Cine5

{{Short description|First subscription-based television channel in Turkey}}

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| name = Cine5

| logo = Cine5 logo.png

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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1993|9|20|df=y}}

| closed_date = {{End date and age|2015|12|30|df=y}}

| picture_format = 4:3 (576i, SDTV)

| network =

| owner = Erol Aksoy

| affiliates = Radyo5 (1997-2010)

| country = Turkey

| language = Turkish

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| headquarters = Barbaros Boulevard, Aşiyan, Bebek, Beşiktaş, Istanbul

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| sister_channels = Show TV

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| website = http://cine5tv.com.tr

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Cine5 was the first subscription-based television channel in Turkey. It aired in an encrypted format and primarily broadcast feature-length movies when it was founded on September 20, 1993. Subscribers were required to buy a decoder to watch the channel. The number of subscribers reached over half a million. However, in recent years, it enlarged its program spectrum due to competition from other movie-based channels and removed encryption and the subscription policy on January 16, 2006. On February 15, 2011, the channel was put up for sale{{cite news|url=http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=68708 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211011717/http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=68708 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 11, 2012 |title=Turkey's Deposit Insurance Fund to sell three media organs |publisher=World Bulletin |date=18 January 2011 |accessdate=24 November 2012}} and bought by Al Jazeera{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-249053026/al-jazeera-buy-turkey.html |title=Al-Jazeera to buy Turkey's Cine 5 TV station for 40.5m dollars. |publisher=Access My Library |date=12 February 2011 |accessdate=24 November 2012}} to launch Al Jazeera Türk, however it’s never happened (except the short-term digital broadcast).