TCM (Latin American TV channel)

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TCM
TCM Latam logo.svg
Country Argentina
Broadcast areaLatin America
Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina
Programming
Language(s)Spanish and English
Picture format 480i SDTV
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery
Sister channels TNT
TNT Series
TNT Novelas
Space
Warner Channel
Cartoon Network
Cartoonito
Tooncast
Adult Swim
HTV
CNN
CNN en Español
History
LaunchedSeptember 1, 2004
Links
Website tcmla.com

TCM is a Latin American subscription television channel of American origin. It is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America, under the international brand Turner Classic Movies. Its programming is aimed at an audience of 40 years and older.

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Initially the channel specialized in showing classic Hollywood cinema from the 1930s to 1970s. However, starting in 2011 its window was expanded to films and television series from the 1980s to 2000s.

History

In September 2004 Turner Broadcasting System Latin America created TCM for Latin America, specializing in its beginnings in cinema from the beginnings of Hollywood to the 1970s, with a single simultaneous signal for the entire region and without commercials. [1]

In October 2007 Turner acquired a package of seven channels from Claxson Interactive Group (Fashion TV, HTV, I.Sat, Much Music, Retro, Space and Infinito), among which was Retro, TCM's direct competitor. [2]

On January 1, 2009 an exclusive signal was launched for Brazil, [3] and on March 1 a signal for Argentina, in addition to broadcasting films in prime-time in their original language with subtitles.. [4] In April, Turner decided to merge Retro with TCM, moving the vast majority of its programming to the latter and replacing Retro with TruTV. [5] In April 2009, TCM changed its on-screen image and subtly replaced its slogan, from Classic Hollywood to Classic Entertainment. In 2012 it changed its image once again and its slogan changed from Classic Entertainment to Turner Classic Movies.

On November 2, 2015 the channel premiered a new logo and image, focusing its programming on series and movies from the years 1980 to 2000. [6]

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References

  1. "Turner lanzará TCM Classic Hollywood para Latinoamérica en septiembre". produ.com. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. "Turner Broadcasting System hará anuncios sobre adquisición de canales de Claxson". produ.com. 2 October 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. "TCM: Más clásico que nunca". todotvnews.com. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  4. "TCM incorpora el subtítulo a las películas en primetime". produ.com. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. "Rick Pérez de TBS LatAm: El 1.º de abril lanzamos truTV e integramos contenido de Retro a TCM". produ.com. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  6. "TCM estrena nueva imagen". newslinereport.com. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

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