Universal Channel (Polish TV channel) explained

Universal Channel
Sister Channels:	13 Ulica E! Entertainment Sci Fi
Picture Format:	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Owner:	NBCUniversal
Country:	Poland
Language:	Polish English
Area:	Poland
Headquarters:	Warsaw, Poland

Universal Channel was a Polish pay-tv-channel owned by NBCUniversal. It launched on 1 December 2007^[1] and It was available on the platforms n, Cyfra+, Cyfrowy Polsat and cable networks UPC Polska, Multimedia Polska, Digital Vectra and Toya. After the merger of n and CYFRA+ to Nc+ the channel was removed from the offer of the new platform. On 12 March 2014 it returned to nc+ again.^[2]

NBCUniversal announced on 6 June 2017 that the channel's closure on 1 September 2017 is "part of a strategic rebalance of its channels’ portfolio in the market".^[3] However, the channel continued broadcasting until 1 January 2018.^[4]

Programming

Final Programming

Source:^[5]

• Aquarius
• Blue Bloods
• Castle
• The Last Cop
• Rookie Blue

Former Programming

• A Touch of Frost^[6]
• Air Force One Is Down^[7]
• Arrow
• Band of Brothers
• Baywatch
• Californication
• Columbo
• Dexter^[8]
• Diagnosis Murder
• The Disappearance
• The District
• Futurama
• The Good Wife
• Hawaii Five-0
• JAG
• John from Cincinnati
• Law & Order
• The Librarians
• The Mentalist
• Monk
• Psych
• Ring of Fire
• Royal Pains
• Scandal
• Sleeper Cell
• The Sopranos
• Stalker
• Stargate
• Stargate Universe
• Walker, Texas Ranger

Notes and References

1. Web site: Universal Channel i Sci-Fi Channel otrzymały koncesje . 2023-08-21 . Press.pl . pl.
2. Web site: 2014-03-11 . nc+ adds Universal services . 2023-08-21 . Broadband TV News . en-GB.
3. Web site: 2017-06-06 . Universal Channel to leave Poland . 2023-08-21 . Broadband TV News . en-GB.
4. Web site: 2017-12-30 . Universal Channel zakończył nadawanie w Polsce . 2023-08-21 . SATKurier.pl.
5. Web site: Universal Channel - program tv na 29.12.2017 - Program TV - Telemagazyn.pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20231114193620/https://www.telemagazyn.pl/universal_channel/?dzien=2017-12-29 . 2023-11-14 . 2023-11-14 . www.telemagazyn.pl . pl.
6. Web site: Universal Channel - program tv na 24.06.2009 - Program TV - Telemagazyn.pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230821210432/https://www.telemagazyn.pl/universal_channel/?dzien=2009-06-24 . 2023-08-21 . 2023-08-21 . www.telemagazyn.pl . pl.
7. Web site: Seriale . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171122214635/http://www.universalchannel.pl:80/shows . 2017-11-22 . 2023-08-21 . Universal Poland.
8. Web site: Dexter od lutego w Universal Channel . 2023-08-21 . www.wirtualnemedia.pl . pl.