Would you like to learn the story of Cine5, the unrivaled and unrivaled magic box and channel of its time, which brought every program we once wanted to reach to our homes?
Mischievous Dennis, Turkey and Europa League match broadcastsnightboat, Louie the Menace, Carl², Ninja Turtles, HugoEmmy-winning Tutenstein, Oz, Let the Kids Hear, We’re Together Even If We’re Separated, The A-Team, Doctor Who, and 8-year-old Cedric…
From a small child to an adult, young and old, regardless of male or female appealing to everyone and we share with you the story of Cine5, which undoubtedly owes its success to the wide audience it appeals to. If you are ready; get upside down, The story of Cine5 with you…
The birth of Cine5
- A warrant was issued for the arrest of businessman Erol Aksoy, who is also the founder of Cine5, due to the İktisat Bank Case. He is believed to be in France at the moment.
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While Cine5 was being installed, hardly anyone Didn’t expect Cine5 to open a new era in television broadcasting in Turkey but Cine5 has created a completely different face in our country from the first day it started broadcasting.
Encrypted broadcast with air freshener and mirror (!)
Cine5 was not the first private television channel in our country, but The first private television channel to broadcast encrypted recorded as. Although the claims made in those years for Cine5, which has an analog encryption system, may sound funny right now, we have all believed these legends at least once.
Legend has it that the cheapest solution of Cine5’s analog encryption system; spraying air freshener or deodorant on the mirror and watching the screen through the mirrortir or if you watch the broadcast upside down; You can easily see the broadcast without a password… On top of that, if you are a good boy; You can even see the cuties.
Our emotions were played with in the night belt and sports broadcasts
Cine5 held the broadcasting rights of today’s Super League in order to attract customers when it was encrypted. Number of members up to 700 thousand had reached.
Cine5, which also broadcasts adult content under the name of night generation apart from sports broadcasts, broadcast the first 5-10 minutes of both sports broadcasts and adult content free of charge. The purpose here is; to encourage the audience to Cine5 and attract them as customersti.
Cine5’s membership fee and public purchasing power
If we look at the price policy of Cine5; We can easily say that it appeals to the elite segment. For example, in 1994 with old money minimum wage was around 3.5 million, annual Cine5 membership was 15 million (5 million deposit). This was equivalent to 1/3 of the minimum wage, which was approximately 42 million per year. In other words, if Cine5 had maintained the same price policy today; monthly fee is 1400 liras, the annual fee would have been based on 17 thousand liras. In short, Cine5 was an expensive service.
Such an expensive service could be solved with computer programs.
- Cine5 decoder for those who haven’t seen it before
As we mentioned, Cine5 was an expensive service, but the encryption system it used was analog and a primitive system. People who do not have a Cine5 decoder or card, was able to access Cine5’s encrypted broadcasts by cracking the password over the computer at much cheaper costs.. As this situation increased, Cine5 started broadcasting without a password.
SDIF Period starts at Cine5
In 2004, businessman Erol Aksoy, who also owns Cine5, Due to the debts arising from İktisat Bank The Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) seized Cine5 and took over the management of Cine5.
Having a say in the management of Cine5 for two years, TMSF gave the management of Cine5 back to Erol Aksoy after Erol Aksoy promised to pay his current debts. Cine5 could not achieve the desired output in the Second Aksoy Era because The broadcasting rights of the sports competitions that generate the most income are given to Lig Tv. (today’s Beinsports) had lost it and was looking for a candle to its economic old days.
Cine5 entered the road of no return
TMSF returned the Cine5 management to Erol Aksoy in return for a promise to pay its debts in 2006; in 2008 Due to the commitments Aksoy failed to fulfill had to buy it once again and in Cine5 II. The SDIF Period has officially started.
Due to the bottleneck and unfulfilled payment commitments of the channel, the sale of the channel came to the fore this time, and this issue was widely discussed in the press. After these news in the press, before the sale (tender) was made, Aksoy, if the channel is sold below its value announced that he would file a lawsuit to render the sale unlawful.
The love of Qataris for Turkey is not just for today
Today, Qatar-based companies that buy (or lease) many valuable residences, lands and factories, both state and privately, existed in the past and In 2011, Cine5 was awarded to Qatar-based media group Al Jazeera (Al Jazeera) for $40.5 million by the TMSF. sold.
Although Aksoy won two lawsuits, Turkish people lost Cine5 forever
According to businessman Erol Aksoy, the founder of the channel, TMSF sold Cine5 to Qatari media group Al Jazeera for less than its value, causing public loss. Erol Aksoy, despite warning Al Jazeera and TMSF both before and after the sale He could not explain his problem and started to wait for the outcome of the case he brought to the Council of State.
As a result of the decision of the Council of State 3 years later, in the sale realized in 2011, Cine5 has a minimum value of $50.2 million. and TMSF’s Cine5 inflicting at least $9.7 million in public loss He decided to sell it. Aksoy opened the case in 2011 and the Council of State was able to conclude the case in 2014.
Justice delayed is justice denied
of the Council of State”the sale should be canceledThe SDIF, which did not implement its decision, stated that it completed the sale in 2011 and that the government canceled a sale 3 years ago. would harm Turkey’s image abroad. He claimed that he would not implement the decision.
When the SDIF ignored the decision of the Council of State, Aksoy applied to the Constitutional Court this time in 2014. Al Jazeera must have sensed that the Constitutional Court would make a similar decision; On December 30, 2015, the Constitutional Court decided to close Cine5 while the case was pending. and Cine5 was shut down.
The Constitutional Court also found Erol Aksoy right
The legal struggle that started in the Constitutional Court in 2015 ended in 2020, and the Constitutional Court found Erol Aksoy justified, just like the decision of the Council of State. Erol Aksoy with the money of the period in this process Cine5 found customers in the UK for $100 million, but TMSF sold Cine5 to a Qatari media company at a loss. also announced.
So, what do you guys think about the story of Cine5? How do you think the story of Cine5 would have continued if it had not experienced some misfortunes? How would it be in the market when it has a competitor like Netflix today? You can share your memories, thoughts and ideas about Cine5 with us in the comments section.
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