| The Weather Channel Latin America | |
| Launch Date: | 1996 (Latin America) 1998 (Brazil) |
| Closed Date: | December 20, 2002 |
| Picture Format: | 480i (SDTV) |
| Owner: | Landmark Media Enterprises |
| Country: | Latin America |
| Language: | Spanish Portuguese |
| Area: | Latin America and the Caribbean[1] |
| Headquarters: | Buenos Aires Mexico City Sao Paulo |
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,[2] 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.
The Latin American version of Local on the 8s, generated on the Weather Star XL platform. Forecasts aired every 10 minutes on the "0s" on the Spanish version and on the "5s" in Brazil. The length of segments is uniformly 2.5 and 5 minutes respectively. Some of the music used for these forecasts ended up playing on Weatherscan operated by The Weather Channel in 2003.
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
The Weather Channel still has a Latin American website as well as a Brazilian version.