Hispanic TV is a Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

n cable television

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...

 channel that broadcasts Hispanic music videos. It is owned by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America and is available in the United States, Latin America and Europe. It is a 24-hour all-Spanish-language television music channel providing a mix of old and new hit music videos. Its format includes balada, salsa

Salsa music

Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...

, merengue

Merengue music

Merengue is a type of music and dance from the Dominican Republic. It is popular in the Dominican Republic and all over Latin America. Its name is Spanish, taken from the name of the meringue, a dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar...

 and other popular Latin rhythms, introduced by the artists themselves in place of vee jays. HTV is broadcast from all Spanish speaking countries.

It was launched in 1996. In 2006, Time Warner

Time Warner

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's TBS Networks Latin America acquired HTV, along with Fashion TV

Fashion TV

Fashion TV is an international fashion and lifestyle broadcasting television channel. It was founded in France in 1997 by its Polish-born president Michel Adam Lisowski, Fashion TV is the only 24/7 international TV network exclusively dedicated to fashion, beauty, glamour and style and has become...

, Infinito

Infinito

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, I.Sat

I.Sat

I.Sat is an Argentine cable television channel owned by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America and Time Warner. It airs movies, series, music and shows focused on people aged 18 to 39...

, MuchMusic

MuchMusic

MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

, Retro

Retro

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, and Space

Space

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 from Claxson.

In 2010, Dish Network stopped carrying HTV.

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