CineNova was a Dutch premium television service broadcasting films on 2 television channels, owned by a joint venture of Buena Vista International Television, Sony Pictures Entertainment and UPC Nederland.
[1] 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.
[3] In 2004 CineNova acquired the broadcasting rights for live coverage of the Oscars ceremony.
[4] 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.