TV Chile
Encyclopedia
TV Chile is a television
network that transmits shows from Santiago
, Chile
. TV Chile is the international signal of Television Nacional de Chile (literally in english National Broadcasting of Chile).
television networks. During the 1970s, the channel grew. TV Chile was able to bring some international stars and develop its programming.
Despite all of their success nationally during the 1980s and 1990s, TV Chile remained basically as one of the least known Hispanic networks during those decades.
Things would change radically for the network during the 2000s, when it made a contract with DirecTV
, which allowed TV Chile to reach over 140 countries worldwide, which roughly constitutes 66 percent of the world
's countries.
The television's current programming consists basically of variety and music shows, as well as programs dedicated to tourism, comedy and news.
After signing the contract with DirecTV, TV Chile became one of the few television channels to broadcast shows to the Antarctic
.
In the year 2000, TV Chile was able to reach Australia
for the first time by means of a paid subscription with TARBS
Canada
Australia & New Zealand
Europe
Latin America
Internet (Global)
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
network that transmits shows from 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...
, 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...
. TV Chile is the international signal of Television Nacional de Chile (literally in english National Broadcasting of Chile).
History
TV Chile's first transmission happened in 1974, making the channel a relatively new channel among HispanicHispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
television networks. During the 1970s, the channel grew. TV Chile was able to bring some international stars and develop its programming.
Despite all of their success nationally during the 1980s and 1990s, TV Chile remained basically as one of the least known Hispanic networks during those decades.
Things would change radically for the network during the 2000s, when it made a contract with DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
, which allowed TV Chile to reach over 140 countries worldwide, which roughly constitutes 66 percent of the world
World
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
's countries.
The television's current programming consists basically of variety and music shows, as well as programs dedicated to tourism, comedy and news.
After signing the contract with DirecTV, TV Chile became one of the few television channels to broadcast shows to the Antarctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...
.
In the year 2000, TV Chile was able to reach Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
for the first time by means of a paid subscription with TARBS
Availability
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, NCTC, RCN - Satellite: DirecTVDirecTVDirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
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Canada
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Australia & New Zealand
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Europe
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- ONO
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Latin America
Internet (Global)
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