Red Guaraní was a
Paraguay
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an
over-the-air television channel owned by Grupo Vierci, launched on July 1, 2002. It was available nationwide thanks to 28 relay stations. It shut down on January 1, 2019, being replaced, depending on the provider, by Noticias PY or E40 TV.
History
Tevedos was created by Cámara Paraguaya de Exportadores y Comercializadores de Cereales y Oleaginosa (Capeco)'s subsidiary CapecoVisión S.A., having as its main shareholder José Luis Manzoni Wasmosy, cousin of former
president of the Republic
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Designation
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,
Juan Carlos Wasmosy
Juan Carlos Wasmosy Monti (born December 15, 1938) is a Paraguayan former politician and engineer who was the 44th president of Paraguay from 1993 to 1998. He was a member of the Colorado Party, and the country's first freely elected president ...
, to whom his government used television as a propaganda outlet.
Tevedos had a pivotal role in the restoration of
SNT's broadcasts in March 1998, after a tornado knocked down its transmitter. The channel faced constant problems in its management,
[ causing it to be sold to new partners, UIises Aristides and Dany Espinola Durand, on March 7, 2002. The relaunch as Red Guaraní was scheduled for May 14, the country's independence day. When the administration changed, 45% of its output was produced by the station, including programming aimed at women, game shows, youth programs and news bulletins. The two were attending the 2002 MipTV to find new international partners. Ulises was also president of Bakus, a distributor of SBT's content.
In January 2003, its owners accepted a sale to Obedira Comunicación Integral (now Red de Comunicación Integral), a Mennonite Evangelical media company, headed by Arnoldo Wiens Durksen and journalist Oscar Escobar Morínigo, who was in charge of operation. Obedira was one of the entities who demanded that, in late 2002, Red Guaraní should remove Playboy's pornographic program, which would cause adverse effects to the youth.
The Obedira management, during its decade of control, had a "very precise" idea of what shouldn't be shown on television. While defending family values, Red Guaraní refused to air commercials for cigarettes, alcoholic beverages and gambling. The channel protected its viewers against these vices. The telenovelas aired were mostly Korean period dramas. Commercial breaks featured religious messages.
On December 31, 2013, the channel was sold to Grupo A.J. Vierci's subsidiary Team, and announced changes to its output, removing its Christian programming.]
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Television channels and stations established in 1997
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2019
Television stations in Paraguay
Spanish-language television stations
1997 establishments in Paraguay
2019 disestablishments in Paraguay