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Retro (TV channel)
Defunct television channel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Retro was a Latin American cable television network with classic programming that included movies and popular classic TV Series. It was owned by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America, a unit of WarnerMedia. Its headquarters were located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Country | Argentina |
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Broadcast area | Latin America |
Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Claxson Interactive Group (2003-2007) Turner Broadcasting System (a WarnerMedia Company) (2007-2009) |
Sister channels | Space I.Sat TCM Cartoon Network |
History | |
Launched | February 28, 2003 |
Replaced | Uniseries |
Closed | April 1, 2009[1] |
Replaced by | truTV |
On March 25, 2009, Turner Broadcasting System announced the replacement of Retro by a Latin American version of the channel truTV, also owned by Turner Broadcasting System. Most of the programming from Retro is still being aired on TCM Classic Entertainment.[1]
On April 1, 2009 at 5:30am (Buenos Aires time), the channel aired its last show, the Robotech episode "Symphony of Light". Retro was replaced by truTV at 6am.[1]
In some countries of Latin America, some cable television companies opted to replace Retro with TCM Classic Entertainment instead of truTV.