Producciones PUNCH was a Colombian ''

programadora In Colombian broadcasting, ''programadoras'' (literally ''programmer'') are companies that produce television programs, especially for the public-commercial Canal Uno (and, until 2003, Canal A/Segunda Cadena). The Colombian television model from ...

''. It was the first ''programadora'' to be established in 1956, founded by the Peñaranda family.

History

PUNCH was involved in many firsts in Colombian television, including the following: *They were the first in the country to produce a live remote broadcast. *In 1957, PUNCH became the first ''programadora'' to produce and air a daily newscast (the 15 minute ''El Reporter Esso'', which later became the ''Noticiero Suramericano''). *In 1959, PUNCH debuted the program ''

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'', considered to be the first Colombian

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. It wasn't just a ''programadora'', however: one of its early businesses was outdoor advertising. It was one of the ''programadoras'' that became part of the association OTI de Colómbia, which produced the Olympic Games and the World Cup. Other members of OTI included

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and

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. In the private channel bidding of 1997, it was one of the losing bids (leading a consortium known as ''T.V. Color S.A.'').

Closure

In May 2000, PUNCH returned all of its programming spaces to

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. It was not the first ''programadora'' to do so, but it was the most important occurrence of such at the time.

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took over the spaces, increasing its program output to 41 hours a week. Though at the time it continued production for

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, its administration was declared expired in July 2000"Caducidad a PUNCH." ''El Tiempo'' 17 July 2000
/ref> for not honoring its debts.

Historically important programs

Self-produced

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Imported

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Logo

*1956-1963: The word PUNCH in gel form. *1963-1970: A silhouette of a television camera in which the word PUNCH Is written. *1970-1979: A silhouette of a television camera containing black lines connecting with the word PUNCH. *1979-1981: The same logo but with the lines of the camera and the word PUNCH in white with a

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background. *1981-1986: The usual logo in gold with flashes of brilliance surrounding the figure of the camera and a black background *1986-1991: Pink lines forming a TV screen with a blue background divided into 2 fields with the parts above and below fragmented into red orange and pink colors and the word PUNCH in pink in the center. *1991–present: The silhouette of a TV screen with a red sphere with 6 fragments of red orange and yellow (3 up and 3 down), a curved black blackground, and PUNCH written in red.

Slogan

References

External links

YouTube: PUNCH 1997 video for the private channel bidding
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