Television in Latin America
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Television in Latin America currently includes more than 1,500 television
stations and more than 60 million tv sets throughout the 20 countries that constitute latin America
. Due to economic and political problems television networks in some countries of this region have developed less than the North American and European networks, for instance. In countries like Mexico
or Brazil
, one or two networks claim almost all the audience. In other countries like Colombia
or Chile
, television broadcasting has historically been public-broadcast dominated until the 1990s. The largest commercial television groups are Mexico-based Televisa
, Brazil-based Globo and Canada-based Canwest Latin American Group. Due to the shared language of Spanish
by two thirds of Latin Americans a lot of programmes and broadcasters operate throughout the region, offering both United States
television (often dubbed into Spanish) and Spanish language television.
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
VHF
UHF
Satellite
Guatemala don't have a digital terrestrial standard yet, but it seems that ISDB-T it will be the norm.
Albavision used to broadcast for 4 years in the ATSC norm on channel 19 HDTV, but is back to analog on that same frequency.
Honduras
Mexico
Paraguay
)
Puerto Rico
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
stations and more than 60 million tv sets throughout the 20 countries that constitute latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. Due to economic and political problems television networks in some countries of this region have developed less than the North American and European networks, for instance. In countries like Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
or Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, one or two networks claim almost all the audience. In other countries like Colombia
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...
or 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...
, television broadcasting has historically been public-broadcast dominated until the 1990s. The largest commercial television groups are Mexico-based Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
, Brazil-based Globo and Canada-based Canwest Latin American Group. Due to the shared language of Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
by two thirds of Latin Americans a lot of programmes and broadcasters operate throughout the region, offering both United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television (often dubbed into Spanish) and Spanish language television.
ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
- El TreceCanal 13 (Argentina)El Trece is an Argentine television network and the flagship station of the same network, located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.- Foundation :...
http://www.eltrecetv.com/home/ - TelefeTelefeTelevisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...
http://www.telefe.com/ - Canal 9Canal 9 (Argentina)Canal 9 is an Argentine television network based in Buenos Aires. It is a general entertainment station which offers news, soap operas, talk shows, and movies.-History:...
http://www.canal9.com.ar/ - TV PúblicaCanal 7 ArgentinaCanal Siete, TV Pública or TV Pública Digital is an Argentine television network founded on October 17, 1951. Between 1979 and 1999, the network was known as Argentina Televisora Color . During the 1978 World Cup, it was known as A78TV.Owned, financed and operated by the Argentine State, Canal 7 is...
http://www.canal7.com.ar/ - América 2Canal 2 (Argentina)América 2 is a national channel of Argentina, from La Plata that also broadcasts from Buenos Aires' Palermo neighbourhood. It was launched on June 25, 1966 as Rivadavia Televisión/TeVeDos, and in April 1991 the name changed to America. The bulk of programming of this channel can be found between...
http://www.america2.com.ar/
BoliviaBoliviaBolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
- Activa TV
- PAT
- BolivisiónBolivisiónBolivisión is a commercial Bolivian television station based in Santa Cruz. The channel was launched on June 17, 1997.- External links :**...
BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
- Rede BandeirantesRede BandeirantesRede Bandeirantes , officially nicknamed Band or Band Network, is a television network from Brazil, based in São Paulo. Part of the Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação , it aired for the first time in 1967...
http://www.band.com.br/ - Rede GloboRede GloboRede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
http://redeglobo.globo.com/ - Rede RecordRede RecordRede Record de Televisão is a Brazilian television network, founded in 1953 by Paulo Machado de Carvalho, also founder of Rádio Record. Currently it is owned by businessman Edir Macedo, founder and bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Since 2007 it is Brazil's second largest...
http://www.rederecord.com.br/ - RedeTV! http://www.redetv.com.br/
- Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão http://www.sbt.com.br/
ChileChileChile ,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...
- UCV TelevisiónUCV TVCorporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...
(since 1957), channel 5 - Canal 13Canal 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...
(since 1959), channel 13 - ChilevisiónChilevisiónCHV, also known as Chilevisión, is the third oldest television station in Chile. Formerly called Teleonce and RTU , this TV station was owned by University of Chile, a Chilean state university...
(since 1960, under different names), channel 11 - TVN (since 1969), channel 7
- MegaRed Televisiva MegavisiónMEGA, formerly known as Red Televisiva Megavisión, is the first private TV channel of Chile. It currently airs in Santiago on digital frequency channel 27 for HDTV.Among the many TV shows broadcast on MEGA are:...
(since 1990), channel 9 - La Red (since 1991), channel 4
- TelecanalTelecanalTelecanal is a private owned TV channel of Chile. It currently airs in Santiago on VHF channel 2. It mostly airs American films and TV series, and some original entertainment TV shows.-Controversy:...
(since 2005), channel 2
ColombiaColombiaColombia, 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...
- Caracol TVCaracol TVCaracol 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...
http://www.caracoltv.com/ - RCN TVRCN TVRCN Televisión , is a Colombian private television network. It started as a production company in 1967...
http://www.canalrcn.com/ - Canal UnoCanal UnoCanal Uno is the first Colombian national television channel. It started 13 June 1954 on Channel 8 in Bogotá. It is state-owned, operated by Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia, and privately-run, with programming companies known as programadoras bidding for time slots with the Colombian...
http://coltvserver.coltevision.com/canal-uno/
Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
- Canal 38 Estereo
- Conexion TV
- Repretel 4Repretel 4Canal 4 is a private Costa Rican television channel, owned and operated by Repretel.- External links :*...
- Repretel 6Repretel 6Canal 6 is a private Costa Rican television channel, owned and operated by Repretel.- External links :*...
- Repretel 9Repretel 9Canal 9 was a private Costa Rican television channel, owned and operated by Repretel from 1994 to 2000, when it was replaced by Canal 4....
(discontinued) - Repretel 11Repretel 11Canal 11 is a private Costa Rican television channel, owned and operated by Repretel since 1996.- External links :*...
- Sinart
- TeleticaTeleticaTeletica, formerly known as Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., is a Costa Rican television company, founded in 1958; it was the first television company in Costa Rica. It operates Teletica Canal 7 and Teletica Canal 33. It has mostly imported programming and it also handles a high production and...
- UCR TV
Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
- TeleAntillas - Channel 2
- Corporación Estatal de Radio y Television CERTV - Channel 4 Public TV Station
- Tele Micro - Channel 5
- Antena Latina - Channel 7
- Color Visión - Channel 9
- Telesistema Dominicano - Channel 11
- Telecentro - Channel 13
- Sport Vision - Channel 35
- Cana TV - Popular local morning shows, news coverage, cooking shows and family entertainment
- Vegateve
El SalvadorEl SalvadorEl Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
- Canal 12
- Ágape TV Canal 8
- MegavisiónMegaVisionMegaVision is an American company that manufactures high-end digital photographic equipment. It was founded in 1983 to create a state-of-the-art image processing computer...
- Telecorporacion Salvadoreña
- Televisión Cultural Educativa
GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
VHF
- Canal 3 (Albavision)
- Canal 5 TV MayaAcademia de Lenguas Mayas de GuatemalaThe Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, or ALMG is a Guatemalan organisation that regulates the use of the 21 Mayan languages spoken within the borders of the republic. It has expended particular efforts on standardising the various writing systems used...
- Canal 7 Televisiete (Albavision)
- Canal 9 TV Congreso (Off air)
- Canal 11 Tele-Once (Albavision)
- Canal 13 Trecevisión (Albavision)
UHF
- Canal 19 Albanoticias -mirrored- (Albavision)
- Canal 21 Enlace
- Canal 23 Albanoticias (Albavision)
- Canal 25 GuatevisionGuatevisionGuatevisión is a Guatemalan public television. operated by the National Broadcasting System, whose headquarters is in Guatemala City. their domestic operations began on May 12, 1975 by order of President Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio on the merger of public frequencies to pass a single frequency...
- Canal 27 El canal de la Esperanza
- Canal 31 TV Azteca Guatemala
- Canal 33 TV USAC
- Canal 35 TV Azteca Guatemala
- Canal 37 Telecentro -mirrored- (Albavision)
- Canal 41 Telecentro (Albavision)
- Canal 61 Enlace Juvenil
- Canal 63 Televisión Arquidiocesana
- Canal 65 Family TV
Satellite
Guatemala don't have a digital terrestrial standard yet, but it seems that ISDB-T it will be the norm.
Albavision used to broadcast for 4 years in the ATSC norm on channel 19 HDTV, but is back to analog on that same frequency.
HondurasHondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
- Globo Tv Honduras http://www.globotvhonduras.com
- Canal 3 QuimistanCanal 3 QuimistanCanal 3 Quimistan is a Christian television station channel that have been broadcasting since 2005 in Quimistan, Honduras.-External links:**...
http://www.canal3quimistan.tk - TelevicentroTelevicentro (Honduras)Televicentro or TVC is a television station in Honduras. located in the capital Tegucigalpa. It was founded in 1987 in order to unite as one business the three television channels Canal 5, Canales 3 y 7 and Telecadena 7 y 4.-External links:*...
http://www.televicentro.hn - Canal 6 (Honduras)Canal 6 (Honduras)Canal 6 is a television and radio station in San Pedro Sula Honduras that has been broadcasting since 1977.-External links:**...
http://www.noti6.com - Teleceiba 7 http://www.teleceiba.com
- Sulavision http://www.sulavision.tv
- TEN (Television Educacional de Honduras)
- Villavision http://www.villavisiontv.com
- Canal 11Canal 11Canal 11 can refer to:* Once TV - A Mexican television channel* Repretel 11 - A Costa Rican television channel* Canal 11 - A Honduran television channel* Canal 11 - A Haitian television channel...
http://www.canal11.hn - Yojoa Tv http://www.yojoatv.com
- Telemas Canal 13 http://www.globotvhonduras.com/
MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
- TelevisaTelevisaTelevisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
http://www.televisa.com/ http://www.esmas.com/ - TV AztecaTV AztecaAzteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...
http://www.tvazteca.com/
ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
- El Trece
- LaTele
- Paravisión
- Red Guaraní
- SNT Cerro Corá
- TelefuturoTelefuturoTelefuturo, sometimes known as Canal 4, is an paraguayan television network. Operates between 66 and 72 MHz in Asunción, and reaches almost the entire population of Paraguay. Telefuturo coverage almost all the Región Oriental, where approximately 97% of the population of Paraguay lives. Since its...
- Unicanal
National networks
Frequency numbers for Lima in analog TV. (most are also available on DTTDTT
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- Channel 2 Frecuencia LatinaFrecuencia LatinaFrecuencia Latina , better known as Channel 2, is a Peruvian television network. The network was founded on May 31, 1962 by the Cavero Family Group who turned the station into a network filled with musical programs and variety shows...
- Channel 4 América TVAmerica TelevisionAmerica Television , better known as America TV, is a Peruvian television network affiliated with Televisa of Mexico. It was founded on December 15, 1958 by Antonio Umbert F., Nicanor Gonzalez V., and Avelino Aramburu. The network belongs to the Plural TV group formed by the daily newspapers El...
- Channel 5 Panamericana TVPanamericana TelevisiónPanamericana Televisión, Panamericana Television or Pantel is a Peruvian television network founded in 1959 when television first arrived in Peru. It initially broadcast on Channel 13, but later moved to Channel 5 in metropolitan Lima. This network was followed by a second private television...
- Channel 7 TV Perú
- Channel 9 ATVATV (Peruvian Network)ATV or Andina de Radiodifusión y Television shortly known as ATV, is a Peruvian television network founded in 1969, after unsuccessful attempt on early 1970s and after the political turmoil in Peru the station was closed...
- Channel 11 RBC
- Channel 13 Global TV
Pay TV
National channels from Telefónica's Cable Mágico, the country's most popular operator.- Plus TV
- Canal NCanal NCanal N is a 24-hour cable news channel in Peru. The channel was founded as a joint venture between El Comercio and Telefónica....
- CMD
Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
- TV IlegalTV IlegalTV Ilegal, stylized as TV [i]lεgal, was a Puerto Rican comedy/parody television show broadcast on WAPA-TV. The show parodied both local and international shows and people like local news shows, telenovelas, variety shows, and others...
- TelevicentroWAPA-TVWAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....
- WIPR-TVWIPR-TVWIPR-TV is an non-commercial educational, full-power public television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over analog channel 6, digital 43. The station is owned and operated by Corporación de Puerto Rico para la Difusión Pública ...
- WKAQ-TVWKAQ-TVWKAQ-TV is a full-power television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital 2.1. The station is owned and operated by NBCUniversal and is branded simply as Telemundo....
- WLIIWLIIWLII-DT is a full-power television station licensed to Caguas, Puerto Rico. Transmitting its analog signal on channel 11 and digital signal on channel 56, the station is owned and operated by Univision and is branded as Univision Puerto Rico...
- WSTEWSTEWSTE-DT is a full-power television station licensed to Ponce, Puerto Rico. It transmits on digital channel 7 over a four-site distributed transmission system.WSTE is owned by Univision and is operated by the network as well through WLII in Caguas...