Minimax (Latin America/Brazil)

Minimax was a Latin American/Brazilian channel owned by GreenWarp International Holdings, Inc. under the permission of Groupe Canal+. It first launched on April 27, 1998 in Mexico along with Central and South America (except Brazil), later in Brazil on Children's Day (October 12, which is the day it is celebrated in Brazil) in 1998 and closed on February 20, 2006.

History
On April 27, 1998, a version of Minimax was launched to Latin American audiences. To celebrate Children's Day in Brazil, the channel launched to Brazilian audiences on October 12 that year. At launch, the channel aired only from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Until March 3, 2000, it gradually extended its broadcast hours, and from that date onwards, the channel aired from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

On June 7, 1999, the pan-regional feed of the channel was split into three feeds: one (North) for Mexico, and another (South) made for Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, and other (Central) for Colombia, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean.

On July 14, 2000, a regional version of the French television channel Game One (originally planned as Game Channel) began timesharing with Minimax, broadcasting from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM.

On January 1, 2001, Minimax premiered its first programming block, MiniCarrúsel (or MiniCarrossel in Brazil), aimed at preschoolers, inspired by the Polish feed's MiniKaruzela block. A second block called ZonaMax, also inspired by the Polish feed's MaxiStrefa block, premiered on April 6, 2002, aimed at teenagers. MiniCarrúsel/MiniCarrossel aired at weekdays, while ZonaMax aired at weekends.

On November 1, 2003, M+ was launched taking over the evening slot. M+ was available only in smaller cable companies. Although most cable companies turned off the signal after Minimax signed off.

On September 4, 2004, M+ merged with Humor 1 and renamed as Cool. When it was still called M+, it has operated independently from Minimax since December 6, 2003.

On January 1, 2005 at 6:00 AM, Minimax changed its logo, just like Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, France, Japan and South Korea. On February 4, 2005, ZonaMax was discontinued in favor of a regional version of A+ Anime that began timesharing with Minimax, replacing Cool. The MiniCarrúsel/MiniCarrossel block was also discontinued.

Minimax was broadcast for the last time in the region on February 20, 2006, and was replaced by GreenWarp 2 on some cable providers, and by ZigZap on a few other cable providers.

Latin America

 * Xavier Coronel (1998-2006)

Brazil

 * Rolando Felizola (1998-2006)

Feed structure
The channel was divided into four feeds.
 * North feed - Broadcasting exclusively to Mexico, this feed used the Mexico City time zone (UTC-6/-5 DST).
 * Central feed - Broadcasting to Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Central America and the Caribbean (excluding Puerto Rico), this feed used the Bogotá (UTC-5) and Caracas time zones (UTC-4).
 * South feed - Broadcasting to Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, this feed used the Buenos Aires (UTC-3) and Santiago time zones (UTC-4/-3 DST).
 * Brazil feed - Broadcasting exclusively to that country, this feed was launched on October 12, 1998 and used the Brasília time zone (UTC-3).

Trivia

 * According to Maurício Pereira, the channel closed due to the fact that all channels in the Western Hemisphere would be closed following the redesign that was set to be launched on the Hungarian, Romanian, and Czech/Slovak feeds on February 20, 2006.
 * Among the network's favorite programs was (believe it or not) Twipsy. When VeggieTales and 3-2-1 Penguins! started to become popular in Brazil (this is the dream equivalent), Minimax started airing it in competition with Twipsy, with both shows often airing back-to-back.