TNT (Latin American TV channel)

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TNT
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CountryLatin America and the Caribbean
Broadcast areaLatin America, including Brazil
Headquarters Atlanta, US
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mexico City, Mexico
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Portuguese (Brazil only)
English (available as a second audio track with translated continuity)
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery Americas
Sister channels TNT Series
TNT Novelas
Space
Warner Channel
TCM
TNT Sports (Argentina)
TNT Sports (Chile)
TNT Sports (Brazil)
History
Launched28 January 1991
Links
Website tntla.com

TNT (acronym for Turner Network Television) is a Latin American subscription television channel of American origin, a regional variant of the original channel, which began operations on January 28, 1991 and is aimed at broadcasting films of any genre. It is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America.

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History

In its beginnings, the Latin American variant of the TNT channel was broadcast from Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. Since 2005, its operations center moved to the modern WarnerMedia International Argentina complex, in Buenos Aires.

Derived channels

TNT Series

It is the first channel derived from TNT that was launched in Argentina on March 10, 2015, replacing the Argentine signal of the Infinito channel, whose programming was transferred to TruTV. In the rest of Latin America, it was launched on March 17 of the same year, replacing the same channel on its pan-regional signal. Most of the series previously broadcast on TNT moved to this new channel. [1]

TNT Novelas

It was launched on June 26, 2023, replacing TBS. [2] Soap operas are broadcast in its programming.

TNT Sports

It has sets of signals in different Latin American countries.

See also

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References

  1. Monroy, Erika (17 March 2015). "TNT lanza su propio canal de series". El Universal. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. "TNT Novelas reemplazará a TBS Latinoamérica en Junio". ANMTVLA.com. 8 May 2023.