Telecanal is a private owned TV channel of Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. It currently airs in Santiago

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 on VHF channel 2. It mostly airs American films and TV series, and some original entertainment TV shows.

Controversy

Five years ago, VidaVisión (associated with the protestant church) started broadcasting on channel 2 after channel Rock&Pop went bankrupt.

On July 2005, Compañía Chilena de Comunicaciones (former owner of the frequency) sold the signal to Alfa Tres. Jaime Cuadrado, owner of Alfa Tres, is the former commercial manager of Canal 13

Canal 13 (Chile)

Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Luksic Group associated with the Papal Catholic University of Chile. Its inaugural transmission took place on August 21, 1959...

 and a personal friend of Mario Kreuzberger (Don Francisco (television host)

Don Francisco (television host)

Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld , better known by his stage name, Don Francisco, is a Chilean television personality, and a popular television personality on the Univision network reaching Spanish-speaking viewers in the United States...

). Alejandro Martinez, owner of VidaVisión, initiated a lawsuit against Compañía Chilena de Comunicaciones alleging fraud.

Also, Jaime Cuadrado has ties with Mexican

Mexico

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 media mogul Remigio Ángel González

Remigio Ángel González

Remigio Ángel González González , usually known as Angel Gonzalez, is the Mexican-born owner of the Latin American media network Albavisión; he has lived in Miami since 1987. The network is named for his wife Alba Elvira Lorenzana, from Guatemala...

, owner of Red Televisión. It has even been stated that González is the actual owner of the station. Ownership of more than one television station

Television station

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 is forbidden by Chilean law to avoid an horizontal monopoly.

See also List of Chilean television channels