Television in Ecuador is most important among the country's mass media. Television programming is dominated by telenovelas, series, and news programming. Private and government-run channels coexist at the national, regional, and local levels. Cable channels are also beginning to appear, most of which are exclusive to the companies that operate them. Finally, there are also internet television channels, some of which have specific themes like LGBT

LGBT

LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...

 programming.

There are six private channels (Ecuavisa

Ecuavisa

Ecuavisa is one of the major television networks in the Republic of Ecuador.Since the start of their transmissions, on March 1st of 1967, the channel is one of the major networks and biggest of Ecuador, It broadcasts on channel 8 in Quito and on channel 2 in Guayaquil...

, Teleamazonas

Teleamazonas

Teleamazonas is a television channel in Ecuador. Since the start of their transmissions, on February 22 of 1974, the channel is one of the major television networks of Ecuador.It broadcasts on channel 4 to Quito and channel 5 to Guayaquil...

, RTS, Telerama, RTU, Radio y Televisión Unidas, and Red TV Ecuador) and four government-run channels (TC Televisión, Gama TV

Gama TV

Gama TV is an ecuadorian television affiliate of Televisa in Mexico. The belonged to financial Group Isaías and is operated by the Company Teledos SA Pacific TV in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil after the disappearance of its predecessor Gamavisión .Known is the involvement of Televisa ,...

, Canal Uno and Ecuador TV

Ecuador TV

Ecuador TV is the public service channel of Ecuador established in October 2007 thanks to a provision of non-reimbursable funds of $5 million of the Economic and Social Development Bank of Venezuela ....

) available throughout the country. There is also a wide range of regional and local channels, some of which are private and some of which are government- or community-run.