TVCine is a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 premium television brand used on four movie channels, operated by ZON Multimédia. They showcase recent movies and premieres from all the major studios, as well as comedy, action, classic and old movies.

The TVCine brand was launched on November 1, 2007, replacing the Lusomundo

Lusomundo

Lusomundo is a Portuguese integrated media corporation founded in 1953, which has major interests in movie distribution, cinema theaters and media assets....

 branding of the channels that had been launched on June 1, 2003. In May, 2009, they started to broadcast in 16:9

16:9

16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...

 24-hours a day, instead of the old 4:3 format.

Channels

TVCine 1 (replaced Lusomundo Premium)

TVCine 2 (replaced Lusomundo Gallery)

TVCine 3 (replaced Lusomundo Action)

TVCine 4 (replaced Lusomundo Happy, and more recently, TVCine)

TVCine 1 HD (replaced TVCine 4 HD and TVCine HD)

TVCine 2 HD

External links

• Official TVCine site