TVN (CHILE)

'National Television of Chile (TVN)' (''Televisión Nacional de Chile'') is Chile's state-owned television station. Its first broadcast was on 1969. It is owned, but not funded, by the state, and functions independently from it; a rare case of public television in South America.

Contents

Technical details

Regional ''Redes''

Programming

Controversy

See also

External link

Technical details

TVN sends its feed via a 200+ sender network spanning all over Chile, using channel frequency 7 in Santiago.
It also operates an external station (TV Chile), that is received via satellite around the world.

Regional ''Redes''

TVN broadcasts outside metropolitan area using local repeaters called ''Redes''. Each of these repeat national TVN feed, plus, a local newscast, as well as local advertising. These TVN owned networks are:

★ ''TVN Red Tarapacá'' (Iquique)

★ ''TVN Red Antofagasta'' (Antofagasta)

★ ''TVN Red Atacama'' (Copiapó)

★ ''TVN Red Coquimbo'' (La Serena)

★ ''TVN Red Valparaíso'' (Valparaíso)

★ ''TVN Red O'Higgins'' (Rancagua)

★ ''TVN Red Maule'' (Talca)

★ ''TVN Red Biobío'' (Concepción)

★ ''TVN Red Araucanía'' (Temuco)

★ ''TVN Red Austral'' (Punta Arenas)

Programming

TVN broadcasts from 11:00 GMT-06:00 GMT (24 hours a day in TV Chile) and offers a mix of news, variety shows and children's programming. Its primetime is dominated by local dramas, telenovelas and local adaptations of American sitcoms. The most important shows currently airing on the network are:

★ ''Buenos Días a Todos'' (breakfast)

★ ''Corazon de Maria'' (telenovela)

★ ''24 Horas'' (newscast)

★ ''Amor en tiempo Record'' (telenovela)

★ ''Los Treinta'' (telenovela)

★ ''Una belleza nueva'' (interviews)

★ ''Pelotón'' (reality show)

★ ''31 Minutos'' (children's programming)

★ ''Último Minuto'' (investigative journalism)

★ ''La Ruta de Amazonía'' (documentary)

★ ''Hora 25'' (culture)

★ ''Mea Culpa'' (docudrama)

★ ''Pasiones'' (talk show)

★ ''Rojo, Fama Contrafama'' (reality show)

★ ''Se Habla Español'' (tv show)

★ '' Alguien te mira'' (adult telenovela)
''For the current schedule from the network please visit this site.''

Controversy

The TV station known as TVN is the perfect example of the would be hidden face of "Latino-America" were not of reality, this station as many others pursues an attempt to modify the national perception of it's racial make up and it's unconscious association between caucasian's and success. Hiring predominantly people of European decent, rarely showing people with Chileno(mestizo) features, even if this has improved since 2003 with the advent of the nature-program ''Frútos del Pais'', which shows many indigienous Chileans.
Normally referred as leftist or ''red'' by its detractors, TVN is regarded by its opponents as having a light view of public issues that can be harmful to the government image. It is also regarded, along with Canal 13, as a main supporter of the Pinochet dictatorship, specially because of its state ownership status.

See also

★ List of Chilean television channels
Note: Major satellite and cable providers have noted growing demand for TVN to be offered in Canada.

External link

★ Official Site