Closed December 20, 2002 Country Latin America | Picture format 480i (SDTV) Language Spanish
Portuguese | |
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Launched 1996 (Latin America)
1998 (Brazil) Owned by Landmark Media Enterprises | ||
The Weather Channel Latin America (Spanish: El Canal del Tiempo, Portuguese: Canal do Tempo) is a website which formerly served as a cable and satellite channel based on the American cable and satellite television network, The Weather Channel. The channel was launched in 1996, mainly in Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina, before going on to launch a Portuguese language version for Brazil in 1998. The channel operated from Atlanta, with later sales offices initiated in several Latin American countries, until December 20, 2002, when the network closed the channel to avoid cost cuts at its American operations.
Contents
Programs
Pronóstico Local / Previsão Local
The Latin American version of Local on the 8s, generated on the Weather Star XL platform. Forecasts were rerun every 10 minutes on the "0s" on the Spanish version and on the "5s" in Brazil. Some of the music used for these forecasts ended up playing on Weatherscan operated by The Weather Channel in 2003.
Meteorologists/Forecasters/Executives
Director of Meteorology: Raul E. Jimenez. Meteorologists (Forecasters): Gladys Diaz, Kathy Hoffman, Jose Lezcano, Vinicius Ubarana, Jacquelina Michienzi.
Director of Production/Programming: Antonio La Greca.
Manager of Production/Programming: Marisa Garcia - Villanueva
Coordinating Producer: Luis Alberto Gonzalez
Former Broadcasters
Websites
The Weather Channel still has a Latin American website as well as a Brazilian version.