TNT (Latin American TV channel)
TNT (acronym for Turner Network Television) is a Latin American subscription television channel of American origin, a regional variant of the original channel, which began operations on January 28, 1991 and is aimed at broadcasting films of any genre. It is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America.
| Country | Latin America and the Caribbean |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Latin America, including Brazil |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, US Buenos Aires, Argentina Mexico City, Mexico |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish Portuguese (Brazil only) English (available as a second audio track with translated continuity) |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery Americas |
| Sister channels | TNT Series TNT Novelas Space Warner Channel TCM TNT Sports (Argentina) TNT Sports (Chile) TNT Sports (Brazil) |
| History | |
| Launched | 28 January 1991 |
| Links | |
| Website | tntla |
History edit
In its beginnings, the Latin American variant of the TNT channel was broadcast from Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. Since 2005, its operations center moved to the modern WarnerMedia International Argentina complex, in Buenos Aires.
Derived channels edit
TNT Series edit
It is the first channel derived from TNT that was launched in Argentina on March 10, 2015, replacing the Argentine signal of the Infinito channel, whose programming was transferred to TruTV. In the rest of Latin America, it was launched on March 17 of the same year, replacing the same channel on its pan-regional signal. Most of the series previously broadcast on TNT moved to this new channel.[1]
TNT Novelas edit
It was launched on June 26, 2023, replacing TBS.[2] Soap operas are broadcast in its programming.
TNT Sports edit
It has sets of signals in different Latin American countries.
- TNT Sports Argentina, started on August 25, 2017 to replace the Argentine program Fútbol para todos.
- TNT Sports Chile, started on January 17, 2021 to replace CDF.
- TNT Sports México, started on June 11, 2021 on social networks and on August 11, 2021 as an independent channel.
- TNT Sports Brazil, formerly known as Esporte interactive, started on January 20, 2021, was discontinued in 2018 and was relaunched in 2021 under the name TNT Sports.