Mediawan Thematics

Mediawan Thematics (formerly known as AB Groupe) is a French business group in the field of broadcasting.

Mediawan Thematics
TypeDVB & internet
Country
Paris, France
OwnerMediawan
Launch date
1977 Inc. &
1987 TV
Official website
http://www.groupe-ab.fr/

It was founded in 1977 by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Claude Berda as a music production company, and in 1987 went into the world of television.

In English speaking regions, Mediawan Thematics is best known for their English dub of the Dragon Ball Z films that were aired on Toonami UK and released on DVD out-of-order in the Netherlands. This dub featured a then unknown cast and was titled as the "Big Green dub" by fans of Dragon Ball Z, since Piccolo's name was changed to "Big Green". Mediawan Thematics's dub of Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest was released on DVD by Warner Vision in the UK under the name "The Strongest Guy In The World" in 2003.[1]

Mediawan Thematics also distributed the Blue Water Studios dubs of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT in Canada and Europe.

On October 11, 2018, AB Groupe was rebranded to Mediawan Thematics after the purchase by Mediawan in 2017.

Television
Channel Country Category Information
AB1FranceEntertainmentPay-TV
AB3BelgiumGeneral
ABXploreBelgiumDocumentary
AB MoteursFranceSportPay-TV
ActionFranceMovie channelPay-TV
AnimauxFranceDocumentaryPay-TV
Chasse et PêcheFranceDocumentaryPay-TV
Crime DistrictLuxembourgEntertainment documentaryPay-TV
Clubbing TVFranceDance MusicPay-TV
Science et Vie TVFranceDocumentaryPay-TV
TrekFranceDocumentaryPay-TV
MangasFranceTeenPay-TV
Lucky Jack.tvLuxembourgGames
RTL9LuxembourgGeneralPay-TV
Golf ChannelLuxembourgSportPay-TV
Toute l'HistoireFranceDocumentaryPay-TV
Ultra NatureFranceDocumentaryPay-TV
XXLNetherlandsAdultPay-TV

Former channels
Channel Country Category Start date Close date
VidéoclickBelgiumYouth3 April 200729 July 2009
AB4BelgiumEntertainment28 October 200213 September 2017 (replaced by ABXplore)
EncycloFranceDocumentary6 June 199630 March 2015
EscalesFranceDocumentary2 April 19962 February 2015
Ciné BoxFranceMovie channel1996 (Ciné Palace)
September 2002		24 August 2004
Ciné ComicFranceMovie channel2 April 1996 (Rire)
2002		24 August 2004
Ciné PopFranceMovie channel21 August 200615 July 2007
Ciné FirstFranceMovie channel31 December 200730 September 2010
Ciné FXFranceMovie channel15 September 200231 July 2018
Ciné PolarFranceMovie channel2 April 199631 July 2018
Fit TVFranceFitness2 April 199615 October 2007
Musique classiqueFranceMusic2 April 199615 October 2007
MelodyFranceMusic199610 April 1997
Nostalgie la téléFranceMusic10 April 1997July 1999
RFM TVFranceMusic5 July 1999March 2005
'ZikFranceMusic25 April 199831 December 2007
France CoursesFranceSport9 September 199625 April 1998 (replaced by 'Zik on AB Sat, and recovered by the PMU and relaunched as Équidia)
AB SportsFranceSport23 December 1996May 1999 (sold to Pathé and relaunched as Pathé Sport)
Onyx.tvGermanyMusic6 January 199615 September 2004
TerranovaGermanyDocumentary15 September 200410 July 2007

AB sold many channels, notably the free national channels TMC and NT1 taken over by TF1 when they were the main shareholder of AB Groupe.

References
  1. Dragonball Z: The Strongest Guy In The World, Wmv, 2003-11-17, retrieved 2016-07-02


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