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 region. The HBO Brazilian channel was launched in 1994. In 1990s Sony and Disney 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 that it was buying Ole Communications's minority interest in the HBO Latin America Group, thus taking full control of all HBO channels within the Latin American region. 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 was merged into WarnerMedia in May 2020 (now Warner Bros. Discovery Americas).
Operating channels HBO Latin America Group owns and operates these channels: Spanish HBO Latin America (formerly known as HBO Ole) HBO 2 HBO+ (formerly known as HBO Ole 2 and HBO Plus) HBO Family HBO Signature Cinemax Latin America (Since 2009 as an ad-supported basic cable network)
Portuguese There are also Portuguese feeds of the HBO Latin America channels. HBO Brasil HBO 2 HBO+ HBO Family HBO Signature
Other HBO Caribbean is operated as a division of HBO Latin America.
Distributed channels Warner Bros. Discovery distributes the following channels:
Owned by A+E Networks Latin America 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)
Owned by NBCUniversal International Networks Latin America E! Latin America (owned by Comcast/NBCUniversal and Ole Communications) Telemundo Internacional (except in Mexico. Owned by Comcast/NBCUniversal and Ole Communications) Universal TV (except in Brazil, where the channel is operated by a 50/50 joint venture between NBCU and Canais Globo and distributed by Canais Globo) Studio Universal (except in Brazil, where the channel is operated by a 50/50 joint venture between NBCU and Canais Globo and distributed by Canais Globo) USA Network (replaced Syfy)
Owned by Sony Pictures Television Networks Latin America Sony Channel AXN
Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Warner TV
Owned by OLE Communications IVC Network
Defunct channels Animax Locomotion Sony Spin TV Quality Mundo Olé A&E Mundo Syfy Sci-Fi HBO Family HBO HD
See also Turner Broadcasting System WarnerMedia
References
External links Official Website