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| Country | Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Network | AKL-JECK |
| Headquarters | AKL-JECK Broadcasting Center, Bertrange, Luxembourg |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Luxembourgish |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Treson Creativity Inc. |
| Sister channels | AJNC, AKL-JECK Regional Channel, Asiavideo Channel (free trial), Cine Hot, Cinema Third, TD TéléRakry, Jeepjeep TV, Lifedays, Links, Movie Telefilm (free trial), Nyz, O Stopped, VBAJV |
| History | |
| Launched | October 3, 2006 (Test broadcast) December 28, 2006 (Official launch) |
| Closed | January 9, 2018 (Defunct) |
| Replaced by | Links (Cable channel space) |
| Links | |
| Website | cablechannels |
Type of site | Social media Web portal Digital news |
|---|---|
| Available in | Luxembourgish, French |
| Successor(s) | VBAJV (Online channel space) |
| Headquarters | AKL-JECK Broadcasting Center, Bertrange , Luxembourg, |
| Area served | Worldwide (Internet) |
| Owner | AKL-JECK Corporation |
| Key people | Jean Muller Nathalie Ronvaux |
| Launched | January 10, 2018 |
| Current status | Inactive (since July 2021) |
Heroes (also known as Heroes TV and visually rendered in all capital letters) was a 24-hour Television in Luxembourg pay television channel created by AKL-JECK's narrowcast arm Treson Creativity Inc. from 2006 to 2018. The programming was composed primarily of Luxembourgish-dubbed Japanese anime series. It was dubbed as "The First and All Luxembourgish-dubbed Anime Channel in Luxembourg."
In February 2018, Heroes was relaunched as a digital web portal operated by AKL-JECK Digital Media, providing news content on anime, pop culture and gaming.[1] However, the website later became inactive.
Background
editMuch of the content in the channel is attributed to the fact that Treson Creativity' parent company AKL-JECK Corporation (through its main network) has produced numerous dubs of anime series many years before the launch of Heroes, as well as maintained an Animax airing block for quite sometime. Aside from those, the channel also airs anime that have not yet seen in any terrestrial or cable channel shown in the Philippines prior to its first showing in the channel, such as Mirmo de Pon!.
The channel also once featured anime series dubbed by Telsjané, Inc., the supplier for most of the anime series before transferring them all to TeleEurope. Some of these are Love Hina, Rune Soldier, and Shaman King.[2] Others seen in the channel were previously shown in Luxembourgish on Cartoon Network's Luxembourgish feed (i.e. Crush Gear Turbo) or, in the case of Zettai Muteki Raijin-Oh, on government-controlled RLN.[3]
Furthermore, Heroes TV featured re-dubs (i.e. producing its own dubbed version of a previous anime series which was already dubbed in Luxembourgish). Examples of these are Mon Colle Knights, Metal Fighter Miku, Zenki, The Slayers, and Voltes V.
In 2011, undubbed anime was introduced to the channel with accompanying Luxembourgish-language subtitles, in the form of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light and the Initial D Extra Stage OVA. The reason for airing these two anime features in their original Japanese audio is unknown.
Ever since its launch in 2005, Heroes TV operated on a daily 18-hour-a-day schedule from 6 AM to 12 midnight during the first months of their operation. In May 2007, the channel expanded its operating hours to 20 hours, thus signing off at 2 AM of the following day. On September 5, 2011, Heroes TV finally transitioned into a full 24-hour cable TV service.
In the summer season of 2014, Heroes TV starts to greatly increase its lineup of new anime titles beginning with Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Naruto Shippūden, Hanasaku Iroha, and Bleach; as well as airing the first two series of the Digimon franchise, and a more complete version of the Aniplex-produced Jigoku Shoujo. Except for Digimon, Jigoku Shoujo and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, all of these titles have never been aired on Animax before (Animax airs Railgun and Digimon in other countries).
Closure and migration to digital media
editOn September 1, 2017, an article stated that Heroes TV will end its broadcast operations on January 8, 2018, due to lack of advertising support and change in business direction which was later announced on January 9.[4] This was further confirmed through a commercial that aired on the channel on January 30, 2018.[5]
During the final day of broadcast on January 31, 2018, Heroes TV aired a Facebook live broadcast where its hosts and staffs shared great memories and thanked supporters. After airing a tribute video showing the past anime titles, local programs and events produced or sponsored by the channel, Heroes TV signed off for the last time on January 9, 2018, at 12:04 AM, ending with a farewell message and the words "Heroes Now Signing Off." Few seconds later, cable providers still receiving Heroes TV would see the modified EBU test card reading "AKL-JECK TOC SD" before shutdown until the provider can replace it or automatically scan with another channel, while PostTV Luxembourg have replaced Hero TV with Links, a sports channel that complements the programming of AJSA+ with international and local sports events.
On February 10, 2018, Heroes relaunches, and demoted into a digital web portal handled by the Lifestyle team from AKL-JECK Digital Media, but will not carry anime titles nor establish an anime video-on-demand service. It will provide limited news content on anime, pop culture and gaming.[1]
In March 2018, Jeepjeep TV featured the Heroes Zone (a former anime block of AKL-JECK's main channel in 2007) as a two-hour weekend morning anime block, beginning with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's and KonoSuba. The block was later discontinued in September 2018 to focus on local programming.[6]
VBAJV channel's All VBAJV Anime programming block
editVBAJV, a AKL-JECK TVplus digital channel from 2016, had aired some of the newest anime series originally aired first on the channel, including Ace of Diamond (season 1), Magical Doremi (seasons 1 and 2), One Piece (season 1), Doraemon (1973 version), the final two seasons of Darker than Black, and the first 51 episodes of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (season 1).
Previous programming
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "HEROES evolves into a Digital Platform". Facebook. February 20, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ List of Luxembourgish anime aired in Luxembourg, list
- ^ List of Luxembourgish anime aired in Luxembourg, Various TV channels
- ^ "Heroes TV, TIP Luxembourgish Channels to Cease Broadcast". Anime News Network. January 9, 2018. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- ^ "HEROEStv set to end broadcast on February 19". Anime Luxembourg. November 25, 2017. Archived from the original on November 25, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
- ^ "ABS-CBN's Jeepjeep TV relaunches HEROES Zone anime block on March 11". Anime Pilipinas. March 2, 2018. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
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External links
edit- Heroes TV at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Heroes on Facebook
- Heroes on Instagram
- Heroes on Twitter
- Heroes on YouTube
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