Citytv Bogotá is a local television

Television

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 station in Colombia

Colombia

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's capital city. It is owned by the Casa Editorial El Tiempo (CEET), which publishes the main national Colombian daily newspaper

Newspaper

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 El Tiempo, as well as other magazines such as Portafolio, Cambio, Motor, and Carrusel. CEET licensed the Canadian

Canada

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 television system's Citytv

Citytv

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 brand. It started broadcasting on March 19, 1999 on UHF

Ultra high frequency

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 channel 21 in Bogotá

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

.

Some programs from the original Canadian station (like MuchMusic

MuchMusic

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and Electric Circus

Electric Circus

Electric Circus, aka EC, was a Canadian live dance music television program aired on MuchMusic and Citytv. It aired from September 16, 1988 until December 12, 2003....

, whose Colombian versions are Mucha Música and Circo eléctrico) are versioned for local audience, while others, like FashionTelevision

FashionTelevision

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or SexTV

SexTV

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are dubbed versions. It also follows the philosophy of the original Citytv: at its news shows (as Citynoticias and the morning wide show Arriba Bogotá) anchors read the news standing up from various parts of the studio / newsroom.

Citytv Bogota contributes with its own material to the video sharing

Video hosting service

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 website Citytv.com.co

Citytv.com.co

Citytv.com.co is a Colombian video sharing website that operates under the Canadian-based brand name Citytv, which is licensed to the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo...

which also serves as Citytv Bogota only website.

External links

Citytv Bogotá Casa Editorial El Tiempo Official Site