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El Rey Network
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<p>El Rey Network (Spanish for <i>The King</i>) is a media brand founded by <a href="/facts/Robert_Rodriguez/XYDh1aJp">Robert Rodriguez</a> on December 15, 2013, that is currently owned in a joint venture with <a href="/facts/John_Fogelman/6XSz7lLN">FactoryMade Ventures</a>. </p><p>Until December 31, 2020, El Rey was a cable and satellite network, operated and distributed in-partnership with Univision Communications (now known as <a href="/facts/Televisa-Univision_Inc./nRuxP8JA">TelevisaUnivision</a>), dedicated to <a href="/facts/Exploitation_film/tJene6kR">exploitation</a>-style programming targeting English-speaking <a href="/facts/Hispanic/EY31pWn0">Hispanic</a> audiences. By March 2015, approximately 40 million households received El Rey; its carriage would fall to 13 million households by the time of the network's closure. </p>