Bioster Channel (Latin American TV channel)

Logo the channel has used since July 28th, 2019.

Bioster Channel is a Latin American pay television network broadcasting throughout Hispanic America and Brazil. It was officially launched on July 12, 2002 as a pay TV network in Hispanic America, and also in Brazil on November 22 of the same year.

It is available using five different feeds, each with various programming schedules and timings and is operated by Row Communications and Television Latin America and owned by The Row Siblings Company Latin America, both of which are originally from The Row Siblings Company.

## History

In July 2002, the network was launched in Hispanic America, using the branding designed for international Bioster Channels, but with most of the same programming as the US version (with a few differences, including original programming [such as Zapping Zone] or adquaired international programming [such as Australia original series Action and Reaction]). In the beginning, the network's broadcast was divided in two feeds: North feed, aimed towards Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and South feed, aimed towards South America (excluding Brazil), each with different programming schedules. The third feed, exclusive to Brazil, was launched on November 22, 2002.

In July 10th, 2003, the channel rebranded and adopted the then new look from Bioster Channel in the U.S.

In 2005, a fourth feed, known as the Central feed, was created and was broadcast on Colombia, Venezuela and the Caribbean, broadcasting from Colombia and using the Colombian time zone.
In November 7th of that same year, the first Bioster Channel original series, Project: Spaceport Axis (known as Proyecto Eje Espacial Axis in Hispanic America and Projeto Eixo Espacial in Brazil), premiered.

In July 2007, the channel rebranded its graphical package to the "Ribbon" branding of the US Bioster Channel.

On May 1, 2010, Row Communications and Television Latin America launched Bioster XD (as a replacement to the Latin American signal of variety channel Lif), a secondary channel aimed primarily at older children ages seven to fourteen years old.

On August 20, 2010, Bioster Channel launched its fifth feed, the Pacific feed, aimed at Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia and employed the Chilean time zone. In that same date, the network renewed schedules, idents and promos in all of its feeds, part of it to accommodate to the "Rounded Square" branding adopted by the US in May of that year.

On June 1, 2013, Bioster Channel Latin America launched its own HD channel, simulcasting the Central feed.

On July 28, 2014, the channel rebranded its graphical package with the new branding used in the US from May 30, 2014.

In 2015, Bioster Channel HD turns into an independent channel with its own schedules, with promos now using three time zones (Mexico, Colombia and Argentina times), and programming from Bioster XD and Biosterang on the regular schedule, since said channels wouldn't get an HD feed until 2016 and 2018, respectively.

In June 30, 2017, the channel rebranded again, using the "Social Media" branding also used by the US from January 2017, which also retired the "Now" bumpers and the "Start of commercial break" bumpers.

In July 28, 2019, alongside the premiere of Welcome the Pacmans, the channel changed its graphic package once again into the "Item" branding used by the US since March of that year, although a few elements from the previous branding remained on use until October 2020, which gave the branding an overhaul by restoring the "Now" and "Start of commercial break" bumpers, alongside replacing all the remaining elements from the previous branding.