Comedy Central (Latin American TV channel)

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Comedy Central
Comedy Central 2018.svg
Broadcast area Latin America
NetworkComedy Central
Headquarters Miami Beach, Florida
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Paramount Networks Americas
Sister channels MTV Latin America
MTV Brazil
Nickelodeon Latin America
Nickelodeon Brazil
Paramount Network (Latin America)
Paramount Network Brazil
Telefe
History
Launched1 February 2012 [1]
Links
Website comedycentral.la
(Latin America)
comedycentral.com.br
(Brazil)

Comedy Central is a Latin American pay television channel, owned by Paramount Networks Americas. It was launched on 1 February 2012. [1]

Contents

History

Comedy Central Latin America logo from 2012 to 2019 Comedy Central 2011 Logo.svg
Comedy Central Latin America logo from 2012 to 2019

Before Comedy Central was launched in Latin America MTV and VH1 aired Comedy Central programming back in the 2000s to 2012, like South Park or Drawn Together. [2] [3]

The channel was launched on 1 February 2012 by Viacom International Media Networks The Americas [4] and its website was launched on 11 November 2011, two months before the official start of the channel. [5]

On 26 February 2019, U.S. network rebranded its logo and graphic package, adapting to the new redesign launched two months ago in the United States. [6]

Programming

In Latin America, Comedy Central has three different programming schedules for each of its two feeds, which are Panregional feed (Northern [7] and Southern feeds [8] merged on 26 March 2023) [9] and Brazil feed. [10]

Series

(New Episodes In June)

Cartoons

(Reairs In June)

Original series

Local productions

Sketches

Late-night talk show

Specials

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