MTV Networks Latin America
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MTV Networks Latin America (or MTVNLA) is a subsidiary of Viacom
-owned MTV Networks International
. MTVNLA's operational headquarters is located in Miami, FL
, USA soon to be relocated to Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. As currently being based in the United States, all MTVNLA channels are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission
, the U.S. broadcast regulator, despite not yet transmitting for the United States
. The following channels are:
The company has regional offices in:
MTVNLA's Brazilian operations are called Viacom Networks Brasil, since Abril
, the parent company of MTV Brasil
, has the exclusive rights to the MTV brand in that country. MTV Networks Latin America has announced the more localization of content on VH1 and Nickelodeon for Brazil, and Nickelodeon and MTV channels for Argentina and Mexico.
Viacom
Viacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television...
-owned MTV Networks International
MTV Networks International
MTV Networks International is a division of MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom. MTV Networks International includes the management and branding of 68 MTV channels around the world and other brands associated with MTV such as Nickelodeon, Comedy Central VH1, TMF, VIVA and Game One...
. MTVNLA's operational headquarters is located in Miami, FL
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, USA soon to be relocated to Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. As currently being based in the United States, all MTVNLA channels are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
, the U.S. broadcast regulator, despite not yet transmitting for the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The following channels are:
Future Channels
- Comedy Central (to be launched in early 2012, both in SD and HD)
- MTV Classic (VH1 Classic in Brazil)
- BogotáBogotáBogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Colombia (MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr.) - Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico (MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr.) - Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina (MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr.) - São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil (VH1/VH1 HD, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr.)
MTVNLA's Brazilian operations are called Viacom Networks Brasil, since Abril
Grupo Abril
Grupo Abril is the second largest Brazilian media conglomerate with its headquarter in São Paulo. The group is the holding company of Editora Abril, who publishes the weekly newsmagazine Veja....
, the parent company of MTV Brasil
MTV Brasil
MTV Brasil is the Brazilian version of MTV, owned by Abril Mídia, the nation's largest magazine publisher, under license from Viacom - owned MTV Networks Latin AmericaMTV Brasil is one of two versions of MTV available in free-to-air terrestrial television...
, has the exclusive rights to the MTV brand in that country. MTV Networks Latin America has announced the more localization of content on VH1 and Nickelodeon for Brazil, and Nickelodeon and MTV channels for Argentina and Mexico.
See also
- Viacom
- MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
- MTV Networks
- - Localisation of MTV LA