Space is a
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 ...
n
pay television
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channel owned by
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at 230 Park Avenue South in New York City. It was formed after the spin-off of WarnerMedia by AT&T, and its merger with Di ...
. It airs movies, TV series and boxing events. It was launched on 11 March 1991 and it is headquartered in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
,
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. This television network is aimed at an adult audience.
History
Space was launched on 11 March 1991 as the first Latin American 24-hour movie channel. It was owned and operated by Imagen Satelital, a company owned by Argentine businessman Alberto González. In its first years, it was an entertainment network heavily centred towards films and sporting (mostly combat sports (including boxing)) events.
In 1997, Imagen Satelital was bought by
Claxson Interactive Group, itself owned by Venezuelan conglomerate
Grupo Cisneros
Grupo Cisneros is a privately held, family owned business headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, historically based in Venezuela, with a focus on Latin American and Spanish-speaking people worldwide. It is a conglomerate of media entertainment, ...
. In 2002, after a graphical rebrand, Space includes artistic shows in its programming schedule.
In October 2007, Claxson Interactive Group was purchased by
Turner Broadcasting System Latin America
Warner Bros. Discovery Americas is a company managing a collection of pay television networks and other services in Latin America.
The company was created in April 2022, bringing together WarnerMedia Latin America (founded in 1993 as Turner Broa ...
; its channels (including Space) started to be managed by the regional branch of Time Warner.
On 8 April 2008, Turner modifies Space's programming in order to avoid inside competition with TNT Latin America, and centres its programming towards action, adventure and suspense films.
In 2008, Space launches its own HD feed, and two years later, in 2011, it launches a second audio track in English to its video feeds.
Current shows
Sports
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NBA on TNT
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basketball games (narrated and commented by Leo Montero and Daniel Jacubovich in Spanish, Marcos César and Fabio Malavazzi in Portuguese; former basketball star
Maria Paula Silva
Maria Paula Gonçalves da Silva (born March 11, 1962 in Osvaldo Cruz, São Paulo), nicknamed "Magic Paula", is a retired Brazilian women's basketball player. She is considered one of the greatest players in her country, along with Hortência Mar ...
also comments during the playoffs and All-Star Game)
Soccer (for BRA viewers only due to distribution and license from Esporte Interativo Brasil)
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UEFA
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men's A team packages
**National teams
***
UEFA Nations League
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The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...
(through 2022)
***European Qualifiers (road to both
UEFA Euro 2020
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and
2022 FIFA World Cup
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)
***All home Internationals
**
UEFA Champions League
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(club competition, through 2021)
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''CONMEBOL'' packages (until 2022)
**
2022 CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers
**
''Libertadores'' (from 2019 onwards, live and free streaming coverage only available on
Facebook Watch
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)
Combat Sports (as ''Combate'' Space)
= Professional wrestling
=
* ''
All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is considered the second largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE.
AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, w ...
''
* ''
Lucha Libre AAA''
Pro Worldwide
= Boxing
=
*
Top Rank
Top Rank, Inc. is a boxing promotional company founded by Jabir Herbert Muhammad and Bob Arum, which was incorporated in 1973, and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Since its founding, Top Rank has promoted many world class fighters, including Muh ...
*
Golden Boy (except Brazil due to sublicensed from
DAZN
DAZN ( "da zone") is a global sports entertainment platform. Different to traditional linear and satellite broadcasting, DAZN is an over-the-top (OTT) streaming service meaning that it is delivered directly to viewers via the internet.
The ...
)
Films
*Various Action, Horror, Suspense and Science Fiction.
Sports
Combat Sports (as ''Combate'' Space (exc BRA viewers)
*
Matchroom Boxing
Matchroom Sport is a sporting event promotions company founded by English entrepreneur Barry Hearn and run by Hearn and his son Eddie Hearn. It first came to attention in the sports of snooker and boxing and is also involved in pool, bowling, go ...
(sublicensed from DAZN)
*
Strikeforce MMA (the event is no longer aired effectively from 2013 onwards)
See also
*
TNT (TV channel)
References
External links
Official Website (Latin America)
Latin American cable television networks
Spanish-language television stations
Portuguese-language television stations in Brazil
Television channels and stations established in 1991
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