Play Actie

Play Actie, launched in 2016 as ZES (meaning six in Dutch), is a male-oriented commercial TV channel owned by Belgian Dutch broadcaster SBS Belgium. Its competitors are the VTM-branded channels of DPG Media, and the public broadcaster VRT.

ZES[]

2016–2021[]

Play6[]

2021–2025[]

Designer:

Gédéon

Typography:

Custom

Launched:

28 January 2021

On 28 January 2021, VIER, VIJF and ZES were renamed to Play4, Play5 and Play6, respectively, in advance of the new women’s channel Play7 launching in April 2021. This is similar to the renaming of competitors Q2, Vitaya and Caz to VTM 2, VTM 3 and VTM 4, respectively, on 31 August 2020.

Play Actie[]

2025–present[]

Designer:

Saffron Brand Consultants

Typography:

Ginto Nord

Launched:

13 October 2025

On 13 October 2025, Play6 was renamed to Play Actie.

External links[]

Official website

◄	Play Sports Open

Play Actie

V • T • E

De Vijver Media

Part of Telenet (Liberty Global)

Production company
Woestijnvis

Play Media
Radio: Nostalgie (together with Mediahuis)
Streaming: Play
TV: Play | Play Fictie | Play Actie | Play Reality | Play Crime

Blocks
VIER Kids (1996-2016)

Related
Streamz

Defunct
Stievie (2013-2020)

V • T • E

Liberty Global

Virgin Media Ireland²

Predecessors: Chorus NTL (Chorus | NTL Ireland)
Services: Virgin Mobile | Virgin TV 360 | Virgin TV Anywhere

V • T • E

Virgin Media O₂

Joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica.

Defunct assets: Virgin Mobile

VodafoneZiggo (50%)³
Services: Vodafone | Ziggo
Premium channels: Ziggo Sport | Ziggo Sport Totaal (Sport (2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6))

V • T • E

ITV plc

Predecessors: Granada plc | Carlton Communications

V • T • E

ITV News

Part of ITV plc

Lunchtime News | Evening News | News at Ten

Former: Morning News

Non-ITV plc nations:
STV North / STV Central: STV News / Scotland Tonight

V • T • E

ITV Studios

Part of ITV plc

Notes
¹Owned 55% by Blumhouse and 45% by ITV
²Co-producer with Yorkshire Television and Tyne Tees Television

Related
ITV Nightscreen | Teletext (Teletext Holidays) | ORACLE

Notes

¹	Co-owned with Sky.
²	Assets sold to One Media IP.
³	Co-owned with the BBC.
⁴	Co-owned with DMGT, Reuters and Informa.

V • T • E

Canal+ Polska

Parent companies: Canal+ Group (51%), TVN Warner Bros. Discovery (32%) and Liberty Global (17%)

Satellite platform
Canal+
Predecessors
Cyfra+ | n | Wizja TV

Canal+ branded channels
Canal+ Premium | Canal+ 1 | Canal+ Film | Canal+ Seriale | Canal+ 360 | Canal+ Dokument | Canal+ Kuchnia | Canal+ Sport (2 | 3 | 4 | 5) | Canal+ Extra (1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18) | Canal+ Domo | Canal+ Now | Canal+ 4K Ultra HD

Other channels
Ale Kino+ | MiniMini+ | Planete+ | TeleToon+ | Novelas+ (+1)

Canal+ programs
Łapu Capu (Extra) | Wysoki Pressing

Other assets
Kino Świat

Former assets
TV channels: Canal+ Gol | Hyper+ | Canal+ Domo (Czech Republic and Slovakia) | MGM HD¹
Programming: Łapu Capu Archiwum

V • T • E

Former part of Grupa ITI and TVN Group
Succeeded by: nc+ (2013–2019) | Platforma Canal+ (2019–2020) | Canal+ (2020–present)

Notes

	All assets defunct unless otherwise specified
¹	Replaced by Canal+ Family
²	Replaced by Canal+ Family 2
³	Replaced by nPremium HD
⁴	Replaced by nPremium 3 HD
⁵	Renamed to Canal+ Sport 5
⁶	Spun off by Grupa ITI
⁷	Joint venture with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

V • T • E Wizja TV
Former part of @ Entertainment, UPC Polska and Liberty Global Succeeded by: Cyfra+ (2002–2013) \| nc+ (2013–2019) \| Platforma Canal+ (2019–2020) \| Canal+ (2020–present) TV channels Wizja Jeden \| Twoja Wizja \| Wizja Info \| Wizja Pogoda \| Wizja Sport \| Wizja Le Cinema \| Avante

Notes

¹	Joint venture with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

V • T • E Wizja TV
Former part of @ Entertainment, UPC Polska and Liberty Global Succeeded by: Cyfra+ (2002–2013) \| nc+ (2013–2019) \| Platforma Canal+ (2019–2020) \| Canal+ (2020–present) TV channels Wizja Jeden \| Twoja Wizja \| Wizja Info \| Wizja Pogoda \| Wizja Sport \| Wizja Le Cinema \| Avante

Notes

¹	Acquired by Vodafone.
²	Under license from Virgin.
³	Joint venture with Vodafone.
⁴	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery.
⁵	Joint venture with Canal+ Group and TVN Warner Bros. Discovery.
⁶	Bought by a subsidiary, later ended up being bought by Vodafone.
⁷	Acquired by Iliad S.A..