Zone Romantica

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title: "Zone Romantica" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["amc-networks-international", "television-channels-in-the-united-kingdom", "defunct-television-channels-in-hungary", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-1998", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-2006", "television-channels-and-stations-disestablished-in-2009", "television-channels-and-stations-disestablished-in-2012", "defunct-television-channels-in-the-united-kingdom"] topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_Romantica" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameZone Romantica
logo_size200px
logoZone Romantica.svg
launch_dateCentral & Eastern Europe: 1 March 1998
UK & Ireland: 3 September 2007
closed_dateUK & Ireland: 16 November 2009
Hungary: 2 July 2012
Central & Eastern Europe: 3 December 2012
picture_format576i (SDTV)
countryUnited Kingdom
areaEurope
networkChello Zone/Chello Central Europe
ownerChellomedia Liberty Global
former_namesRomantica (Until 2006)
replaced_byRomania: Romantica (2007–2012)
UK & Ireland: CBS Drama (2009)
Hungary & Romania: Film Café (2012)
Central & Eastern Europe: CBS Drama (2012)
Poland: CBS Action (2012) Polsat Romans (2013)
sister_channelsZone Club
Zone Europa
Zone Fantasy
Zone Horror
Zone Reality
Zone Thriller
websitezoneromantica.tv
romantica.tv UK
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| name = Zone Romantica | logo_size = 200px | logo = Zone Romantica.svg | logo_alt = | launch_date = Central & Eastern Europe: 1 March 1998 UK & Ireland: 3 September 2007 | closed_date = UK & Ireland: 16 November 2009 Hungary: 2 July 2012 Central & Eastern Europe: 3 December 2012 | picture_format = 576i (SDTV) | country = United Kingdom | area = Europe | network = Chello Zone/Chello Central Europe | owner = Chellomedia Liberty Global | former_names = Romantica (Until 2006) | replaced_by = Romania: Romantica (2007–2012) UK & Ireland: CBS Drama (2009) Hungary & Romania: Film Café (2012) Central & Eastern Europe: CBS Drama (2012) Poland: CBS Action (2012) Polsat Romans (2013) | sister_channels = Zone Club Zone Europa Zone Fantasy Zone Horror Zone Reality Zone Thriller | website = zoneromantica.tv romantica.tv UK Zone Romantica (formerly Romantica) was a European TV channel that launched in 1998. The channel broadcast a mixture of telenovelas, music and entertainment from all over the world, but mainly from Latin America. The channel was available 24 hours a day, to 20 territories across Europe and the Middle East. The channel reached 8 million subscribers.

The channel launched on Sky Digital in the UK and Ireland on 3 September 2007. It was broadcasting between 8 a.m. and 3 a.m. from the start. Its slot on the Sky EPG had been purchased from BEN TV.

On 6 May 2008, it was one of the channels that were on the free-to-air platform Freesat platform from the start.

On 14 September 2009, it was revealed that the international arm of CBS, CBS Studios International, struck a joint venture deal with Chellomedia to launch six CBS-branded channels in the UK during 2009. The new channels would replace Zone Romantica, Zone Thriller, Zone Horror and Zone Reality, plus timeshift services Zone Horror +1 and Zone Reality +1. On 1 October 2009, it was announced that CBS Reality, CBS Reality +1, CBS Drama and CBS Action would launch on 16 November 2009 replacing Zone Reality, Zone Reality +1, Zone Romantica and Zone Thriller. On 5 April 2010, Zone Horror and Zone Horror +1 were rebranded as Horror Channel and Horror Channel +1, following the rebrand of the portfolio's other three channels in November 2009.

On 2 July 2012, Hungarian version of Zone Romantica is replaced by Film Café. On 1 August 2012, Chellomedia revealed that all European versions of the Zone Channels would be rebranded into CBS Channels. CBS Action replaced Zone Romantica on 3 December 2012. On 1 September 2013, Zone Romantica had completely closed replacing Polsat Romans on Poland. On 3 December 2012, in Europe, Zone Romantica has rebranded to CBS Drama.

Programming

Programme Line-up for UK/Éire features 3 Classic First Run US Daytime Soap Operas.

Current shows{{Cite web |url=http://www.zoneromantica.tv/shows.php?genre=All |title=Zone Romantica |access-date=27 June 2012 |archive-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804053428/http://www.zoneromantica.tv/shows.php?genre=All |url-status=dead }}

References

References

  1. (20 August 2007). "Zonemedia to launch Romantica channel". The Airwaves.
  2. (20 August 2007). "Zone brings US soaps to UK screens". Digital Spy.
  3. (6 May 2008). "In full: Freesat channels at launch". Digital Spy.
  4. (14 September 2009). "CBS FINALChello Zone partnership press release". Chello Zone.
  5. (14 September 2009). "CBS to launch UK channels with Chellomedia". Broadcastnow.
  6. (31 March 2010). "Zone Horror rebrands as Horror Channel". Broadband TV News.
  7. (18 June 2012). "Chello rebrands movie channels". Broadband TV News.
  8. (1 August 2012). "CBS and Chellomedia take entertainment across EMEA". Broadband TV News.
  9. "Zone Romantica".

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