13th Street Universal (France: 13ème Rue Universal, Spain: Calle 13 and Poland: 13 Ulica) is a television channel specialising in Action and suspense shows and movies. It is owned by NBCUniversal and was launched in France on 13 November 1997 and in Germany on 1 May 1998. In 1999 the channel was launched in Spain and, on 6 September 2007, in Benelux. 13th Street Universal was added to the Foxtel platform in Australia on 15 November 2009 and a new timeshift channel 13th Street+2 was added in 2010. In that same year, on 13 September, the channel was launched in Poland.