13th Street | |
Logo Alt: | 13th Street logo |
Launch Date: | (France) (Germany) (Spain) (Russia) (Netherlands) (Australia) (Poland) |
Closed Date: | (Netherlands & Flanders) (Australia) |
Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i/576i for the SDTV feeds) |
Network: | NBCUniversal International Networks |
Owner: | NBCUniversal |
Sister Channels: | Syfy CNBC Europe DreamWorks Channel E! Golf Channel Sky News |
13th Street (France: 13ème Rue, Spain: Calle 13 and Poland: 13 Ulica) is a television channel specializing in action, suspense and police procedural programs and movies, mainly from the Universal Pictures and Television libraries. It is owned by NBCUniversal and was inaugurated in France in 1997, quickly adding local versions across Europe and Australia.
The channel changed its name to 13th Street Universal in the early 2010s like ’’Syfy Universal’’.[1] The additional "Universal" notation was dropped after and the channel had a rebranding in March 2017.[2]
Channel | Country or region | Launch date | |
13ème Rue | France | November 30, 1997 | |
13th Street (German TV channel) | Germany | May 1, 1998 | |
Calle 13 | Spain and Andorra | September 13, 1999 | |
13 Ulica (Polish TV channel) | Poland | September 13, 2010[3] [4] |
In Latin America, Calle 13/Rua 13 was a programming block of USA Network from 13 July 1999 to November 2001.
Channel | Country or region | Launch date | Shutdown date | |
13th Street (Dutch TV channel) | Netherlands | September 6, 2007 | July 1, 2016[5] | |
13th Street (Australian TV channel) | Australia | November 15, 2009 | December 31, 2019 |