| Rede Telecine | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1991 (original Telecine channel) 1997 (Telecine Action, Touch, Pipoca and Cult, as Telecine 2-5) October 22, 2010 (Telecine Fun) |
| Owned by | Globosat (Organizações Globo), 20th Century Fox (News Corporation), Paramount Pictures (Viacom), Universal Pictures (NBC Universal), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, DreamWorks |
| Picture format | SDTV (480i) (16:9 anamorphic widescreen, except Telecine Cult, in 4:3) HDTV (1080i, 16:9) |
| Slogan | O melhor do cinema chega primeiro aqui. ("The best in film comes first here.") |
| Sister channel(s) | SporTV, SporTV2, GNT, Globo News, Globosat HD, Multishow |
| Website | www.telecine.com.br |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| SKY Brasil | Channels 61-65 and 68 (SD) Channels 261/262/264 (HD) |
| Via Embratel | Channels 61-66 |
| Cable | |
| TVA | Channels 95-99 |
| Net | Channels 59 and 61-65 (SD) Channels 559 and 561-564 (HD) |
Rede Telecine ("[the] Telecine Network[s]") are six premium television channels in Brazil, jointly owned by Globosat, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, MGM and DreamWorks.
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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.
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.
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.
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 (all other Telecine networks, with the exception of Telecine Fun, have their content subtitled in Portuguese).
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.
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). Like with Telecine Pipoca, all films are dubbed in Portuguese.
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, 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.
Four of the six Telecine Networks, Action, Touch, Fun and Pipoca, offer a "toilet break" halfway through each film. These breaks are, at most, 2 minutes long and have exclusively promotions for that channel's programming.