Orange cinéma séries is a series of dedicated movie channels operated by France Telecom

France Télécom

France Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 180,000 people and has 192.7 million customers worldwide . In 2010 the group had revenue of €45.5 billion...

. The five channels launched on November 13, 2008 as a part of the company's new direct-to-home satellite service Orange TV

Orange TV

OTV is a publicly-traded television station in Lebanon.It began broadcasting on July 20, 2007 on the Arabsat satellite, on the 11823MHz frequency. OTV Launched officially in 2008 after a testing period of almost six months. OTV now covers the world through different broadcasting channels for...

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The five channels are:

• Orange Cinemax (blockbusters)
• Orange Cinehappy (family films)
• Orange Cinechoc (action films)
• Orange Cinenovo (independent and art house films)
• Orange Cinegeants (classic films)

Orange Cinemax is also broadcast in high-definition from the beginning. The suite also includes an on-demand service. Content is provided by exclusive contracts with Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

, HBO, MGM and Fidelity as well as non-exclusive contracts with Gaumont

Gaumont Film Company

Gaumont Film Company is a French film production company founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont . Gaumont is the oldest continously operating film company in the world....

, SND, BAC and Wild Side.