Canal Institucional is a Colombian public

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channel launched on February 2, 2004 to replace

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after its merger with the

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Audiovisuales Audiovisuales was a Colombian ''programadora''. It was owned by the Colombian Ministry of Communications. It mainly produced educational and cultural programs for the Inravisión channels. Its ownership put it in a unique position on two occasions ...

. The television station broadcasts the sessions of the Congress of the Republic and other governmental institutional programs, which until

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were broadcast by

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in co-production with the

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History

On February 2, 2004, the channel was born under the name "Señal Colombia Institucional", replacing

. As a measure to the public television crisis that year, the channel was created under the control of

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and operated by the programming company

. However, in October of that year, after the dissolution of Inravisión and Audiovisuales by the national government, the channel has since been operated by RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos.

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* https://www.canalinstitucional.tv/ Television networks in Colombia Television stations in Colombia Television channels and stations established in 1966 Spanish-language television stations

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