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AnimeCentral

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Anime Central
CountryUnited Kingdom
Programming
Picture format4:3, 576i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerCSC Media Group
History
Launched13 September 2007; 17 years ago (13 September 2007)
Closed27 August 2008; 16 years ago (27 August 2008)
Replaced byShowcase TV
Links
Websiteanimecentral.com
Availability

Anime Central was a British television channel owned by CSC Media Group. The channel launched on 13 September 2007. The channel ran from 9pm to 6am on Sky's Digital TV Platform, channel 199. It was the only channel broadcast in the UK and Ireland which mainly only showed anime.

The channel was shut down on 27 August 2008 and was replaced with Showcase TV. Then, Anime Central continued to be shown as a programming block on Showcase TV every night between 4am and 6am. On 3 August 2009, Showcase TV became True Entertainment and the Anime Central programming block was removed completely.[1]

References

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  1. "True Entertainment". Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.