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Film Café

Logo: CBS Studios International, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Television channel

Film Cafe Poland was a Polish movie channel that originally launched in 1999 as Wizja Le Cinema. In 2003, the channel changed its name to Europa Europa in order to focus on European cinema. In 2006, the channel changed its name again to Zone Europa as part of the Zone channels rebranding.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded1

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Film Cafe (2024)
Photo: Arek Oppenkowsk, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Film Cafe Poland was a Polish movie channel that originally launched in 1999 as Wizja Le Cinema. In 2003, the channel changed its name to Europa Europa in order to focus on European cinema. In 2006, the channel changed its name again to Zone Europa as part of the Zone channels rebranding. In 2012, the channel changed its name once again to CBS Europa. An HD feed launched on HotBird 13°E on October 1st, 2015. In 2024, the channel rebranded to Film Cafe. The channel ceased broadcasting on January 1st, 2026.2

The story

A Hungarian version of the channel was launched in 2004, as an expansion of the Polish channel, but it closed on 1 May 2009 because the channel was not popular amongst Hungarian advertisers.

Zone Europa's 14-hour schedule was extended to 20 hours at weekends.

On 1 August 2012 Chellomedia revealed that all European versions of the Zone Channels would be become CBS channels. Zone Europa was renamed CBS Europa on 3 December 2012 in Poland.

On 1 October 2015 CBS Europa HD was launched, replacing the SD version on the satellite.

On 19 June 2024, it was announced that CBS Europa would change its name to Film Cafe by 21 August 2024.

Film Cafe Poland was closed down alongside CBS Reality Poland on December 31, 2025.

From Wikipedia’s article on Film Cafe, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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