Rede Telecine are six premium television channels in Brazil, jointly owned by Globosat

Globosat

Globosat is a multichannel cable and satellite TV service in Brazil, created in 1991, after the creation of cable and satellite TV services. It has also operated a channel in Portugal, TV Globo Portugal, having earlier operated a similar channel, GNT Portugal, until 2006...

, 20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox

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, Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

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, Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures

-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...

, MGM

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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 and DreamWorks

DreamWorks

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.

Telecine Premium

The flagship channel, one of the first four Globosat channels (as Telecine, with Multishow

Multishow

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, GNT

GNT

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 and TopSport – now SporTV

SporTV

SporTV is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 1991 by Globosat. It's the most watched sports channel in Brazil.- Auto Racing :*Formula One *Stock Car Brasil...

), 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

NUMB3RS

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. Starting in February 2011, the channel started offering dual-audio (original audio by default and dubbed in Portuguese as an option) and electronic subtitles.

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 (all other Telecine networks, with the exception of Telecine Fun, have their content subtitled in Portuguese). It is currently the most popular Telecine channel.

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). Like with Telecine Pipoca, all films are dubbed in Portuguese.

Telecine HD / Telecine Premium HD

In April 2009, Telecine launched its high-definition

High-definition television

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 channel, featuring recent releases, and most premieres were simulcast

Simulcast

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ed 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.

Telecine Pipoca HD

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.

Trivia

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.

External links

• Rede Telecine website