TVE Internacional is a Spanish

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and

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channel owned and operated by

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(TVE), the television division of state-owned

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(RTVE). It is the corporation's

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television service, and is known for broadcasting mainstream,

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and cultural programming, including ''

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'' news bulletins, primetime drama and entertainment from both TVE's La 1 and La 2. It was launched on 1 December 1989. It broadcasts to

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, Equatorial Guinea,

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and the

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, in which most of the Hispanic-speaking people are located. Several news bulletins are provided during the day, covering a mixed Spanish and International agenda. ''Telediario'' is a bulletin produced for and also broadcast in Spain,

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on the international station. However, editions of ''

Internacional'' are also produced specially for the channel. A limited number of advertisements are shown on the channel. More usually, network commercial breaks on programmes broadcast live in Spain are covered with a clock and short information films about Spain and its

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, although sometimes the advertisements are shown.

History

TVE International began its test broadcasts on 1 December 1989 and officially on 1 December 1990. In its early years, the channel broadcast a single programme for America and

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, consisting of a re-broadcast of slots premiered on La 1 and La 2. From 15 April 1991, a differentiated programming was designed for one and other continents. Since 1992, TVE Internacional has been broadcasting via the Astra and Hispasat satellites for

. The signal of TVE International has been received in Asia and Oceania since December 1995 and in Africa since 12 October 1999.

Signal structure

*''America'': covers all Latin American countries, as well as the United States and Canada. Use as reference the timetables of Argentina (UTC-3), Mexico (UTC-6/-5 DST) and Miami (UTC-5/-4 DST). *''Europe-Africa'': covers the entire European continent, the Middle East and Africa. Use as reference the timetables of Central Europe (UTC+1/+2 DST), Moscow (UTC+3) and the United Arab Emirates (UTC+4). *''Asia-Oceania'': Part of the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands *''Canal 24 Horas Internacional'': America and Europe (simultaneous signal with the channel in Spain, with advertising from the international channel replacing commercials).

Distribution

In Europe, it is available free-to-air on Eutelsat Hot Bird 13° East. Due to economic reasons, it moved its satellite distribution for Europe to

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along with 24 Horas and the RTVE radios (

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, RNE Radio Clásica, RNE Radio 3, RNE Ràdio 4, RNE Radio 5,

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) between January 2014 and February 2020. The channel can no longer be seen in Britain and Ireland through the

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television platform on

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at 28.5° East. In the Americas, it is available as part of

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's Digital Package for America on Hispasat 1C (encrypted). In Asia, it is available on

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at 100.5° E and Intelsat 19 at 166° E (both unencrypted).

References

External links

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{{Spanish television stations RTVE channels Television stations in Spain Television channels and stations established in 1989 Spanish-language television stations International broadcasters

History

Signal structure

Distribution

See also

References

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