Rede Telecine

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Telecine Programação de Filmes Ltda.
Sister channelsMegapix, SporTV, GNT, GloboNews, Multishow, Gloob
History
Launched1991 (original Telecine channel)
1997 (Telecine Action, Touch, Pipoca and Cult, as Telecine 2-5)
October 22, 2010 (Telecine Fun)
July 2012 (Telecine Play)
August 2012 (Telecine On Demand)
Former namesRede Telecine
Links
Websitewww.telecine.com.br
Former Telecine Action Logo.
Former Telecine Pipoca Logo.
Former Telecine Touch Logo.
Former Telecine Premium Logo.
Former Telecine Fun Logo.

Telecine is a Brazilian

Globo, a division of Grupo Globo, jointly with Hollywood studios Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Walt Disney Studios
.

The network consists of six channels, airing primarily

).

Telecine Channels

Telecine Premium

The flagship channel, one of the first four Globosat channels (as Telecine, with Multishow, GNT and TopSport – now SporTV), focused on recent film releases of many genres. Renamed Telecine 1 in 1997, with the launch of the other four channels, and several years later, was renamed once again to its current name.

Telecine Action

Originally Telecine 2, dedicated to action, adventure, thriller, horror and some adult films, also featured series such as

Numb3rs
. Starting in February 2011, the channel started offering dual-audio (original audio by default and dubbed in Portuguese as an option) and electronic subtitles. Later that year, the channel changed its language options to Portuguese audio and subtitles turned off by default (can be turned on by the user) and original audio with subtitles as an option.

Telecine Touch

Originally Telecine 3 and later Telecine Emotion, was dedicated to dramatic and romantic films, until it was renamed Telecine Light, when the channel started featuring some comedy films, previously featured on Telecine 4/Happy. On October 22, 2010, the channel was once again renamed to Telecine Touch, featuring films that "touch" the channel's audience. Basically, the channel reverted to Telecine 3/Emotion's format of drama and romance.

Telecine Pipoca

Originally Telecine 4 and later Telecine Happy, was dedicated to family and comedy films. Its current incarnation, Telecine Pipoca ("pipoca" is Portuguese for "popcorn"), is based on recent releases, dubbed in Portuguese.

Telecine Cult

On its original incarnation, Telecine 5 and later Telecine Classic, it was dedicated to classic film. Currently, the channel features independent, alternative and "cult" films, also running some classic films.

Telecine Fun

The sixth standard-definition Telecine network, Telecine Fun was launched on October 22, 2010, featuring comedy films, romantic comedies and animated films, previously featured on Telecine 4/Happy (now Telecine Pipoca) and Telecine Light (now Telecine Touch).

Language options

Five of the networks feature dual-audio and electronic subtitles. Telecine Premium has original audio and Portuguese subtitles turned on by default (can be turned off by the user), with the dubbed version as an option. Telecine Pipoca, Action, Touch and Fun have audio dubbed in Portuguese with subtitles turned off by default (can be turned on by the user), with the original audio as an option. The exception is Telecine Cult, which only features the original audio, subtitled in Portuguese.

Transition to HD

In April 2009, Telecine launched its first high-definition channel, Telecine HD, featuring recent releases, and most premieres were simulcasted on Telecine Premium, but Telecine HD wasn't a full simulcast of Telecine Premium, with a different programming, instead having an all-HD lineup, with 5.1 audio.

On October 22, 2010, Telecine HD was replaced with a high-definition simulcast of Telecine Premium. On January 31, 2010, the HD version of Telecine Pipoca was launched, following the same all-HD and simulcasted premieres model, though it became a full simulcast on October 22, 2010. An HD simulcast of Telecine Action was launched on November 1, 2010. HD simulcasts of Telecine Touch and Telecine Fun were launched on December 8, 2011. With the launch of an HD simulcast of Telecine Cult on December 4, 2012, since then all six Telecine networks are available in high-definition for subscribers.

Streaming

Globoplay + Telecine

Following the merge of assets in Grupo Globo, Telecine own streaming service, Telecine Play, was folded in Globoplay portfolio as an premium channel available for purchase to all globoplay subscribers. Offers films which Telecine has the rights for use in streaming platforms.

Former Streaming and VOD

Telecine On Demand

Offered

SKY and Vivo
, and on Telecine own online platform.

Telecine Play

Included with the Telecine subscription for NET,

Silverlight installed, iOS-based devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) and Android
-based smartphones.

Telecine Productions

Telecine regularly is attached with new productions in the Brazilian local market, especially eyeing future premium-TV rights. Some international films were also produced under Telecine banner, for example: Marco Bellocchio's The Traitor, an 2019 Italian production.

Selected Telecine Productions

References

  1. ^ a b c d Grupo Globo (Report) (in Portuguese). Media Ownership Monitor Brazil. October 31, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2021.

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