Planète+ Thalassa
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Country | France |
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Broadcast area | France |
Headquarters | Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i SDTV 576i |
Ownership | |
Owner | Canal+ Group France Télévisions |
Sister channels | Planète+ |
History | |
Launched | September 15, 1999 |
Closed | January 1, 2016 |
Former names | Planète 2 (1999-2002) Planète Thalassa (2002-2011) |
Links | |
Website | planeteplus |
Availability | |
Cable | |
Numericable | 140 (SD) |
Satellite | |
Canalsat | 81 (HD/SD) |
IPTV | |
Canalsat | 81 (HD/SD) |
Planète+ Thalassa was a French TV channel, owned by Canal+ Group & France Télévisions. It is part of Planète+ channels. The channel has stopped on 1 January 2016 after that France Télévisions and the CANAL+ Group agreed to close the channel.
History[]
On September 15, 1999, the channel was launched with the name of Planète 2.
On July 2002, Canal+ Group and France Télévisions signed a contract for the launch of a TV channel, showing programs based upon the famous French program Thalassa, which has been broadcast on France 3 since 1975 . This new channel replaced Planète 2 on November 1, 2002.
Because of the addition of + letter on Canal+'s thematic channels, Planète Thalassa became Planète+ Thalassa on May 17, 2011 as well as the other Planète + channels.
The channel closed his gates on the 1st day of 2016. It is because of the Découverte (Discovery) thematic too strong that CANAL+ & France Télévisions decided together to close the channel. The CANALSAT (now known as CANAL) subscribers can still watch the other Planète + channels from channel 80 to 83.
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