LAPTV

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) but since 2019 is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company Latin America. It runs several film and television series channels, such as Cinecanal, Fox+ and Film Zone, and previously Moviecity.

Not to be confused with LAT TV.
LAPTV
IndustryTelevision
Founded1993[1]
Headquarters
Atlanta, GA[1]
,
USA
Number of locations
4[1]
Area served
Latin America except Brazil
The Caribbean[1]
Production output
Cable channels
Servicesadvertising
Revenue$75 million (2000)[1]
Number of employees
60 (2000)
ParentThe Walt Disney Company Latin America
(The Walt Disney Company)
Websitehttp://www.laptv.com (Defunct, redirects to Fox International Channels Latin America website)

History

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 will be 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 won't be affected.

Channels
LAPTV Channels before 2012
(1.Cinecanal, 2.The Film Zone, 3.Moviecity, 4.Citystars, 5.Citymix, 6.Cityvibe, 7.Cityfamily)
Cinecanal logo used in HD Version

(Fox Premium)
  • Fox Premium Action
  • Fox Premium Comedy
  • Fox Premium Movies
  • Fox Premium Family
  • Fox Premium Cinema
  • Fox Premium Classics
  • Fox Premium Series
  • Fox Premium 1 (Brazil only)
  • Fox Premium 2 (Brazil only)

Basic-tier channels
  • FXM Latin America (2017-): Replaced Film Zone.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cinecanal2 (1996 - 2009): Mix of new releases and slightly older films
  • Cinecanal Classic (2004 - 2009): Classic movies

References
  1. Erin Moriarty (July 10, 2000). "LAPTV finds right Latin channel". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  2. 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.
  5. Fox+ Video Presentation - YouTube
  6. "Moviecity Cronología". LAPTV. 2012-05-22.


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