NBC Europe

NBC Channel
Country	Europe
Broadcast area	United Kingdom
Programming
Picture format	576i (4:3 SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	ITV companies/Virgin Group; (1987–1988); Marcucci family/Virgin Group; (1988–1993); General Electric; (1993–2004); NBCUniversal; (2004–2005); Deutsche Fernsehnachrichten Agentur; (1998–2004);
Sister channels	CNBC Europe
History
Launched	30 January 1987
Replaced	Music Box
Closed	30 June 1998 (Europe); 29 September 2005 (Germany)
Replaced by	GIGA (Germany) ; Das Vierte (Germany); National Geographic Channel (Europe)
Former names	Super Channel (1987–1993); NBC Super Channel (1993–1996)

NBC Europe (formerly Super Channel, and later NBC Channel) was a satellite television network based in the United Kingdom that broadcast across Europe, and it was picked up by various European cable systems where available.

The network was based in the heart of London, 19-22 Rathbone Place in the same building as Music Box, would later become the home of CNN International until 2007. For a number of months, the transmission facilities were provided by Molinare at Fouberts Place, and returned briefly until the Marcucci family acquired Melrose House, 14 Lanark Square in Limeharbour where it set up as a state-of-the-art broadcasting centre.

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