LAPTV

Latin American media company

Not to be confused with LAT TV.

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LAPTV

LAP TV Logo

Industry| Television
Founded| March 15, 1993[1]
Defunct| October 2013
Headquarters|

Atlanta, GA[1]

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)

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.

## History

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LAPTV 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

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### Basic-tier channels

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* 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

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* 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

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Erin Moriarty (July 10, 2000). "LAPTV finds right Latin channel". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
2. ^ a b Juan Fernandez Gonzalez (March 10, 2013). "Fox International owns 100% of LAPTV". rapidtvnews.com. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
3. ^ Ulin, Jeff. Page 278. The business of media distribution: monetizing film, TV, and video content. Taylor & Francis US, 2010. books.google.com.
4. ^ "FOX International Channels to Acquire Additional Stake in LAPTV from MGM". FOX International Channels website. 2012-05-22. Archived from the original on 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
5. ^ Fox+ Video Presentation - YouTube
6. ^ "Moviecity Cronología". LAPTV. 2012-05-22. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2013-10-08.

## External links

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* Official website (Defunct, redirects to Fox International Channels Latin America website)
* Official Site (in Spanish)

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