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Mun2 is a national cable television broadcast network in the United States owned by NBCUniversal. The network is a companion cable channel to NBC's Telemundo network, airing a lineup of programming aimed towards a young Latino audience. Its main studios are located at Universal CityWalk in Universal City, California, while its master control is housed at the CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, which also serves as master control for most of NBCUniversal's cable networks. Mun2 is the first cable network for young Latinos with shows and music videos in Spanish and English.
The majority of Mun2's programming consists of music and sports programming, along with programs from other NBC cable networks, sometimes with Spanish language subtitles. To reflect its audience, Mun2 does not exclusively air programming in Spanish, but also airs programming in English, or programming using both languages interchangeably.
The network was originally launched in 1993 by Columbia Pictures Television as GEMS Television, which aired a programming lineup aimed towards Latino women. The channel was bought by Telemundo in 2001 and re-vamped into a channel aimed towards younger viewers, renaming it Mun2. Its initial lineup included programs from its former owners, 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.
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