VePlus is the updated name of the subscription channel of
Cisneros Media
Cisneros Media (abbreviated as CM, formerly known as Venevision International) is an entertainment company that broadcasts Spanish content in the United States and in other locations around the globe.
CMD is a Spanish-language Entertainment com ...
. Previously known in some areas as
Venevision Continental, Novelisima VePlus TV, V Mas TV (subsidiary of
Grupo Cisneros
Grupo Cisneros is a privately held, family owned business headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, historically based in Venezuela, with a focus on Latin American and Spanish-speaking people worldwide. It is a conglomerate of media entertainment, ...
), VePlus has retained much of the programming of Venevision Continental, Novelisima, and produces its own content in
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
and
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
.
History
Born with the name'' Venevision Continental,'' a
cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with broa ...
station seen in National and International
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
,
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
and
Europe
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as the international signal of Venevision. It was inaugurated on August 28, 2000 and ended its broadcasts in July 2008. It was a channel offering entertainment programs, news,
talk shows
A talk show (or chat show in British English) is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show ...
, and
soap operas
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
, seeking to satisfy the needs of Spanish-speaking homes. Broadcast on
DirecTV
DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital satellite service serving the United States. It ...
channel 774 to September 2006. The channel belongs to Venezuela's Venevision Canal on the channel who show their productions abroad.
In December 2007, the
Cisneros Group
Grupo Cisneros is a privately held, family owned business headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, historically based in Venezuela, with a focus on Latin American and Spanish-speaking people worldwide. It is a conglomerate of media entertainment, ...
decided to launch the pilot project called Venevision in Venezuela Novelísima Plus and, seeing the development and the large audience reached by this, in June 2008 Venevision Continental Novelísima relaunched with the name. It specialized in soap operas,
telenovelas
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include ''teleserye'' (P ...
, Latin entertainment, talk shows and contests, eliminating opinion, politics, news media, etc.
From Wednesday July 18, 2012 "Novelísima" and "Venevision Plus Dominicana" merged its signal to transform "Ve Plus TV"In 2017 was branded VePlus.
Feeds
* Feed 1 Ve Plus:
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
and
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, except
* Feed 2
VePlus:
* Feed 3
VePlus:
Programming
Its programming is based on soap operas, talk shows and variety shows, as an entertainment channel aimed at Hispanics and Latinos in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
and in other countries.
Venevision Continental
Venevision Continental is the Enterprise Unit that manages Pay-TV channels and services for
Cisneros
Grupo Cisneros is a privately held, family owned business headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, historically based in Venezuela, with a focus on Latin American and Spanish-speaking people worldwide. It is a conglomerate of media entertainment, ...
External links
www.veplusgo.comwww.cisneros.comwww.novelisima.com
{{Venezuelan television stations
Television stations in Venezuela
Television networks in Venezuela
Mass media in Venezuela
Spanish-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 2000
Venevisión
2000 establishments in Venezuela