OCS (TV channel)
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Country | France |
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Broadcast area | France, Switzerland, Mauritius |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French Original audio track |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Groupe Canal+ (100%) |
History | |
Launched | November 13, 2008 |
Former names | Orange Cinéma Séries (2008–2012) |
Links | |
Website | ocs |
OCS, or previously known as Orange Cinéma Séries, is a group of French pay television networks dedicated to films and series owned and operated by Orange S.A.
The channels launched on November 13, 2008, as part of the company's new direct-to-home satellite service and was exclusive to Orange TV.
OCS is composed of three channels and a streaming service. OCS broadcast almost all their series in English with French subtitles in simulcast with the American broadcasting, but they also broadcast series dubbed in French or French series. From November 2008 to December 2022, OCS was holding the French rights to HBO production.
Since 2012, OCS TV package is now available from Bouygues Telecom, CanalSat, Numericable, Orange TV, SFR and Tahiti Nui Satellite. All subscribers have the option to subscribe to OCS with their TV distributor. OCS is also available through multi devices.
History[edit]
On 25 November 2011, Canal+ took a 33% share in Orange Cinéma Séries. Originally exclusive to La TV d'Orange, Orange Cinéma Séries joined CanalSat on 5 April 2012. On 22 September 2012, Orange Cinéma Séries became OCS to show its expansion bouquets other than Orange TV.
On 10 October 2013, OCS Happy was merged with OCS Max; OCS à la demande became the multiplatform service OCS Go; and OCS Novo was replaced by OCS City, specialised in TV series and HBO productions.
Since 2008, OCS have an exclusive contract with HBO, but other channels like Canal+ Séries can broadcasts reruns of HBO series. In 2017, OCS's contract with HBO became stricter, giving complete exclusivity to OCS.
The suite also includes a streaming service, OCS Go, who simply became OCS in 2019. Content is provided by exclusive contracts with Warner Bros., HBO, MGM and Fidelity as well as non-exclusive contracts with Gaumont, SND, BAC and Wild Side.[1]
On 2 August 2017, OCS was launched in Switzerland on Teleclub Premium. It is also available on the Ciné-Séries bouquet of Canal+ since March 2019.
In December 2022, OCS deal with HBO ended with HBO productions leaving OCS from January 2023 onwards. Following that, OCS closed OCS City, the channel that was in charge of HBO programs, and merged it with OCS Choc to create OCS Pulp.[2]
On January 8, 2023, Canal+ Group has announced they're acquiring both OCS and its production house, Orange Studio, which Canal+ previously owned the minority stake on Orange's pay TV arm and film division.[3]
TV channels[edit]
Channel | Type | Launched |
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OCS Max | Blockbusters, comedies, family and teen films | 2008 |
OCS Geants | Classic films | |
OCS (previously OCS Go) | Streaming service | 2013 |
OCS Pulp | Independent, arthouse, action, thriller and horror films | 2023 |
Defunct TV channels[edit]
Channel | Type | Notes | Launched | Closed |
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OCS Happy | Family and teen channel | Programs have been moved to OCS Max | 2008 | 2013 |
OCS Novo | Independent and art house films | Became OCS City | ||
OCS Choc | Action, thriller and horror films | Merged together and became OCS Pulp | 2023 | |
OCS City | Independent, art house films and programs from HBO | 2013 |
Series[edit]
OCS Max[edit]
This list includes programs from OCS Happy who have been moved to OCS Max.
- 2 Broke Girls
- 3615 Monique
- Aïcha
- Alphonse Président
- Angry Birds Toons
- Band of Brothers
- Being Erica (Les Vies rêvées d'Erica Strange)
- Better with You
- Black Sails
- Boardwalk Empire (season 1-4, other seasons on OCS City)
- La Bouse
- Breaking Bad (season 1-4, other seasons on OCS City)
- Bunheads
- Cougar Town
- Crash
- Éternelle
- Entourage
- Falling Skies
- France Kbek
- Fantômette (2000)
- The Garfield Show (Garfield et Cie)
- Gary Unmarried (La Nouvelle Vie de Gary)
- The Girlfriend Experience
- Glee
- Good Behavior
- The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale : La Servante écarlate)
- Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels : L'Enfer de l'Ouest, season 1-2, other seasons on OCS Choc)
- Holly Weed
- Houdini (Houdini, l’illusionniste)
- The Hour
- How to Make It in America
- Hung
- In Treatment (En analyse)
- John Adams
- Kinky et Cosy
- Lazy Company
- Legion
- Luck
- Magic City
- Make It or Break It (Championnes à tout prix)
- Merci Julie !
- Mildred Pierce
- Mr Selfridge
- Mr. Sunshine
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (L'Agence N°1 des dames détectives)
- Pretty Little Liars
- Quarry
- Q.I. (season 1-2)
- Rubicon
- Seinfeld
- Sex and the City
- Six Feet Under
- True Blood (season 1-6, other seasons on OCS City)
- Turn: Washington's Spies (Turn)
- Veep (season 1-2, other seasons on OCS City)
- War and Peace (2007, Guerre et Paix)
- The White Princess
- The White Queen
- Winx Club
- Zak
OCS Choc (2008-2023)[edit]
- Ash vs Evil Dead
- Band of Brothers
- The Fear (2012)
- Game of Thrones (Game of Thrones : Le Trône de fer, season 1-3, other seasons on OCS City)
- Generation Kill
- Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels : L'Enfer de l'Ouest)
- House of Saddam
- Justified
- Kingdom
- Kinky et Cosy
- The Knick
- Misfits
- Outcast
- Plaisir de Nuire, Joie de Décevoir
- Power
- Powers
- Preacher
- Revivre
- The Sopranos (Les Soprano)
- Spartacus: Blood and Sand (Spartacus : Le Sang des gladiateurs)
- Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (Spartacus : Les Dieux de l'arène)
- Spartacus: Vengeance
- Trafics
- The Walking Dead
OCS City (2013-2023)[edit]
- 1992
- The Art Of Television : Les réalisateurs de séries
- Atlanta
- Ballers
- Band of Brothers
- Being Human (Being Human : La Confrérie de l'étrange, U.K)
- Big Little Lies
- Blunt Talk
- Breaking Bad
- The Brink
- Boardwalk Empire
- Bored to Death
- Boss
- The Casual Vacancy (Une place à prendre)
- Crashing
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (Larry et son nombril)
- Divorce
- Eastbound & Down (Kenny Powers)
- Episodes
- Entourage
- Extra Life
- Flesh and Bone
- The Game
- Game of Thrones (Game of Thrones : Le Trône de fer)
- Girls
- Hello Ladies
- High Maintenance
- Irma Vep
- Irresponsable
- In America
- Insecure
- John Adams
- The Knick
- The Leftovers
- Looking
- Louie
- Low Winter Sun
- Manhattan
- Masters of Sex
- Missions
- Mozart in the Jungle
- Mr Selfridge
- The Newsroom
- The Night Of
- The Office (U.K)
- Q.I.
- Room 104
- Rome
- Search Party
- Sex and the City
- Sex and the Series
- Show Me a Hero
- Silicon Valley
- Six Feet Under
- The Sopranos (Les Soprano)
- Templeton
- Togetherness
- Transparent
- Treme
- True Blood
- True Detective
- Veep
- Vice Principals
- Vinyl
- Xanadu
- Westworld
- The White Lotus
OCS Pulp (2023-present)[edit]
- 3615 Monique
- Tales of the Walking Dead
References[edit]
- ^ "Orange sets November launch for movie bouquet". broadbandtvnews.com. October 9, 2008.
- ^ Elsa Keslassy (October 19, 2021). "HBO Max France: Canal Plus Executive Vera Peltekian Set to Lead Original Programming (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "Canal+ Finalizes Acquisition of Orange's Pay TV, Film Subsidiaries in France". Variety. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.