Odisea (TV channel)

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Odisea/Odisseia
Type Cable and satellite television
BrandingOdisea/Odisseia
Country
Availability Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar
Owner AMC Networks International Iberia
Launch date
1996
Picture format
16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Official website
www.odisea-odisseia.com
Odisseia
Broadcast area Portugal
Angola
Mozambique
Cape Verde
Headquarters Lisbon, Portugal
Programming
Picture format 16:9 576i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner AMC Networks International Iberia
Sister channels AMC
Canal Hollywood
MOV
Canal Panda
Panda Biggs
Canal História
A&E
Sundance Channel
History
Launched1996
Links
Website Canal Odisseia

Odisea (Spanish) or Odisseia (Portuguese; also known as Canal Odisseia) is a documentary cable channel available in Spain and Portugal, with feeds in Portuguese or Spanish. It split into versions, and the Portuguese channel Odisseia became also available in Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde. It is the oldest and one of the most notable of the genre in Portugal and, for most of its history, it was a single Iberian channel for Portugal and Spain with feeds in Portuguese to Portugal in a list of notable channels owned by Multicanal (currently AMC Networks International Iberia), including some of the oldest and most popular cable channels such as Canal Hollywood and Canal Panda.

Canal Odisseia, literally translating as Odyssey Channel, features various documentaries by the BBC, Granada Television, European, American and local productions, dedicated to nature, science, people and arts. It competes with other widely available cable channels, the Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel.

Owned by AMC Networks International Iberia, Odisea was founded in 1996, and was one of the first ever Iberian cable channels. It presents various documentaries by BBC and Granada Television.

Odisea merged its output with that of its competitor Documania.

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