker Show (a)
  • World's Wildest Police Videos (b)
  • Brothers & Sisters(b)
  • Greek(b)
  • Psych(b) (moved to Studio Universal)
  • Heroes(b)
  • The Event(b)
  • Monk(b)
  • Shattered (2010 TV series)(b)
  • The Good Wife(b) (moved to Studio Universal)
  • Forensic Files, under the Medical Detectives title(b)
  • Three Rivers(b)
  • Smash(b) (moved to Studio Universal)
  • Surviving Suburbia (a)
  • Worst Week (a)

    • Selected territories:


    (a) - Latin America
    (b) - Southeast Asia

    References

    Universal Channel Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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