HBO Latin America was a company that owned and distributed several television channels in the region of

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

. It was originally founded as a joint venture between

Time Warner Warner Media, LLC ( traded as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. It was headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City, United States. It was originally established in 1972 by ...

and Ole Communications in 1991 with the launch of HBO in the region. The HBO Brazilian channel was launched in 1994. In 1990s

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and

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became shareholders and left in 2010. The company later began distributing other channels from companies such as Turner, Sony, A&E and NBCUniversal. In October 2019, WarnerMedia announced an agreement with Ole to acquire the latter's minority interest. HBO Brasil, which is another joint venture of HBO with Ole was not affected by the transaction. WarnerMedia and Ole Communications continued their basic television channel distribution in Latin America. Eventually, the company folded into WarnerMedia in May 2020 (now Warner Bros. Discovery Americas).

Operating channels

HBO Latin America Group owns and operates these channels, which will be acquired by WarnerMedia: (most of those are simulcast in HD): *

HBO Latin America HBO Latin America was a company that owned and distributed several television channels in the region of Latin America. It was originally founded as a joint venture between WarnerMedia, Time Warner and Ole Distribution, Ole Communications in 1991 w ...

(formerly known as HBO Ole) * HBO 2 * HBO+ (formerly known as HBO Ole 2 and HBO Plus) * HBO Family * HBO Signature * HBO Mundi (formerly known as Max) * HBO Pop (formerly known as Max Up) * HBO Xtreme (formerly known as Max Prime) * Cinemax Latin America (Since 2009 as an ad-supported basic cable network)

HBO Brasil HBO Brazil is the Brazilian version of HBO, a pay TV channel dedicated to feature films, series and other special content since 1994. As with its American counterpart, HBO Brazil has premium characteristics, and invests in original programming. ...

(

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) is operated by HBO Brasil Partners, a separate partnership between WarnerMedia and Ole. HBO Caribbean is operated as a division of HBO Latin America.

Distributed channels

WarnerMedia distributes the following channels: Owned by A+E Networks Latin America (owned by

A+E Networks A&E Networks (stylized as A+E NETWORKS) is an American multinational broadcasting company that is a 50–50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company through its General Entertainment Content division. The company ...

and Ole Communications): * History Latin America * H2 Latin America (started in July 2014 to replace Bio.) * A&E Latin America * Lifetime Latin America (started in June 2014 to replace

Sony Spin Sony Spin was a Latin American cable television channel, launched on 1 May 2011, replacing the local version of Animax. It was shut down on 1 July 2014 due to low ratings and reception. History Formerly known as Animax, it was Sony's first atte ...

) NBCUniversal International Networks Latin America: * E! Latin America (owned by Comcast/

NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation owned by Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. NBCUniversal is primaril ...

and Ole Communications) *

Telemundo Internacional Telemundo Internacional is a Latin American pay television network owned by NBCUniversal. Telemundo Internacional carries a variety of programs, consisting mainly of select programs from the Telemundo national schedule. History Origins as Telen ...

(except in Mexico. Owned by Comcast/

and Ole Communications) *

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(except in Brazil, where the channel is operated by a 50/50 joint venture between NBCU and

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and distributed by Canais Globo) *

Studio Universal ''Studio Universal'' is a specialty television channel focused on films, owned by Universal Networks International. The programming is based on films (mainly from Universal Studios movies catalogue) and related programs with interviews, insight ...

(except in Brazil, where the channel is operated by a 50/50 joint venture between NBCU and

and distributed by Canais Globo) * Syfy (except in Brazil, where the channel is operated by a 50/50 joint venture between NBCU and

and distributed by Canais Globo) Sony Pictures Entertainment: *

Sony Channel Sony Channel is a brand of general entertainment television channels, owned by Sony Pictures Television. It was previously known as Sony Entertainment Television (SET), but many of the channels, except the Indian television channel, were rebrand ...

AXN AXN is a pay television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television, which was first launched in September 1997 in Asia. Local versions have since been launched in several parts of the world, including Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Funded th ...

Warner Bros. Entertainment (operated by WarnerMedia International): * Warner OLE Communications * IVC Network

Defunct channels

Animax , stylized as ANIMAX, is a Japanese animation satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. The channel also dubbed other cartoons in Japanese language. A subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, it is headq ...

* Bio. *

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* TV Quality * Tele Uno * Mundo Olé * A&E Mundo * USA Network * Calle 13 * Sci-Fi * Movietime * CBS Telenoticias * HBO Family * HBO HD

References

External links

Official Website
{{WarnerMedia Studios & Networks

HBO Latin America Group HBO Latin America was a company that owned and distributed several television channels in the region of Latin America. It was originally founded as a joint venture between Time Warner and Ole Communications in 1991 with the launch of HBO in the r ...

Latin American cable television networks Warner Bros. Mass media companies established in 1991 Mass media companies disestablished in 2020

Operating channels

Distributed channels

Defunct channels

See also

References

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