Cuatro Cabezas
Cuatro Cabezas (in English, Four Heads), also known as 4K, is an Argentine production company that specializes in content for television, radio and motion picture production, advertising, and Internet content. It was founded in 1993 by owners and founders, Diego Guebel, Sebastián Melendez, Caito Lorenzo and Mario Pergolini.[1][2] The company also operates in Chile, Brazil, Spain and Italy.
Cuatro Cabezas started as an independent television producer; after 15 years it became a significant multimedia company in the Spanish speaking world.
On August 16, 2007, Eyeworks acquired Cuatro Cabezas.[1][2] On February 11, 2014, the Warner Bros. announced the purchase of Eyeworks for U$273 million. However, Eyeworks USA will remain independent.[3] The acquisition was completed on June 2 of that year. The acquisition gives Warner Bros. TV production units in 15 additional territories.[4]
Television
Free TV
- CQC (1996- )
- El Rayo (1995-2002)
- Super M 2002 (2002)
- Camino a la gloria (2002)
- Super M 2003 (2003)
- Planetario (2003)
- E-24 (2003-2006)
- Algo habrán hecho (2005- )
- La Liga (2005-2007)
- Nos pierde la fama (2006)
- Hermanos y Detectives (2007) (Spanish version)
- 30 Segundos
- La Ultima Tentacion
- Ciudad Roja
Pay TV
- Ciudades y Copas (Discovery Travel & Living)
- Casas (Discovery Travel & Living)
- Historia Secreta (History Channel)
- Proyecto 48 (TNT)
Radio
X4 FM is Cuatro Cabezas’ radio station, founded in August 2000. It changed its format in June 2001. It mostly transmits material rarely found on other stations.
Film
- Plata quemada (2000)
- La Ciénaga (2000)
Internet
In 1999, the company created Datafull.com. The website provides updated information, tools and technological knowledge for users of Internet.
Controversy
Datafull Branding designed in 1997 the website 4kstore.com launched in 1999, named after the play on words between 4K (Four Heads) and Store (Store), which resulted in "Four Beaver", since the page had a beaver as pet. It was an Argentine humorist page where parody videos, parody music and products such as rates and shirts were uploaded...
The project was terminated in 2000 and 2001, but not before a complaint was made public for discrimination against the producer due to an issue called "Negros de Mierda" (performed by the band Jamón del Mar), published on the page directed by Eduardo de la Puente at the time, whose content was extremely xenophobic and racist.
As of 2021, the song went viral in Spanish-speaking communities, becoming an internet meme thanks to a YouTube video uploaded in 2015 showing 2 people lip-syncing the song...YouTube removed the original video including all videos that have to do with the song for racist and xenophobic reasons.
References
- ^ a b Eyeworks buys Argentine prodco Ed Waller c21media.com 16-08-2007, Retrieved on December 27, 2013
- ^ a b Eyeworks buys Cuatro Cabezas Dominic Schreiber variety.com AUGUST 16, 2007, Retrieved on December 27, 2013
- ^ "Warner Bros fecha acordo e compra produtora de CQC por US$ 273 mi". Notícias da TV (in Portuguese). Universo Online. February 11, 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ NANCY TARTAGLIONE "Deadline" Warner Bros TV Group Seals Acquisition Of Eyeworks’ Non-U.S. Businesses deadline.com, Retrieved on June 2, 2014.
External links
- (in Spanish and English) Cuatro Cabezas Official Website
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