HBO Latin America Group

Former group of pay television networks

HBO Latin America

Company type| subsidiary
Industry| Entertainment
Pay television
Interactive media
Founded| October 31, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-10-31)
Defunct| May 4, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-05-04)
Fate| Merged into successors WarnerMedia Latin America and Ole Distribution, thus taking control of all HBO channels in Latin America
Successors| Warner Bros. Discovery Americas
Ole Distribution (Distributor of the other channels that HBO Latin America distributed)
Headquarters| Miami,

United States

Area served

| Latin America
Owner| Warner Bros. Discovery International
Subsidiaries| Owned-and-operated channels:
HBO
HBO2
HBO Plus
HBO Signature
HBO Family
HBO Mundi
HBO Pop
HBO Xtreme
Cinemax
Distributed channels:
A&E
History
History 2
Lifetime
(all 4 are owned and operated by A+E Networks Latin America, expect Lifetime is a joint venture with Sony Pictures Television Latin America)
Website| hbolag.tv (Discontinued)

HBO Latin America was a company that owned and distributed several television channels in the region of Latin America. It was originally founded as a joint venture between Time Warner and Ole Communications in 1991 with the launch of HBO in the region. The HBO Brazilian channel was launched in 1994. In 1990s Sony and Disney became shareholders and left in 2010.[1] The company later began distributing other channels from companies such as Turner, Sony, A&E and NBCUniversal.

In October 2019, WarnerMedia announced that it was buying Ole Communications's minority interest in the HBO Latin America Group, thus taking full control of all HBO channels within the Latin American region. HBO Brasil, which is another joint venture of HBO with Ole was not affected by the transaction.[2] WarnerMedia and Ole Communications continued their basic television channel distribution in Latin America. Eventually, the company was merged into WarnerMedia in May 2020 (now Warner Bros. Discovery Americas).[3]

## Operating channels

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HBO Latin America Group owns and operates these channels:

### Spanish

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* HBO Latin America (formerly known as HBO Ole)
* HBO 2
* HBO+ (formerly known as HBO Ole 2 and HBO Plus)
* HBO Family
* HBO Signature
* HBO Mundi (formerly known as Max)
* HBO Pop (formerly known as Max Up)
* HBO Xtreme (formerly known as Max Prime)
* Cinemax Latin America (Since 2009 as an ad-supported basic cable network)

### Portuguese

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There are also Portuguese feeds of the HBO Latin America channels.

* HBO Brasil
* HBO 2
* HBO+
* HBO Family
* HBO Signature
* HBO Mundi (formerly known as Max)
* HBO Pop (formerly known as Max Up)
* HBO Xtreme (formerly known as Max Prime)

### Other

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HBO Caribbean is operated as a division of HBO Latin America.

## Distributed channels

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Warner Bros. Discovery distributes the following channels:

### Owned by A+E Networks Latin America

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* History Latin America
* H2 Latin America (started in July 2014 to replace Bio.)
* A&E Latin America
* Lifetime Latin America (started in June 2014 to replace Sony Spin)

### Owned by NBCUniversal International Networks Latin America

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* E! Latin America (owned by Comcast/NBCUniversal and Ole Communications)
* Telemundo Internacional (except in Mexico. Owned by Comcast/NBCUniversal and Ole Communications)
* Universal TV (except in Brazil, where the channel is operated by a 50/50 joint venture between NBCU and Canais Globo and distributed by Canais Globo)
* Studio Universal (except in Brazil, where the channel is operated by a 50/50 joint venture between NBCU and Canais Globo and distributed by Canais Globo)
* USA Network (replaced Syfy)

### Owned by Sony Pictures Television Networks Latin America

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* Sony Channel
* AXN

### Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery

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* Warner TV

### Owned by OLE Communications

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* IVC Network

## Defunct channels

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* Animax
* Bio.
* Locomotion
* Sony Spin
* TV Quality
* Mundo Olé
* A&E Mundo
* Syfy
* Sci-Fi
* HBO Family
* HBO HD

## See also

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* Turner Broadcasting System
* WarnerMedia

## References

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1. ^ "WarnerMedia preps for HBO Max's Latin American roll-out after completing Ole deal". tbivision.com. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
2. ^ Mango, Agustin (October 25, 2019). "Warner Media Takes Ownership of HBO's Services in Latin America". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
3. ^ "WarnerMedia e AT&T incorporam HBO no Brasil e América Latina". Tecnoblog (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-11-02.

## External links

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* Official Website

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Part of Warner Bros. Discovery

Networks and
OTT platforms|

| U.S. services|

| Linear TV|

* HBO (Multiplex)
* Cinemax (Multiplex)

|

International|

| HBO|

* Asia
* HBO Family
* HBO Hits
* HBO Signature
* Brazil
* Canada
* Europe
* New Zealand

|

Cinemax|

* Cinemax Asia
* Cinemax Central Europe

Ventures|

* HBO Films
* HBO Documentary Films

Defunct and
former ventures|

* Bad Wolf Ltd
* BET Holdings, Inc. (1985–96)
* Comedy Central (1991–2004)
* Festival (1986–88)
* HBO Boxing Pay-Per-View (1990–2018)
* Selecciones en Español de HBO y Cinemax / HBO en Español (1989–99)
* HBO Defined (India; 2013–15)
* HBO Downtown Productions (1989–2001)
* HBO Hits (India; 2013–16)
* HBO Home Entertainment
* HBO Independent Productions (1990–2006)
* HBO Korea (2000–2002)
* HBO Netherlands (2012–16)
* HBO NYC Productions (1986–99)
* Take 2 (1979–81)
* Time Life Television (1968–81)
* TriStar Pictures (1983–86)
* HBO Nordic (2012–21)
* HBO España (2016–2021)
* Red by HBO (2010–21)
* HBO Now (2015–20)
* HBO Latin America Group (1991–2018)
* HBO Portugal (2012–22)
* HBO Go (2010–24)

Miscellaneous|

* History
* Programming
* HBO Kids
* HBO Latin America original series
* HBO Canada original series

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* t
* e

Warner Bros. Discovery Global Linear Networks

Broadcasting and FAST streaming group|

* The CW (12.5%)
* The CW Plus
* Free TV Networks (33.3%)

The Cartoon Network, Inc.|

| Main Networks|

* Cartoon Network
* Adult Swim
* Toonami
* Cartoonito

|

Minor Networks|

* Boomerang
* Discovery Family (60%)
* Discovery Familia

|

Entertainment Group|

* TBS
* TNT
* Turner Classic Movies
* TruTV
* Oprah Winfrey Network (95%)

Lifestyle & Factual Group|

| Main Networks|

* Animal Planet
* Discovery Channel
* Food Network (69%)
* HGTV
* Investigation Discovery
* TLC

|

Minor Networks|

* American Heroes Channel
* Cooking Channel (69%)
* Destination America
* Discovery en Español
* Discovery Life
* Hogar de HGTV
* Science Channel
* Travel Channel

|

Defunct and
former ventures|

| TimeWarner/WarnerMedia|

* BET
* C4
* Comedy Central
* Festival
* Four
* HBO Defined
* HBO en Español
* HBO Hits
* HBO Netherlands
* HBO Now
* HBO PPV/TVKO
* Take 2
* HBO Home Entertainment
* ThreeLife
* TriStar Pictures
* Turner South

|

Discovery, Inc.|

* 3net
* Canal 8 Sport
* Discovery Civilization
* Discovery Family (France)
* Discovery Geschichte
* Discovery Health Channel
* Discovery People
* Discovery Shed
* Discovery Travel & Living (brand)
* Eurosport News
* FitTV
* Food Network NZ
* GXT
* Oh!K
* Quest Arabiya
* Setanta Sports Asia
* Vivolta (20%)

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