Premiere Serie
Country | Germany |
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Broadcast area | Germany, Austria |
Headquarters | Unterföhring, Germany |
Programming | |
Language(s) | German |
Picture format | 576i (4:3 SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Premiere AG |
History | |
Launched | 28 July 1996 |
Closed | 4 October 2008 |
Replaced by | Fox Channel |
Former names | Herz&Co (1996-1999) Sunset (1999-2002) |
Premiere Serie was a German television channel which broadcast television drama series.
History[]
It had its origins in "Herz & Co", a channel dedicated to soap operas launched in 1996 with the satellite package. When DF1 became Premiere World in 1999, the channel was rebranded and became "Sunset", a broader channel dedicated to television series.
The channel became "Premiere Serie" in its final form in 2002 when Premiere reorganized their channels. The new channel took content from both the old Sunset channel as well as and .
Many popular American drama series had their German television premiere on the channel, including Lost, Desperate Housewives, 24 and Medium.
On 4 October 2008, Premiere Serie was discontinued at 6:13 am in favor of the German version of Fox Channel. The last broadcast was Der Landarzt.
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- Television channels and stations established in 1996
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2008
- 1996 establishments in Germany
- 2008 disestablishments in Germany
- Defunct German television channels