Canal 1 ( en, Channel 1; pronounced "Canal Uno") is a Colombian state-owned

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

channel. It is owned by the

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and managed by Plural Comunicaciones, S.A.S, a private company. From 1957 to 2017, the channel was administered by private programming companies known as ''

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 fro ...

s'' (television production companies; literally, "programmers"), which bid for time slots with the Colombian state.

History

Canal 1 started broadcasting on 13 June 1954 as Canal Nacional on channel 8 VHF in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

and was operated by the National Radio of Colombia. In 1963, it was operated by

Inravisión The Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión (Inravisión) was Colombia's national public broadcasting organization between 1964 and 2004. It was created by Decree 3267 of 20 December 1963, which declared that from 1 April 1964 the country's pu ...

(Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión), the now-former Colombian public broadcaster. Under Inravisión, the channel's frequency was moved from channel 8 to channel 7 VHF in Bogotá. Until 1966, when private local channel Teletigre was officially launched, Canal Nacional was the only television channel in Colombia. In 1972, it became the Primera cadena (First Network) since Teletigre was nationalised as ''Segunda Cadena''. In the 1980s it would become Cadena Uno (Network One), and eventually became Canal Uno at the beginning of 1998. Since July 1998, when

Caracol Televisión Caracol Televisión (known as Caracol and previously as Canal Caracol) is a Colombian free-to-air television network owned by Caracol Medios, a unit of Grupo Valorem. It is one of the leading private TV networks in Colombia, alongside Canal RCN ...

and

RCN Televisión RCN Televisión, branded as Canal RCN (''Radio Cadena Nacional'') is a Colombian free-to-air television network. It is a Colombian open television channel, belonging to the Ardila Lülle Organization. It was founded as a television content produ ...

launched their own private television channels, Channel 1's and Canal A's ratings steadily dropped (see below chart). Adding this to the economic recession of the late 1990s the network was suffering, this situation severely affected the remaining

s, which gradually either declared

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or became production companies for Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión. Channel 1 was less affected than Canal A, which became Canal Institucional, a State-controlled channel, in November 2003.

RTI Colombia RTI Colombia, also known as Radio Televisión Interamericana (Inter-American Radio and Television), is a Colombian television production company and former ''programadora''. It aired 14.5 hours per week of programming in 1993. In the 1990s, as a ...

, the only programadora remaining on Canal A, was moved to Channel 1 and stood there until 2008. In February 2014, the channel was rebranded with a new logo, a new graphical package, the removal of infomercials and a 24-hour program schedule. As of 1 May 2017, a quarter of Channel 1's programming is made by the production companies CM&,

NTC Televisión Nacional de Televisión y Comunicaciones S.A. (commonly known as NTC) is a Colombian ''programadora'' on Canal Uno Canal 1 ( en, Channel 1; pronounced "Canal Uno") is a Colombian state-owned television channel. It is owned by the Government of C ...

, and RTI Televisión, and a fifth by Hemisphere Media Group, the owner of Puerto Rican station WAPA and several pay-TV channels. The four companies form a

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acces ...

company branded as Plural Comunicaciones.

Historical rating share

Source: ''Farándula criolla''
Canal Caracol, una década al aire
, 13 July 2008, accessed 14 December 2008

References

External links

Official website

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History

Historical rating share

See also

References

External links