Suri TV was an

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over-the-air television station owned by

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, airing programming produced by six of its channels in four countries. It was available on the nascent digital terrestrial television platform throughout its existence.

History

Suri TV started broadcasting on 3 January 2011 on channel 24.3.

was given two channels on MUX 24, the other being Video Éxito. The name came from the

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name for the ñandú (Rhea), which was used as the channel's symbol.Señales de música melódica y magazines latinos se sumaron a la TV digital oficial
/ref> The channel ceased transmission on 20 November 2013. It was speculated that its bandwidth would be used by the HD feed of state-run sports channel DeporTV. The station's employee, Daniela Tumburus, was fired approximately one month later, causing a strike on its sister channel, Canal 9.

Programming

Suri TV's programming was sourced from six stations of the Albavisión conglomerate:

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and

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and

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's SNT and

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. The line-up consisted of news and magazine programs from the channels. It also aired the Chilean version of ''Intrusos'' (an América format) at launch, relaying La Red. These stations pooled their resources for live simulcasts of key events from the aforementioned countries. The first large-scale special event covered by the channel was the coverage of the official acts of Paraguay's bicentennial on 14 and 15 May 2011. For this end, it relayed the live coverage from its sister channel SNT. The channel also carried the live broadcast of

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's conference for the Paraguayan diaspora on 2 October 2011.Lugo habla hoy con los migrantes
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References

{{Reflist Television stations in Argentina Television channels and stations established in 2011 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013 Spanish-language television stations 2011 establishments in Argentina 2013 disestablishments in Argentina