Country | Latin America |
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Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Santiago |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Picture format | 480i/576i SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Americas |
Sister channels | HTV MuchMusic I.Sat |
History | |
Launched | May 1, 2011 |
Replaced | FashionTV |
Closed | May 5, 2016 (Brazil) February 29, 2024 (Latin America) |
Replaced by | TNT Series (Brazil) |
Glitz (stylized as "glitz*") was a Latin American pay television channel that was launched on May 1, 2011, replacing Fashion TV, after the license agreement between the French channel and then-Glitz* parent Warner Bros. Discovery Americas, who purchased the channel from Claxson in 2007, ended in 2011; it continued to target women. The network departed Brazil on May 5, 2016.
In December 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that Glitz would wind down in the remainder of Latin America, closing on February 29, 2024 along with I.Sat and the Latin American version of MuchMusic. [1]
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