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| Broadcast area | Latin America |
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| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NBCUniversal International Networks |
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| History | |
| Founded | December 6, 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Links | |
| Website | universalplus |
Universal+ (pronounced as Universal Plus), is a group of both Latin American and British Isles subscription television channels. It originates from the United States.
Ownership
[edit]The platform is owned and operated by NBCUniversal, and is distributed by Ole Distribution, a joint venture between Ole Communications and WarnerMedia.[1]
Launch
[edit]It began operating in December of 2018, being named as Universal TV+. It offering content from various sister channels of NBCUniversal in Latin America, but with a login required from each operator. On December 4, 2020, the platform was renamed Universal+. No service costs were specified.
Premium Packages
[edit]The platform started a premium package on August 24, 2021, when pages and social networks spread unofficial information about what could be a group of premium channels to be launched and marketed in Latin America, The Group entered the premium television model, several years later its participation was sold to WarnerMedia.
Because of a leak of an official DirecTV statement, details of the premium package were revealed, as well as the new channels to be marketed.
It was scheduled that the group would start its broadcasts on December 2, 2021, on DirecTV and Sky. But due to technical problems, the launch was postponed on Sky in Mexico and Central America for December 3 of the same year, while for DirecTV was postponed to December 6.
Channels
[edit]The group is made up of 5 channels which include:
- Universal Premiere: It is focused on the broadcast of premiere movies, new seasons and series. It broadcasts in both east and west signals.
- Universal Cinema: Is focused on broadcasting the most outstanding award-winning films. It also broadcasts in both east and west signals.
- Universal Crime: is focused on the broadcast of action, investigation and high-impact criminal series.
- Universal Comedy: is focused on the broadcast of movies and comedy series.
- Universal Reality: is focused on the broadcast of entertainment, game shows and reality shows, also including content from E! Channel.
References
[edit]- ^ "WarnerMedia completa la adquisición de HBO en América Latina" (in Spanish). May 5, 2020.