ViendoMovies is an American Spanish-language

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film channel, distributed in High Definition and available in

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, Telcos and

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companies. The channel is owned by

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, company headed by Luis Villanueva (President & CEO of SOMOS Group). ViendoMovies runs 24-hours a day featuring movies originally produced in Spanish in a commercial free format (without

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). ViendoMovies' programming reaches subscribers in the

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and

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History

In 2006

, a

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entertainment company based in

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announced the launch of ViendoMovies, then under the name VeneMovies. ViendoMovies was created based on the

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market's affinity for Spanish language films. U.S. Hispanics are avid consumers of films. According to ''Hispanics Business Magazine'', Hispanics eagerly attend film openings, accounting for over 17% of tickets sold, and watch more movies (

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, and

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) per year than any other segment of the

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. On July 4, 2011, VeneMovies was renamed ViendoMovies.

Current events

ViendoMovies is currently distributed by

and streaming media companies such as Comcast

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, Altice,

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, RCN, Verizon FiOS,

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Liberty Puerto Rico Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC (d/b/a Liberty) is a telecommunications company that provides broadband Internet access, VoIP, television and wireless services covering the entire island of Puerto Rico (wireless in Puerto Rico and US Vi ...

and

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, Innovative Cable U.S.( Viya) Virgin Islands and other cable companies. The channel announced in 2014 National

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Distribution.

Programming

ViendoMovies offers a selection of theatrical

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movies from

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, Colombia,

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, among others. The channel includes

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genres such as

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, etc. and include movies in a free VOD (

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) offering for its subscribers. The channel covers national and international film festivals where Spanish language movies participate. ViendoMovies includes close captioning in English and Spanish. ViendoMovies is distributed as well by NCTC (National Cable Television Cooperative) for affiliated cable operators. NCTC is responsible for acquiring programming and hardware for almost 1000 affiliated companies that own and operate

systems in the U.S.

References

External links

* {{U.S. movie television channels Spanish-language mass media in Florida Television channels and stations established in 2006 Companies based in Miami Spanish-language television networks in the United States Movie channels in the United States Cable television in the United States Commercial-free television networks