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CANAL+ España ("Canal Plus") is one of the three privately owned
television companies which received a TV license in 1989. The name CANAL+ comes from one of its main shareholders,
CANAL+ (France), which is
a subsidiary of Vivendi-Universal. CANAL+ started its pay-tv operations on
September 14th, 1990.
CANAL+ España is a pay-tv channel like HBO. It´s the only
terrestrial pay-tv channel. It shows news, series, films, magazines,
documentaries, children´s programs and sports. In 1997 it began
broadcasting in digital two new satellite channels: CANAL+
Rojo (CANAL+ Red) and CANAL+ Azul (CANAL+ Blue). Later, a widescreen
channel, CANAL+ 16/9, was created. But in November 2001 it was replaced by
CANAL+...30 (which shows CANAL+ programs 30 minutes later). On July 21st
2003, CANAL+ Rojo and CANAL+ Azul were replaced by CANAL+2, CANAL+ Cine
(3 movie channels) and CANAL+ Deporte (3 channels which show movies,
sports and events).
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