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| Country | United States |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas 274 Fox West Street Glendale, California |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Robert Rodriguez FactoryMade Ventures |
| History | |
| Launched | December 15, 2013 (television) August 17, 2021 (streaming) |
| Closed | December 31, 2020 (television) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
El Rey Network (Spanish for The King) is a media brand founded by Robert Rodriguez on December 15, 2013, that is currently owned in a joint venture with FactoryMade Ventures.
Until December 31, 2020, El Rey was a cable and satellite network, operated and distributed in-partnership with Univision Communications (now known as TelevisaUnivision), dedicated to exploitation-style programming targeting English-speaking Hispanic audiences. By March 2015, approximately 40 million households received El Rey;[1][2] its carriage would fall to 13 million households by the time of the network's closure.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Seidman, Robert (February 22, 2015). "Distribution approximation as of March 2015". TV by the Numbers. Zap2it. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Avalos, Regina (December 30, 2020). "El Rey Network: Robert Rodriguez Channel to End on Thursday". TV Series Finale. Retrieved January 1, 2021.