Stingray Brava Europe: Closed down, effectively replaced by Stingray Classica Europe Stingray Brava Dutch: Rebranded as a local version of Stingray Classica
Brava was founded by Jur Bron and Gerard Ardesch.[1] The pan-European Brava HDTV (now Stingray Brava Europe) was launched in 2006, and Brava NL (now Stingray Brava Dutch), which is broadcast in Dutch and focuses on Dutch contents, began on 1 July 2009. Brava was co-owned by Strengholt BV between 23 December 2011 and 31 July 2015.[2][3]
On 25 November 2010, Brava launched Brava 3D, which showcased stereoscopic3D television content across Europe as a Free-to-air channel on the Astra 3B satellite. The channel, however, was closed down on 1 August 2012.[4][5]
The Canadian company Stingray Group took over Brava on 31 July 2015.[6] Followed by Cultuur 7 in Flanders in October 2015, which merged with Brava on 1 December 2015.[7] Both versions of Brava (all of which simplified names to Brava in 2014) were renamed as Stingray Brava at the end of 2016.[8]
The Stingray Brava brand was abolished on 1 March 2019, in favour of Stingray Classica.[9] Stingray acquired Classica brand and channels from Unitel in Germany in 2017.
Versionsedit
Stingray Brava Europe
Launched as Brava HDTV in 2007, it rebranded as Brava HD in 2013, before simplifying its name as Brava in 2014. This version was available in English and French across Europe. This version was closed down on 1 March 2019, and it was effectively replaced by an existing pan-European version of Stingray Classica.
Stingray Brava Dutch
Launched on 1 July 2009 as Brava NL, the Dutch version was renamed as Brava NL Klassiek in May 2013.[10] It simplified its name as Brava in 2014. On 1 December 2015, the Dutch version of Brava replaced Cultuur 7 in Belgium (which Stingray acquired earlier in October 2015[11][12]) in its former channel slot; Cultuur 7's programmes were integrated into the new Brava's schedule.[13] This version was rebranded as Stingray Classica on 1 March 2019.
See alsoedit
Stingray Djazz: formerly Djazz TV, also operated by Brava Group, acquired together with Brava by Stingray in 2015
Stingray Classica: a similar television channel, originated from Germany, acquired by Stingray in 2017
^"Stingray Announces Closing of Transaction with Brava TV Group" (Press release). Stingray Digital. 31 July 2015.
^Robert Briel (26 November 2015). "Cultuur 7 becomes Brava". BroadbandTVNews.com.
^Jan-Hein Visser (31 October 2016). "Brava NL bij Ziggo vanaf november als Stingray" (in Dutch). TotaalTV.nl.
^Lukáš Polák (19 February 2019). "Stanici Stingray Brava nahradí 1. března Stingray Classica, v nabídce ji mají i čeští operátoři" (in Czech). rozhlas.cz.
^Jan-Hein Visser (16 May 2013). "BravaNL verder als brava nl klassiek" (in Dutch). Totaal TV.
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Stingray Brava formerly Brava was a cultural television channel originated in the Netherlands owned by the Stingray Group in Canada The programming consisted of opera ballet and concertos Productions were recorded in opera houses such as the Royal Opera House the Teatro Real and La Scala The productions consisted of stage performances such as La boheme Otello Aida Swan Lake Tosca Zoroastre and Cosi fan tutte Stingray BravaStingray Brava LogoCountryNetherlandsBroadcast areaEurope WorldwideHeadquartersAlmere NetherlandsProgrammingPicture format1080i HDTV downscaled to 16 9 576i for the SDTV feed OwnershipOwnerStingray Group since 2015 Sister channelsStingray DjazzStingray iConcertsStingray Lite TVHistoryLaunched2006 18 years ago 2006 Pan European feed 1 July 2010 13 years ago 2010 07 01 Dutch feed ReplacedCultuur 7 Flanders Closed1 March 2019 5 years ago 2019 03 01 Replaced byStingray Brava Europe Closed down effectively replaced by Stingray Classica EuropeStingray Brava Dutch Rebranded as a local version of Stingray ClassicaFormer namesStingray Brava Europe Brava HDTV 2007 2013 Brava HD 2013 2014 Brava 2014 2016 Stingray Brava Dutch Brava NL 2009 2013 Brava NL Klassiek 2013 2014 Brava 2014 2016 Contents 1 History 2 Versions 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editBrava was founded by Jur Bron and Gerard Ardesch 1 The pan European Brava HDTV now Stingray Brava Europe was launched in 2006 and Brava NL now Stingray Brava Dutch which is broadcast in Dutch and focuses on Dutch contents began on 1 July 2009 Brava was co owned by Strengholt BV between 23 December 2011 and 31 July 2015 2 3 On 25 November 2010 Brava launched Brava 3D which showcased stereoscopic 3D television content across Europe as a Free to air channel on the Astra 3B satellite The channel however was closed down on 1 August 2012 4 5 The Canadian company Stingray Group took over Brava on 31 July 2015 6 Followed by Cultuur 7 in Flanders in October 2015 which merged with Brava on 1 December 2015 7 Both versions of Brava all of which simplified names to Brava in 2014 were renamed as Stingray Brava at the end of 2016 8 The Stingray Brava brand was abolished on 1 March 2019 in favour of Stingray Classica 9 Stingray acquired Classica brand and channels from Unitel in Germany in 2017 Versions editStingray Brava Europe Launched as Brava HDTV in 2007 it rebranded as Brava HD in 2013 before simplifying its name as Brava in 2014 This version was available in English and French across Europe This version was closed down on 1 March 2019 and it was effectively replaced by an existing pan European version of Stingray Classica Stingray Brava Dutch Launched on 1 July 2009 as Brava NL the Dutch version was renamed as Brava NL Klassiek in May 2013 10 It simplified its name as Brava in 2014 On 1 December 2015 the Dutch version of Brava replaced Cultuur 7 in Belgium which Stingray acquired earlier in October 2015 11 12 in its former channel slot Cultuur 7 s programmes were integrated into the new Brava s schedule 13 This version was rebranded as Stingray Classica on 1 March 2019 See also editStingray Djazz formerly Djazz TV also operated by Brava Group acquired together with Brava by Stingray in 2015 Stingray Classica a similar television channel originated from Germany acquired by Stingray in 2017 Television in the Netherlands Digital television in the NetherlandsReferences edit Jarco Kriek 5 July 2006 BRAVA HDTV eerste Nederlands HDTV kanaal in Dutch TotaalTV nl Jarco Kriek 23 December 2011 Strengholt stapt in Brava en SchlagerTV in Dutch Totaal TV Robert Briel 23 December 2011 Strengholt neemt belang in Brava en SchlagerTV in Dutch Broadband TV News KingOfSat net Change Log Brava 3D Kabel Noord 3D kanaal Brava 3D gestopt Stingray Announces Closing of Transaction with Brava TV Group Press release Stingray Digital 31 July 2015 Robert Briel 26 November 2015 Cultuur 7 becomes Brava BroadbandTVNews com Jan Hein Visser 31 October 2016 Brava NL bij Ziggo vanaf november als Stingray in Dutch TotaalTV nl Lukas Polak 19 February 2019 Stanici Stingray Brava nahradi 1 brezna Stingray Classica v nabidce ji maji i cesti operatori in Czech rozhlas cz Jan Hein Visser 16 May 2013 BravaNL verder als brava nl klassiek in Dutch Totaal TV Chris Dziadul 6 October 2015 Stingray s Brava buys Cultuur 7 BroadbandTVNews com Brava Acquires Flemish Television Channel Cultuur 7 Press release Stingray Digital 5 October 2015 Cultuur 7 gaat op 1 december over in Brava in Dutch Brava Archived from the original on 26 November 2015 Retrieved 26 November 2015 External links editArchived index of brava tv the former official website of the Dutch version of Brava at the Wayback Machine archive index Archived index of bravahd com the former official website of the pan European version of Brava at the Wayback Machine archive index nbsp This Dutch television related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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