Telelatino
Encyclopedia
Telelatino, also referred to as TLN, is a Canadian
Category A Specialty channel
broadcasting general interest programming from Canada and around the world, primarily in Italian
and Spanish
. It also broadcasts English
programming up to 25 percent of the time.
TLN began broadcasting in October 1984 and is a privately held company owned by Telelatino Network Inc., a consortium majority owned by Corus Entertainment
along with three prominent Italian Canadian families. Telelatino headquarters are in Toronto
, Ontario
, but the company also operates an office in Montreal
, Quebec
.
TLN operates two time shifted feeds: East (Eastern Time
) and West (Pacific Time
). To date, TLN West is only available via Rogers Cable
in Ontario and New Brunswick.
TLN is available in nearly five million Canadian homes and is carried by all major cable systems and both Canadian direct to home satellite platforms. TLN is Canada's most watched ethnic specialty channel
.
The network broadcasts via the Anik F1-T25 at 107.3 degrees west, on the L-Band channel at 1221.75 MHz.
and CNN en Español
. The Italian language programming is derived primarily from Canale 5
, a channel owned by Mediaset
- Italy
's leading commercial broadcaster. TLN also airs some programming from SKY TG24, a news network in Italy and Video Italia, an Italian music service. TLN also broadcasts some English language programming, airing hit shows such as The Sopranos
, Everybody Loves Raymond
, George Lopez
and Lopez Tonight
.
Telelatino broadcasts a substantial amount of soccer programming, airing Italian Serie A
matches every year since 1984 and UEFA Champions League
matches involving Italian and Spanish teams
from 2002-2009. In 2009, TLN secured the rights to the UEFA Europa League through 2012 becoming the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of this tournament. TLN has also broadcast the last three editions of the Copa América
, FIFA World Cup
, and UEFA European Football Championship
. It was announced in 2006 that TLN has partnered with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(CBC) to air matches from various FIFA tournaments, including the 2010
and 2014 FIFA World Cup
s, as the CBC was recently awarded the broadcast rights to various FIFA tournaments. Additionally, the TLN networks also hold the exclusive Canadian rights to Mexican Primera Division soccer, including games broadcast over the Univision networks in the U.S.
TLN is also known to air Italian erotica called "Latin Lovers" from 2:30 am to 4:00 am on Saturday and Sunday.
, Italy's state owned broadcaster, which made a commitment in 1984 to supply programming to Canada through TLN for as long as TLN was licensed in Canada. A dispute arose in 2003 when Massimo Magliaro, a former spokesperson for the leader of Italy's post-fascist Italian Social Movement
leader Giorgio Almirante
, having been politically appointed as head of RAI's international channel, decided to repudiate RAI's supply obligations as well as its 2001 agreement to launch a 24 hour RAI Canada channel, in favour of challenging Canada's regulatory regime by aggressively attacking Telelatino's quality and service and indicating that it wanted to deliver RAI programming through its own international channel on its own terms without restriction and not through TLN or through any Canadian programming partner. Interestingly, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) followed a much more respectful and cooperative path by launching BBC Canada
as a Canadian licensed digital channel with Canadian programming commitments, responsibilities, and majority-ownership.
In 2003, RAI pulled its content from TLN and petitioned the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to allow it to broadcast RAI International in Canada. This effort was backed by Rogers Communications
, who sponsored RAI's application to get on the CRTC's approved list. The Committee for Italians Living Abroad in Montreal (COM.IT.ES.), an arm of the Italian foreign ministry, led the campaign to have RAI admitted. The Italian Canadian community itself, however, was divided. Italian law provides the Italian diaspora
votes in Italian elections and permanent seats in the Parliament of Italy
, and many hopeful participants in such Italian elections in Canada led the campaign to urge the Canadian authorities to admit RAI International as a foreign service. After initially being rejected by the CRTC in 2004 in strong terms, much political wrangling by RAI and certain Italian Canadians ensued, and RAI International was eventually approved by the CRTC in the spring of 2005 and began broadcasting in June 2005.
TLN also owned and operated two other Italian language digital channels called Leonardo World and Video Italia
. Both channels went off the air in September 2007 due to all television carriers dropping the channels from their lineups.
, a Category B Spanish language general entertainment channel.
, a Category B Italian language general entertainment channel.
, a Category B sports channel featuring coverage of international soccer as well as other sports.
, a Category B Spanish language children's channel.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Category A Specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
broadcasting general interest programming from Canada and around the world, primarily in Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and 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...
. It also broadcasts English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
programming up to 25 percent of the time.
TLN began broadcasting in October 1984 and is a privately held company owned by Telelatino Network Inc., a consortium majority owned by Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment conglomerate.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's...
along with three prominent Italian Canadian families. Telelatino headquarters are in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, but the company also operates an office in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
.
TLN operates two time shifted feeds: East (Eastern Time
North American Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
) and West (Pacific Time
Pacific Time Zone
The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory. During daylight saving time, its time offset is UTC-7.In the United States...
). To date, TLN West is only available via Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Manitoba, Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.The...
in Ontario and New Brunswick.
TLN is available in nearly five million Canadian homes and is carried by all major cable systems and both Canadian direct to home satellite platforms. TLN is Canada's most watched ethnic specialty channel
Specialty channel
A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....
.
The network broadcasts via the Anik F1-T25 at 107.3 degrees west, on the L-Band channel at 1221.75 MHz.
Programming
Telelatino's Spanish language foreign programming comes primarily from two broadcasters: UnivisionUnivision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
and CNN en Español
CNN en Español
CNN en Español is CNN's Spanish language news channel. On March 17, 1997, CNN launched CNN en Español, a 24-hour Spanish-language news network for the Hispanic American and United States marketplace.-Mexico programming:...
. The Italian language programming is derived primarily from Canale 5
Canale 5
Canale 5 is an Italian private television network of Mediaset, the media branch of Fininvest. Canale 5 was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980, based on a local channel, TeleMilano 58, founded in 1978....
, a channel owned by Mediaset
Mediaset
Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
- Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
's leading commercial broadcaster. TLN also airs some programming from SKY TG24, a news network in Italy and Video Italia, an Italian music service. TLN also broadcasts some English language programming, airing hit shows such as The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
, Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of lead actor Ray Romano, creator/producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff...
, George Lopez
George Lopez (TV series)
"The George Lopez Show" redirects here. For the late-night program hosted by the same comedian, see Lopez Tonight.George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez...
and Lopez Tonight
Lopez Tonight
Lopez Tonight was an American late-night television talk show hosted by comedian George Lopez. The hour-long program premiered on November 9, 2009, on cable network TBS. Lopez was the first Mexican American to host a late-night talk show on an English-language network in the United States. The...
.
Telelatino broadcasts a substantial amount of soccer programming, airing Italian Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
matches every year since 1984 and UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
matches involving Italian and Spanish teams
Football in Spain
Football is the most popular sport in Spain. The Royal Spanish Football Federation is the national governing body and it organizes La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spain national football team, current champion of the FIFA World Cup...
from 2002-2009. In 2009, TLN secured the rights to the UEFA Europa League through 2012 becoming the exclusive Canadian broadcaster of this tournament. TLN has also broadcast the last three editions of the Copa América
Copa América
The Copa América —previously known as South American Championship—is an international football competition contested between the men's national teams of CONMEBOL, the sport's continental governing body...
, FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
, and UEFA European Football Championship
UEFA European Football Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
. It was announced in 2006 that TLN has partnered with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
(CBC) to air matches from various FIFA tournaments, including the 2010
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
and 2014 FIFA World Cup
2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014....
s, as the CBC was recently awarded the broadcast rights to various FIFA tournaments. Additionally, the TLN networks also hold the exclusive Canadian rights to Mexican Primera Division soccer, including games broadcast over the Univision networks in the U.S.
TLN is also known to air Italian erotica called "Latin Lovers" from 2:30 am to 4:00 am on Saturday and Sunday.
Controversy with RAI
From its inception up until mid-2003, TLN's Italian programming was derived primarily from RAIRAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
, Italy's state owned broadcaster, which made a commitment in 1984 to supply programming to Canada through TLN for as long as TLN was licensed in Canada. A dispute arose in 2003 when Massimo Magliaro, a former spokesperson for the leader of Italy's post-fascist Italian Social Movement
Italian Social Movement
The Italian Social Movement , and later the Italian Social Movement–National Right , was a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. Formed in 1946 by supporters of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the party became the fourth largest party in Italy by the early 1960s...
leader Giorgio Almirante
Giorgio Almirante
Giorgio Almirante was an Italian politician, the founder and leader of the Italian Social Movement until his retirement in 1987.-Early life:...
, having been politically appointed as head of RAI's international channel, decided to repudiate RAI's supply obligations as well as its 2001 agreement to launch a 24 hour RAI Canada channel, in favour of challenging Canada's regulatory regime by aggressively attacking Telelatino's quality and service and indicating that it wanted to deliver RAI programming through its own international channel on its own terms without restriction and not through TLN or through any Canadian programming partner. Interestingly, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) followed a much more respectful and cooperative path by launching BBC Canada
BBC Canada
BBC Canada is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel. It presents programming primarily from the BBC. BBC Canada is a joint venture between Shaw Media and BBC Worldwide.-Programming:Main article: List of programs broadcast by BBC Canada...
as a Canadian licensed digital channel with Canadian programming commitments, responsibilities, and majority-ownership.
In 2003, RAI pulled its content from TLN and petitioned the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to allow it to broadcast RAI International in Canada. This effort was backed by Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...
, who sponsored RAI's application to get on the CRTC's approved list. The Committee for Italians Living Abroad in Montreal (COM.IT.ES.), an arm of the Italian foreign ministry, led the campaign to have RAI admitted. The Italian Canadian community itself, however, was divided. Italian law provides the Italian diaspora
Italian diaspora
The term Italian diaspora refers to the large-scale migration of Italians away from Italy in the period roughly beginning with the unification of Italy in 1861 and ending with the Italian economic miracle in the 1960s...
votes in Italian elections and permanent seats in the Parliament of Italy
Parliament of Italy
The Parliament of Italy is the national parliament of Italy. It is a bicameral legislature with 945 elected members . The Chamber of Deputies, with 630 members is the lower house. The Senate of the Republic is the upper house and has 315 members .Since 2005, a party list electoral law is being...
, and many hopeful participants in such Italian elections in Canada led the campaign to urge the Canadian authorities to admit RAI International as a foreign service. After initially being rejected by the CRTC in 2004 in strong terms, much political wrangling by RAI and certain Italian Canadians ensued, and RAI International was eventually approved by the CRTC in the spring of 2005 and began broadcasting in June 2005.
Sky TG24
On June 15, 2005, TLN launched Sky TG24, a Category B Italian language news channel.TLN also owned and operated two other Italian language digital channels called Leonardo World and Video Italia
Video Italia (Canada)
Video Italia is a now defunct Canadian category 2 Italian language digital cable specialty channel. It was an all-music channel that included such programming as open-air concerts and music videos. It was a Canadian version of the Italian channel Video Italia. It was primarily distributed in a...
. Both channels went off the air in September 2007 due to all television carriers dropping the channels from their lineups.
TLN en Español
On October 23, 2007, TLN launched TLN en EspañolTlñ en español
TLN en Español is a Canadian Category B Spanish language specialty channel. It is a general entertainment channel with programming ranging from news, dramas, talk shows, sports and more. It is owned by Telelatino Network Inc, a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment...
, a Category B Spanish language general entertainment channel.
Mediaset Italia
In June 2010, TLN launched Mediaset ItaliaMediaset Italia (Canada)
Mediaset Italia is a Canadian Category B Italian language digital cable specialty channel. It is owned by Telelatino Network Inc, a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment...
, a Category B Italian language general entertainment channel.
EuroWorld Sport
In July 2010, TLN launched EuroWorld SportEuroWorld Sport
EuroWorld Sport is a Canadian Category B digital cable specialty channel. It is owned by Telelatino Network Inc, a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment. EuroWorld Sport primarily features programming related to association football ....
, a Category B sports channel featuring coverage of international soccer as well as other sports.
TeleNiños
On November 1, 2011, TLN launched TeleNiñosTeleNiños
TeleNiños is a Canadian Category B Spanish language specialty channel. It is a family oriented channel aimed at children. It is owned by Telelatino Network Inc, a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment...
, a Category B Spanish language children's channel.