Canal 11 is a private

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

n television channel, owned and operated by

Repretel Representaciones Televisivas (Televised Representations) S.A., commonly known as Repretel or Grupo Repretel is a Costa Rican media company, founded by Remigio Gonzalez, that came into competition with Teletica and Canal9. Repretel owns Costa Rica ...

since 1996. It was the first station owned and operated by

-Albavision group in Costa Rica.

History

Repretel bought the station from rival

Teletica Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., known as Teletica is a Costa Rican television broadcaster, founded in 1958. It operates Teletica Canal 7, XperTV Canal 33, and, since 1991 (partially since 2018), CableTica (now called Liberty). History In Octob ...

, due to a mismanagement from the leasing company operating the station, forcing the sale; Repretel was growing fast, leasing Channel 9 and 6; became the first TV-station owned and operated in Costa Rica. In 1996, the channel briefly relayed channel 6. On March 1, 1997, the channel became independent again, airing a schedule consisting primarily of imported cartoons and telenovelas. On June 9, 2003, the channel interchanged schedules with

Repretel 4 Canal 4 is a private Costa Rican television channel, owned and operated by Repretel. It was the second television station acquired by Repretel in Costa Rica. The station broadcasts on channel 6.2 which the frequency is used by sister channel Can ...

and changed focus to Latin American entertainment, including news and variety shows from Telemundo and Univisión.

Programming

Channel 11 is the second most watched channel on the network, behind

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, its programming consists of productions by

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and its own productions.

References

External links

Official website
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