La Red, is a private television channel in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
. It began broadcasting on 12 May 1991, as the second private television station in Chile, after
Mega
Mega or MEGA may refer to:
Science
* mega-, a metric prefix denoting 106
* Mega (number), a certain very large integer in Steinhaus–Moser notation
* "mega-" a prefix meaning "large" that is used in taxonomy
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.
From 1991 to 2014, the channel operated in facilities adjacent to the Chilefilms complex in
Las Condes
Las Condes is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid- to high income families, and known in the Chilean collective consciousness as home to the country's economi ...
. In 2014, it opened its own production complex ubicated in
Macul
Macul (Quechua: "to stretch out right hand") is a commune (smallest administrative subdivision in Chile) of Chile located in the central-eastern part of the Greater Santiago area, bordered by the communes of Ñuñoa to the north, San Joaquín to ...
, which has three studios.
Programming
Among the many TV shows broadcast on La Red are:
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Network
The channel was owned by several companies, such as
TV Azteca
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and
Copesa
Copesa (Consorcio Periodístico de Chile) is one of the more important Chilean media conglomerate. Copesa is controlled by Álvaro Saieh, a Chilean business man.
Overview
Copesa was launched during the mid-1950s by the wealthy Pico-Cañas fami ...
,
before being sold to Mexican businessman
Remigio Ángel González
Remigio Ángel González is a Mexican-born owner of the Latin American media network Albavisión. He has lived in Miami since 1987. The network (previously named Televideo Services) is named for his wife Alba Elvira Lorenzana, who is from Guatemala ...
. The channel was called ''Red Television'' (''Network Television'') for about ten years until 2009, before being reverted to its original name in 2009. It mainly airs Hollywood
blockbusters (especially in primetime). It is also the TV station that broadcast the local version of the popular "
Big Brother" and WWE shows like
WWE Raw
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and
WWE SmackDown
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.
In audience share, it currently ranks fifth behind
TVN TVN may refer to:
* TVN (Australian TV channel), a former horse racing channel
* Televisión Nacional de Chile, a public broadcaster
* TVN (Indonesia), a former television station; predecessor of Rajawali Televisi
* TVN (Norway), or TVNorge, a comm ...
,
Canal 13,
CHV, and
Mega
Mega or MEGA may refer to:
Science
* mega-, a metric prefix denoting 106
* Mega (number), a certain very large integer in Steinhaus–Moser notation
* "mega-" a prefix meaning "large" that is used in taxonomy
* Gravity assist, for ''Moon-Eart ...
.
References
External links
Official site
Television networks in Chile
Television stations in Chile
Television channels and stations established in 1991
Spanish-language television stations
Companies based in Santiago
1991 establishments in Chile
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