Broadcast area | Latin America Not available in Venezuela, Puerto Rico or the Caribbean Region (except Dominican Republic) |
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Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)} |
Ownership | |
Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery (Warner Bros. Discovery Americas) |
Sister channels | TNT TNT Series Space TCM Warner Channel |
History | |
Launched | 1 October 2011 |
Former names | LifeStyle TV (2007–2011) TBS Veryfunny (2011–16) TBS (2016–23) |
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On May 7, 2023, it was announced that TBS (formerly branded as TBS veryfunny in Latin America and TBS muito divertido in Brasil [2] ) would be replaced in Latin America as TNT Novelas. [3] The change happened on June 26, 2023. [4]
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