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Def American Recordings

1988-1993

American Recordings was founded in 1988 by Rick Rubin (founder of Def Jam Recordings) as Def American Recordings.

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American Records

1993-present

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In 1993, Rick Rubin renamed Def American Recordings to just American Recordings and created a new logo of the US flag upside down after Rick Rubin looked up Def in the dictionary.

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Cyfra+ | n | Wizja TV

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Current services:
Austria: HD Austria | Belgium: TV Vlaanderen (Flemish); TéléSAT (French) | Czech Republic and Slovakia: Skylink; freeSAT | Germany: M7 | Hungary: Direct One | Netherlands: Canal Digitaal; Online.nl | Romania: Focus Sat

Television channels:
Romania: Focus Sat TV | Hungary: Direct One | Czech Republic and Slovakia: Canal+ Action | Canal+ Sport (2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8) | Netherlands: Canal+ Action

Defunct:
Diveo | UPC DTH

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Film1 channels
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FightBox (Portuguese | Russia | Spain) | DocuBox (Spain) | Gametoon | FashionBox | Fast&FunBox (Spain) | Kino TV | Kino Polska (International | Muzyka | Muzyka International) | Timeless Dizi Channel (Romania | Arabic | Albanian) | Erox HD | Eroxxx HD | 360 TuneBox | FunBox UHD | Zoom TV | Stopklatka | Outdoor Sport Channel

Free ad-supported streaming television channels:
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Other content
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Defunct
FilmBox Plus Hungary | Timeless Dizi Channel (Poland)

SPI International (2017)

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Former/defunct:
France: TPS (Star | Cinéclub | Cinécomedy | Cinéculte | Cinéfamily | Homecinéma | Cinéstar | Cinétoile | Cinextreme | Foot | Bandiagara | Initiés TV | Météo Express | Multivision | Superfoot | Le TV mail | Des Idées | TPS & Vous | Info Express | TPS HD | Mon Shopping | Eurêka!) | Canal+ Bleu | Canal+ Jaune | Canal+ Vert | CinéCinéma Info | CinéCinéma Auteur | Planète Juniors | Kiosque | Canal+ 3D | Pink TV (17.52 %) | Canal+ Hi-Tech | Ciné+ Star | Cuisine+ | Jimmy | Sport+ | Maison+ | Planète+ Thalassa | Canalsat Campus Bac | Clique TV | Canal+ Family (France) | Foot+ | Canal+ Décalé/Canal+ Sport Week-end

International: Canal+ Belgium (Dutch | French) | Canal+ Netherlands (Canal Digitaal | TV: Canal+ Rood | Canal+ Blauw | Canal+ Geel | X-Zone) | Canal+ Nordic (Canal Digital | Canal Digital Kabel) | Canal+ Spain (Digital+ | Canal Satélite Digital) | Premiere | Cine Classics (Germany) | Tele+

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Defunct/Former
American Recordings | Aware Records | Bang Records | Bell Records | Bertelsmann Music Group | Buddah Records | CBS Records International | Colgems Records | Colpix Records | Columbia Graphophone Company | Columbia Music Video | Creation Records | Def Jam Recordings | DefSTAR Records | EMI Music Publishing | Epic Music Video | Fox Records | Funimation | Funimation Channel | Jive Records | J Records | LaFace Records | Loud Records | Madman Anime Group | Nickelodeon Video | Odd Future Records | Relativity Records | SMV Enterprises | Sony Wonder⁴ | Sony Music Soundtrax | TriStar Music | TVT Records | VRV | Zomba Label Group

Notes
¹ Co-owned with Sony Pictures Television.
² Co-owned with Shueisha and Wit Studio.
³ Co-owned with WildBrain (41%) and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%).
⁴ Now a label of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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