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From a small child to an adult, young and old, regardless of man or woman attractive to everyone and we share with you the story of Cine5, which undoubtedly owes its success to the wide audience it appeals. When you’re done; stand upside down, The Story of Cine5 with you…

The Birth of Cine5

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While Cine5 was installed, hardly anyone Didn’t expect Cine5 to open a new era for TV broadcasting in Turkey but Cine5 has created a very 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 included as. While the claims made in those years for Cine5, which has an analog encoding system, may sound funny now, we’ve all believed these legends at least once.

Legend has it that this is the cheapest solution of Cine5’s analog coding system; spray air freshener or deodorant on the mirror and look through the mirror at the screentir or if you’re watching the broadcast upside down; You can easily watch the broadcast without a password… Besides, if you’re a good boy; You can even see the cuties.

With our emotions was played in the night band and sports broadcasts

Cine5 had the broadcasting rights of the current Super League to attract customers when it was encrypted. Number of members up to 700 thousand has achieved.

Cine5, which in addition to sports broadcasts also broadcasts adult content under the name Night Generation, broadcasts the first 5-10 minutes of both sports broadcasts and adult content for free. The goal is here; to encourage the public to Cine5 and attract them as customersti.

Cine5’s Membership Fees and Public Purchasing Power

If we look at Cine5’s pricing policy; We can safely say that it appeals to the elite segment. For example in 1994 with old money minimum wage was about 3.5 million, annual Cine5 membership was 15 million (5 million deposit). This corresponded to 1/3 of the minimum wage, which was about 42 million a year. In other words, if Cine5 had maintained the same pricing policy today; monthly fee is 1400 lira, the annual fee would be based on 17 thousand lira. 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 encoding system used was analog and a primitive system. People who do not have a Cine5 decoder or card, accessed Cine5’s encrypted broadcasts by hacking the password through the computer at a much lower cost.† 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.

After two years of participation in Cine5’s management, TMSF returned Cine5’s management 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 most revenue-generating sports leagues go to Lig Tv. (today’s Beinsports) had lost it and was looking for a candle for its economic old days.

Cine5 went down the road of no return

TMSF returned the management of Cine5 to Erol Aksoy in exchange for a promise to pay its debts in 2006; in 2008 Because of the commitments Aksoy was unable to keep had to buy it again and in Cine5 II. The SDIF Period has officially started.

Due to the channel’s bottleneck and unfulfilled payment obligations, the sale of the channel came to the fore this time and this subject was extensively covered in the press. After this news in the press, before the sale (tender) was made, Aksoy, if the channel sells below its value announced that he would be filing a lawsuit to make the sale illegal.

Qataris love for Turkey is not just for today

Today, in the past Qatar-based companies that buy (or lease) many high-value homes, lands and factories, both state and private, and In 2011, Cine5 was awarded by the TMSF to Qatar-based media group Al Jazeera (Al Jazeera) for $40.5 million. sold.

Although Aksoy won two lawsuits, Turks lost Cine5 forever

According to businessman Erol Aksoy, the station’s founder, TMSF sold Cine5 to Qatari media group Al Jazeera for less than its value, causing a loss to the public. Erol Aksoy, despite warning Al Jazeera and TMSF both before and after the sale Unable to explain his problem, he began to wait for the outcome of the case he brought before the Council of State.

Following the decision of the Council of State 3 years later, with the sale realized in 2011 Cine5 has a minimum value of $50.2 million. and Cine5 . from TMSF 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 close the case in 2014.

Justice deferred is justice denied

of the Council of State”the sale must be cancelledThe 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 damage Turkey’s image abroad. He claimed that he would not carry out the decision.

When the SDIF ignored the decision of the Council of State, Aksoy went to the Constitutional Court in 2014. Al Jazeera must have felt 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 battle that started in 2015 in the Constitutional Court ended in 2020 and the Constitutional Court found Erol Aksoy justified, as did 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 the SDIF sold Cine5 at a loss to a Qatari media company. also announced.

So, what do you think of Cine5’s story? How do you think Cine5’s story would have continued if it hadn’t had some setbacks? What would the market be like if it had 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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