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LAPTV (Latin American Pay Television Service) was a Latin American pay television company founded by many cable providers of the region (MVS Comunicaciones, Grupo Cisneros) and many cinema producers/distributors (such as United International Pictures, distributor of Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios). It runs several film and television series channels, such as Cinecanal and Film Zone, and previously Moviecity.
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Industry | Television |
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Founded | March 15, 1993[1] |
Defunct | October 2013 |
Headquarters | , USA |
Number of locations | 4[1] |
Area served | Latin America except Brazil The Caribbean[1] |
Production output | Cable channels |
Services | advertising |
Revenue | $75 million (2000)[1] |
Number of employees | 60 (2000) |
Parent | The Walt Disney Company Latin America (The Walt Disney Company) |
Website | http://www.laptv.com (Defunct, redirects to Fox International Channels Latin America website) |
History
editLAPTV was formed as a partnership between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, and Fox in Latin America[2] in 1993[1] with Universal Studios joining later.[3] On May 22, 2012, Fox International Channels acquired MGM's stake in LAP TV.[4] In March 2013, Fox purchased Paramount's position in the company, thus becoming the sole owner of LAP TV, and sign a content agreement with LAP TV.[2] Starting on November 3, 2014, all the Premium channels of the pack were rebranded as "Fox+", dropping the "Movie City" brand definitely, and consolidating the Fox brand in LAPTV with the operations in Fox International Channels.[5] Operations of Cinecanal and Film Zone were unaffected.
Channels
editBasic-tier channels
edit- Cinecanal (1993–present): Mix of new releases and slightly older films, also shows films previously shown on Moviecity/Fox+ and before any other basic-tier pay-TV channel. Before 2010 it was part of the premium-labelled networks of the company.
Defunct Brands
edit- Film Zone (1999-2017): Offered 3 independent films from the Sundance Channel[1][6] and films previously shown on Moviecity/Fox+ and Cinecanal.
- Moviecity (1997 - November 3, 2014): New releases only
- Cinecanal 2 (1997 - 2007): Mix of new releases and slightly older films
- Cinecanal Classics (2004 - 2009): Classic movies
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Erin Moriarty (July 10, 2000). "LAPTV finds right Latin channel". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ^ a b Juan Fernandez Gonzalez (March 10, 2013). "Fox International owns 100% of LAPTV". rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ^ Ulin, Jeff. Page 278. The business of media distribution: monetizing film, TV, and video content. Taylor & Francis US, 2010. books.google.com.
- ^ "FOX International Channels to Acquire Additional Stake in LAPTV from MGM". FOX International Channels website. 2012-05-22.
- ^ Fox+ Video Presentation - YouTube
- ^ "Moviecity Cronología". LAPTV. 2012-05-22.
External links
edit- Official website (Defunct, redirects to Fox International Channels Latin America website)
- Official Site (in Spanish)