The channel kicked off with John Woo's action film
Face/Off on 18 May 2000. From the start it was available on
UPC Nederland,
Casema and Mr. Zap. On 1 February 2001 CineNova launched a second television channel called
CineNova 2. It is a +1 hour
timeshift channel of the main channel. In 2004 CineNova acquired the broadcasting rights for live coverage of
the Oscars ceremony. With the acquisition of the Dutch
Canal+ channels by
Chellomedia (sister company of UPC Nederland), the major cable companies such as UPC,
Essent and Multikabel decided to remove the CineNova channels. The service closed on 18 May 2005. ==References==