VePlus is a subscription channel owned by Cisneros Media and serves as an updated version of their previous channel,

Venevisión Venevisión () is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros. It was founded in 1961 by Diego Cisneros. It is one of the major telenove ...

Continental. It was also known as Novelísima, Ve Plus TV and V Mas TV, a subsidiary of

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 ...

. VePlus incorporates much of the programming from Venevisión Continental and Novelísima, while also producing its own content in

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and

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History

Venevisión Continental was originally launched as a

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station on August 28, 2000. It provided entertainment programs, news,

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s, and

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s, catering to Spanish-speaking audiences in Venezuela,

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and

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as the international signal of Venevisión. The channel ceased its broadcasts in July 2008. It was available on

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channel 774 until September 2006 and was owned by Venezuela's Venevisión Canal. In December 2007, the Cisneros Group initiated a pilot project called Venevisión Novelísima Plus in Venezuela. Recognizing its success and large viewership, Venevisión Continental was relaunched in June 2008 under the name Novelísima. The channel focused on soap operas, telenovelas, Latin entertainment, talk shows, and contests, while excluding opinion, politics, and news media. On July 18, 2012, the signals of "Novelísima" and "Venevisión Plus Dominicana" were merged to create "Ve Plus TV". In 2017, the channel was rebranded as VePlus.

Feeds

VePlus operates on three different feeds: # VePlus: Broadcasts in Latin America,

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and the

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, excluding Venezuela. # VePlus: Exclusive feed for Venezuela. # VePlus: Available in the

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Programming

VePlus primarily offers a lineup of soap operas, talk shows, and variety shows, targeting

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and Latino audiences in the United States and other countries.

Venevision Continental

Venevision Continental serves as the business unit responsible for managing pay-TV channels and services for Cisneros.

References

External links

www.veplusgo.comwww.cisneros.comwww.novelisima.com
{{Venezuelan television stations Television stations in Venezuela Television networks in Venezuela Spanish-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2000 Venevisión 2000 establishments in Venezuela