Canal Hollywood is a movies cable channel available in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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and
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
. For most of its history it was a single channel airing for all Iberia with feeds in Portuguese or Spanish, it later split. In 2011 was created a version in HD in Spain and Portugal.
Canal Hollywood Portugal is a
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
basic cable
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and
satellite television
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owned by Dreamia (
AMC Networks International Iberia
AMC Networks International Southern Europe (formerly AMC Networks International Iberia, Chello Multicanal and Multicanal) is a Madrid, Spain-based television company, owned by AMC Networks International.
In April 2010, it closed the purchase of T ...
and
NOS), Canal Hollywood was founded in 1993,
and was one of the first Iberian cable channels ever. It presents movies by all of the major studios. The Portuguese version is one of the most successful cable channels in Portugal, occasionally suppressing
RTP2
RTP2 (''RTP dois'') is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's second television channel, and is known for broadcasting cultural, ...
ratings. It also became available via cable, satellite or IPTV in Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde.
See also
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Odisea
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AMC Networks International Iberia
AMC Networks International Southern Europe (formerly AMC Networks International Iberia, Chello Multicanal and Multicanal) is a Madrid, Spain-based television company, owned by AMC Networks International.
In April 2010, it closed the purchase of T ...
References
External links
Canal Hollywood
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AMC Networks International
Television networks in Portugal
Television stations in Spain
Portuguese-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1995
Television stations in France