Teletigre
Encyclopedia
Teletigre, also known as TV-9 Bogotá, was Colombia
's first private television channel
, owned by journalist and politician Consuelo Salgar de Montejo
, who won a state bid against Caracol TV
, RTI Colombia
, and Producciones Punch.
Its signal only reached Bogotá
, Cundinamarca
, Tolima, and part of Huila
, and broascast daily, from 17:30 to 22:30, on Channel 9
, hence its alternative name.
The channel partnered with U. S.
network ABC
(which owned 50% of the stocks) and relied on imported programming. Teletigre closed for political reasons (allegedly to the fact that the government was concerned of the power that it had handed to one individual, in this case Ms Salgar, in the then new mass media). Therefore the government decided not to renew the station broadcast licence to a single party. It would be replaced by Tele 9 Corazón
, a local channel in state hands and, in 1972, by the Segunda Cadena
, which would become a national network.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
's first private television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
, owned by journalist and politician Consuelo Salgar de Montejo
Consuelo Salgar de Montejo
Consuelo Salgar Jaramillo was a Colombian journalist, advertising executive, media entrepreneur, and politician....
, who won a state bid against Caracol TV
Caracol TV
Caracol Televisión is a Colombian private national television network, owned by Julio Mario Santo Domingo.- History :Caracol Televisión started in 1954 when Organización de Radiodifusora Caracol offered to afford national television costs, then state-run, through commercial spots...
, RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia
RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana , is a Colombian television production company. It aired 14.5 per week of programming each week in 1993....
, and Producciones Punch.
Its signal only reached 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...
, Cundinamarca
Cundinamarca
-Geography :* Cundinamarca Department , Republic of Colombia* Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca...
, Tolima, and part of Huila
Huila Department
Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva.-Geography:The south of the department is located in the Colombian Massif...
, and broascast daily, from 17:30 to 22:30, on Channel 9
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
, hence its alternative name.
The channel partnered with U. S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
network ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
(which owned 50% of the stocks) and relied on imported programming. Teletigre closed for political reasons (allegedly to the fact that the government was concerned of the power that it had handed to one individual, in this case Ms Salgar, in the then new mass media). Therefore the government decided not to renew the station broadcast licence to a single party. It would be replaced by Tele 9 Corazón
Tele 9 Corazón
Tele 9 Corazón was a Colombian local state-run television channel, whose signal only reached Bogotá and was broadcast on Channel 9...
, a local channel in state hands and, in 1972, by the Segunda Cadena
Canal A
Canal A was a Colombian state-owned privately run national television channel. It was launched March 27, 1972 as Segunda Cadena, since it was the second television channel in Colombia, and replacing Tele 9 Corazón...
, which would become a national network.
External links
- El Tiempo, Fechas que marcaron la historia de la televisión en Colombia, 10 June 2004