Andalucía Televisión,
/ref> formerly known as Canal Sur HD is the first High Definition TV channel by

Radio y Televisión de Andalucía Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA) is the public radio and television broadcaster of the Spanish Autonomous Community of Andalusia. About RTVA Radio y Television de Andalucia (RTVA) is a provider of radio and TV in the south of Spain ...

(RTVA). It offers an educational schedule and news which complement the main channel,

Canal Sur Televisión Canal Sur ('South Channel') is part of Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA), the public broadcasting company of Andalusia. It was created by means of the devolved powers given to this region by an Act of Parliament in its statute of auton ...

Appearance

Canal Sur HD started its testing broadcasting on February 26, 2010, on

1080i 1080i (also known as Full HD or BT.709) is a combination of frame resolution and scan type. 1080i is used in high-definition television (HDTV) and high-definition video. The number "1080" refers to the number of horizontal lines on the scre ...

resolution and only on the province of Sevilla. Around March 2010, all Andalusia could receive the signal. It was the first TV channel in Spain that produced a real 1080i HD programming in full coverage of an autonomous region of Spain. On February 28, 2015, RTVA made changes to their television channels. Former Andalucía Televisión changed its name to Canal Sur Andalucía, and Canal Sur HD was renamed to the name Andalucía Televisión. It was then converted in a high definition channel that would show news and instructive and educational programs which had as their main goal to promote the andalusian identity.

Programming

While in testing mode, Canal Sur HD showed movie trailers, small documentary features, and on the regular broadcast, they transmitted self-produced programs in HD by

and

Canal Sur 2 Canal Sur 2 is the second public television channel from Radio y Televisión de Andalucía (RTVA). It began broadcasting on 5 June 1998, under the name ''Canal 2 Andalucía''. With the launch of ''Canal 2 Andalucía'', RTVA had to split its t ...

. Regular broadcast was started on September 30, 2013. By that time, Canal Sur 2 had ceased to exist as an independent channel, and Canal Sur HD consisted on an HD simulcast of Canal Sur Televisión with some independent shows like ''Andalucía al Día'', ''Tododeporte'' and ''La Noche al Día''. Since the name change in 2010, the simulcast was ended, and Andalucía Televisión offers a totally independent schedule, remaining programs like the previously mentioned, and other cultural and educational shows that were being shown in Canal Sur Televisión were moved to Andalucía Televisión, for example, ''Espacio protegido'', ''Con-ciencia'', ''Solidarios'', ''Aldea Global'' and others.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andalucia Television Television stations in Andalusia Television channels and stations established in 2010