WarnerTV Film

WarnerTV Film, formerly Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and TNT Film, is a German pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery International. The channel broadcasts movies both in their original language and dubbed into German.

WarnerTV Film

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Europe
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channels	WarnerTV Comedy WarnerTV Serie Cartoon Network Cartoonito CNN International
History
Launched	5 December 2006; 18 years ago (2006-12-05) (as Turner Classic Movies) 4 July 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-04) (as TNT Film) 25 September 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-25) (as Warner TV Film)
Former names	Turner Classic Movies (2006–2009) TNT Film (2009–2021)
Links
Website	www.warnertv.de/film
Availability
Streaming media
Magine TV (Germany)	-

HD Logo

The channel launched on the Arena satellite platform with a full 24-hour schedule in December 2006 as Turner Classic Movies. It has later become available from other distributors, including Premiere from September 2007. On July 4, 2009, the channel was rebranded as TNT Film and started to feature recent films more prominently. The channel also switched to the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.^[1]

The channel changed its name to WarnerTV Film on September 25, 2021, after the ad made on June 14 that same year.^[2]

Broadcasting

In August 2013, SES Platform Services (later MX1, now part of SES Video) won an international tender by Turner Broadcasting System, to provide playout services for TNT Film, and for TNT Serie, TNT Glitz, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and CNN International (in both SD and HD) for the German-speaking market, digitization of existing Turner content, and playout for Turner on-demand and catch-up services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland the Benelux region, from November 2013.^[3]

M7 Group's Kabelkiosk stopped broadcasting of TNT Film on 1 March 2017.

Logos

• 
  Turner Classic Movies – until July 4, 2009
• 
  TNT Film – July 5, 2009 – May 31, 2016
• 
  TNT Film HD – 5 July 2009 – 31 May 2016
• 
  TNT Film – June 1, 2016 – September 24, 2021
• 
  TNT Film HD – 1 June 2016 – 24 September 2021
• 
  WarnerTV Film – since September 25, 2021

Audience share

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2012[4]	-	-	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013[5]	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2014[6]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2015[7]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2016[8]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2017[9]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%