mun2

mun2
Launched	1993 (as GEMS Television) 2001 (as mun2)
Owned by	NBCUniversal
Headquarters	Universal City, California, USA
Sister channel(s)	Telemundo Telemundo Internacional Syfy Latin America Syfy Spain
Website	http://www.mun2.tv
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	Channel 410
Dish Network	Channel 250 & 838
Cable
Available on most cable systems	Get mun2

mun2 (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmundos]^[1]) is a national cable television broadcast network in the United States owned by NBC Universal and aimed at young Latinos. It is the sister network of Telemundo and was mostly digital television subchannels launched in 2001. The programming of mun2 is primarily music videos and shows designed for young Latino viewers. Unlike Telemundo, a large segment of mun2's programming is in English.

In its early form, the channel was called GEMS Television, and was known as the Latino version of Lifetime. Telemundo acquired mun2 and began to program it with a bilingual slant featuring programs from its former owners Sony Pictures Entertainment including Spanish language versions of Charlie's Angels and The Dating Game. From midnight to 2 pm, the channel would air programs from Home Shopping Network's Spanish language network HSE (Home Shopping Español).

The channel was rebranded mun2 and its programming changed to attract both the Latino and English-language markets. Original programming as well as advertising would feature Spanish and English spoken interchangeably, reflecting the channel's young, bilingual audience. Among the shows that air on the network are a dual rebroadcast of the USA Network's RAW program – with some portions censored, as they are on USA. ECW was broadcast on mun2 but was cancelled and replaced with NXT (which has since been replaced by Smackdown).

mun2 relocated its hub from the Telemundo studios in Hialeah, Florida to a state of the art studio inside Universal CityWalk in Universal City, California.

In 2007, mun2 (along with Telemundo) relocated technical operations to the CNBC Global Headquarters building in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, which serves as master control for most of NBCU's cable networks.

Programming

Some shows broadcast on mun2:

• I Love Jenni
• RPM Miami
• Beauties & The Boss
• From Beyond
• 18 & Over
• Reventón
• Dame Tinta
• 2RSLVJ (Tú Eres El VJ or "You are the VJ")
• 12 Corazones
• Las Aparicio
• The Arena
• The Look
• Have You Cine?
• Decisiones Extremas
• Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis & Raq-C
• Music Blocks: Party Mix, L'Creme, La Barbacoa
• Day in Day Out(Discontinued)
• The Chicas Project(Discontinued)
• El Show(Discontinued)
• The mun2 Shift(Discontinued)
• mun2 Shuffle (Discontinued)
• One Nation(Discontinued)
• Se Habla Rock!(Discontinued)
• Vivo (Discontinued)

In early April 2009 mun2 introduced two new music video-oriented shows called Indie y Nuevo (discontinued) and The Urban Tip.

In late December 2009 the 3 am to 6 am block of infomercials was dropped for more music video programming either in the form of Reventon Mix or Morning Breath.

In addition to the added music video programming the network also began broadcasting movies every Friday night in January 2010. Movies shown include Talento de Barrio, The Motorcycle Diaries, Mi Vida Loca and Original Sin.

The network has also aired original series from sister networks SyFy and USA Network, which feature the original audio with Spanish language subtitles.

Music programming

Music programming on the network usually consists of a mix of English and Spanish-language songs in a variety of genres.

Sports coverage

mun2 was the English broadcast home of a 2010 World Cup qualifier between the United States and Mexico. The normal home of American qualifiers, ESPN, was not able to show the game, as Telemundo owns the U.S. rights to show all Mexican qualifiers from Azteca Stadium.

mun2 was made available to almost all cable and satellite subscribers as a "free preview" on the day of the game (12 August 2009).^[2]

In January 2010 it was announced that mun2 will continue to broadcast Mexican Soccer games (Fútbol Mexicano), most of the games shown so far usually were English language simulcasts of Telemundo's Fútbol Estelar. A show dedicated to sports news also Premiered in February 2010 titled mun2 Sports Arena, which airs every Sunday night at 7:30pm EST.

Notes

1. ^ As in the Spanish mundos, as well as [Tele]mun[do] 2.
2. ^ USSoccer.com: Live Coverage Information: USA-Mexico

External links

• Official website