Television in Colombia

Television is one of the mass media in Colombia. Founded on June 13, 1954, it has historically been characterized by its high consumption rates by the national population, occupying an important space in the lives of citizens. Currently, it is estimated that more than 95% of households have at least one television in their home and more than 70% of Colombians usually watch at least one hour of programming a day.

The types of television as well as the licenses and titles to provide the service in each type are defined and granted by the Communications Regulation Commission (regulatory body of the telecommunications, television and postal services market) in accordance with the law. 1978 of 2019, while the monitoring of content and related content is done through a sub-commission of audiovisual content of the aforementioned entity, previously the functions were carried out independently by the National Television Commission (1995-2012) established in law 182 of 1995, the National Television Authority (2012-2019) and the Communications Regulation Commission (Since 2019) through law 1507 of 2012. The modalities include national, regional, local, subscription and DTH; The channels can be private and public capital; The operators of the subscription service are private concessionaires.

On the issue of cable subscription television, Colombia presents important progress, reporting almost 2 million connected homes. Some of the companies that provide the service under this modality produce their own content through local channels.

History

Television was inaugurated in Colombia on June 13, 1954, during the government of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, who was impressed by the new invention during his stay in Nazi Germany as a military attaché. With the help of foreign technicians, especially Cubans, he was fundamental for the start of television in Colombia, which was done with equipment brought from Germany and the United States.

In its beginnings, Colombian television was public, with an emphasis on education and culture, but a concession scheme would soon emerge through which the state was in charge of the television infrastructure and provided spaces within the channels for private companies. They were in charge of programming, which is why they were known as programmers, a "mixed" similar to that of American television, in which the networks or channels broadcast programming that they did not produce. In 1966, there was a first attempt at privatization with the Teletigre channel, which failed due to economic problems. Teletigre, which was only broadcast in Bogotá, would become Tele 9 Corazón and then Cadena Dos, with national coverage.

On December 1, 1979, color television was officially inaugurated by the then Minister of Communications José Manuel Arias Carrizosa, although in October 1973, the first color transmission was made (with Japanese technology) of a Cenpro Television's educational program during a seminar, and in 1974, the opening and first match of the World Cup in West Germany were broadcast live and in color on two giant screens located in Bogotá and Cali.

In the 80s, regional television began, also public, with the Teleantioquia, Telepacífico and Telecaribe channels. At that time, national television had three channels: Cadena Uno, Cadena Dos and Cadena Tres. The first two worked under the concession scheme (programming was in the hands of private companies, which put out to tender every certain number of years) while Cadena Tres (future Signal Colombia) was completely state-owned and focused on educational and cultural programming.

The 1992 tender encouraged competition, a previous step for privatization. Network Two would be called Canal A, and the 24 programmers would, from then on, receive slots only on a single channel and would compete directly with another programmer on the other channel—for example, if on Network One, the slot from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. was from Caracol, on Channel A that same slot was from RCN. In addition, newscasts and some soap operas were broadcast opposite each other at the same time on the two channels - previously a newscast could face off against a musical, for example. In January 1998, Cadena Uno was renamed Canal Uno.

Recent history

In 1997, licenses for private television were awarded, the bidding for which began a year earlier. These licenses were granted to two of the previous programming companies, Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión, companies originally created as networks.

The economic crisis of the late nineties would have serious consequences: at the beginning of 2004, the only programmer left on Channel A moved to Channel One. Apparently, the programmers of the 'mixed' channels; They made the mistake of continuing to work individually instead of joining together to float the channels and try to compensate for the disadvantages against Caracol and RCN, which quickly displaced the traditional channels in tune. Channel A would be called Institutional Channel, then Institutional Signal and would also be under direct control of the State.

Colombia completed the selection process for the digital terrestrial television standard in August 2008. An Advisory Committee of the National Television Commission (CNTV) was formed in charge of the issue, which chose one of the four standards under discussion: the American ATSC, the European DVB, the Japanese ISDB-T and the Chinese DTMB (the latter entered late to the process). The decision, postponed several times, was finally announced on August 28, 2008. The European DVB-T standard was chosen.

Historical chronology

Television in Colombia began on June 13, 1954, under the government of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.

• 1957: After the end of the government of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, television programmers are born. The first were PUNCH Productions since 1956 and TVC Ltda. (Caracol Radio and RCN Radio) at the time Colombian National Television, current Channel 1.
• 1963: It is founded RTI, previously called FGA Televisión.
• 1964: The National Institute for Radio and Television (Inravisión) was founded.
• 1966: The first private channel, Teletigre, covering Bogotá, is opened.
• 1967: RCN Television was created (now private channel since 1998).
• 1969: TVC is transformed into Caracol Televisión (now private channel since 1998).
• 1970: The Third Chain (present-day Colombia Signal).
• 1971: The private channel Teletigre survives when it is expiated by the state and praying as Tele 9 Heart.
• 1972: Tele 9 Corazón becomes the Second Chain (current Institutional Channel), with national coverage.
• 1973: Start the bidding era. A lot of programmers appear: twelve in Chain 1, thirteen in Chain 2 and 11 in Chain 3.^{[chuckles]required]}
• 1976: Audiovisuals, the only state programmer under the control of the Ministry of Communications.
• 1979: On December 1, regular color transmissions begin, using the American standard NTSC-M.
• 1985: Colombia's first regional channel: Teleantioquia.
• 1986: Telecaribe broadcasts in the Caribbean region.
• 1988: The 4 departments of the Colombian Pacific launch Telepacífico.
• 1989: RCN Televisión, Caracol Televisión, Producciones PUNCH y RTI Televisión try without success a process to be launched as private television channels.^{[chuckles]required]}
• 1991: The new Colombian political constitution creates the National Television Commission as the only autonomous body to regulate television destinations in the country.
• 1992: The Second Chain becomes Channel A. The First Chain becomes Chain One.
• 1992: 3 departments of the coffee maker is inaugurated Telecafé.
• 1995: Chain 3 becomes Signal Colombia.
• 1995: Santander and Norte de Santander launches Regional Television of the East better as Canal TRO.
• 1995: The Congress issues Act No. 182 regulating television in the country and regulates the functioning of the National Television Commission.
• 1996: The National Television Commission regulates community, cable and satellite television, private and public national television, non-profit local television, regional and private local television.
• 1996: Licences are given to operate the satellite television service with concessions to DirecTV and Sky.
• 1997: RCN Televisión y Caracol Televisión win the licenses to operate two private channels of national coverage, which were aired on July 10, 1998. Citytv wins the bidding for Bogotá and becomes the first and only private local channel in the country and airs on March 19, 1999.
• 1998: Licences are given to operate the open non-profit local television service throughout the country; channels such as Telemedellín, Canal U, Televida, among others are born.
• 1998: Chain One becomes Channel One.
• 1999: The concessions are given to operate the television service by subscription at the national level. The country is divided into areas north, east and west for regional licences. Operators are born Cable Union of the West, EPM Television, Cable Signal of the West (which loses the license several months later), TV Cable of the Pacific (Cable Pacific), TV Cable, Cablecentro, Supercable, Costavisión, Satelcaribe, Teledynamic, Satellite Vision, Superview, Cable Bello, among others.
• 2000: The programmers Productions JES, Productions PUNCH, RTI Televisión, TeVecine, Cenpro Televisión, Programar Televisión, 24 Horas, DFL Televisión, Producciones Telecolombia, Uni TV, Televideo, Big Bang Televisión, CPS Televisión, CPT, En Vivo Televisión, Coestrellas, Andes Televisión, Proyectamos Televisión y Datos y Mensajes disappear. Some of them break or become producers of private channels.
• 2001: The non-profit channel, Teleamiga, specialized in programming with religious content, health, kitchen, crafts, opinion and news.
• 2004: As a government austerity plan; RTI Televisión is passed for Canal Uno and Audiovisuals to Canal A.
• 2004: Canal A becomes an Institutional Channel operated by Audiovisuals. Subsequently Inravisión and the state programmer Audiovisuals are liquidated and replaced by Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia (RTVC).
• 2004: Caracol Radio becomes part of the PRISA group in Spain, which stops having formal and commercial links with Caracol Televisión.
• 2006: All regional television service operators are extended by subscription to operate at the national level. The company EPM Television changes its brand for Une. For its part, Cable Union of the West is called Cable Unión S.A.
• 2006: Telecom is given license to operate the satellite television service.
• 2006: (June) is born the first channel of politics Canal Congreso, specialized in programming of the Congress of Colombia.
• 2007: The first news channel, Cable Noticias, specialised in national and international news.
• 2008: In August, the National Television Commission selects the European DVB-T standard as the standard for digital terrestrial television to be implemented in the country.
• 2008: The Mexican Multinational Telmex purchases television operations by subscription of Superview, Teledyámica, Cablepacífico, TV Cable Bogotá and Cablecentro, becoming the main operator of the cable TV service in Colombia.
• 2008: The first Catholic channel, Canal Cristovision, specialized in Catholic programming is born.
• 2009: Operating licenses for Caracol Television and RCN Television channels are renewed.
• 2009: The bidding for the third private national coverage channel is opened in the midst of a strong political debate.
• 2009: The first transmission of Cable News live online
• 2009: In December, the Colombian Company Challenger, manufacturer of electronic products, expressed the intention to produce in its TDT decoder plants compatible with DVB and MPEG-4.
• 2010: The first broadcast of digital terrestrial television (TDT) is made from Calatrava station, which covers much of Bogotá.
• 2010: The CNTV reorganized the electromagnetic spectrum and assigned the frequencies for DTT.
• 2010: Installation and operation of the transmitters of Manjui, Azalea (Valle del Cauca), Cerro Kennedy (Magdalena) and Padre Amaya (Antioquia) to offer the first signs of TDT in the country.
• 2010: (April) Commercialization of televisions with built-in DVB tuner for the reception of TDT. Televisions with 3D technology are also included.
• 2010: (December) start of test transmissions from Caracol and RCN by TDT.
• 2010 (December) In spite of organizing the bidding by the third private channel, the Spanish communications groups Planeta (also with RTI Televisión and El Tiempo), the PRISA Group and Grupo Cisneros de Venezuela are presented. In the absence of competition rules and a clear frequency of transmission, PRISA and Cisneros withdrew as the eventual winner. The tender is cancelled by the State Council.
• 2011: (June) The government decided to eliminate the National Television Commission and create the National Television Authority.
• 2011: (August) Colombia plans to evolve its format to the next generation of DVB-T2. This implies the possibility of offering more TV channels than in DVB-T, or similar amounts but adding HD and 3D channels.
• 2011: (January) In January 2011 the director of the CNTV will start selling the decoders for digital TV in the country, from $40.
• 2011: (December) The DVB-T2 standard is adopted.
• 2012: (June) Comcel and Telmex unification under the Claro brand.
• 2012: On November 29, the first sports channel, Win Sports, specializes in sports programming.
• 2014: Caracol Television and RCN Televisión started a strong bid for charging cable operators by distributing their HD signals. In March, both channels left their HD signals off for all the cable operators. In June, both channels reopened their signals on the occasion of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a reopening that lasted only until July 15 of that year.
• 2016: President Juan Manuel Santos, in an interview with Caracol Radio and RED+ News, announced the start of the tender for the award of the third private channel, which would start regular broadcasts in 2017. In turn, ICT Minister David Luna announces the tender for a single offerer for Canal One. The tendering of the third channel is suspended by the State Council for lack of participants in the auction.
• 2016: In November the concession was awarded for the spaces of the Canal Uno state channel to the Plural Communications company formed by the CM fake, NTC, RTI and HMTV1 producers of the American consortium Hemisphere Media Group.
• 2017: A ruling by the Supreme Court of Bogotá ordered Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión to enter their HD signals to the cable operators.
• 2017: On April 30, Colombian TV and Jorge Barón Televisión programmers disappear to produce content for private channels.
• 2017: On May 1, the new programming of Canal 1 began for the period 2017-2027 under the administration of Plural Communications.
• 2017: On 9 October he created Tacho Pistacho specialized in programming with children and youth issues.
• 2019: On January 11, Tacho Pistacho ceased its broadcasts in TDT, with its subsequent transfer to the children's programming block of RCN Televisión on weekends. The reason for your air output is a cost reduction. The same channel informs you through a video on your Facebook page.
• 2019: On February 24, the President of Citytv, Darío Restrepo, announced the closing of El Tiempo Television.
• 2019: The Law 1978 of 2019 is passed in which it empowers the Communications Regulation Commission as the sole authority for the telecommunications sector including television and the National Television Authority is liquidated.
• 2020: On January 20 The premium sports channel, Win Sports+, specialized in sports programming is created.
• 2021: On March 25, RTVC News was born, the information system of RTVC Public Media System.

Types of modalities

In accordance with Law 1507 of 2012, the Communications Regulation Commission is the entity in charge of defining the types of television modalities.

• National public television
• Private national television
• Regional public television
• Local level television
• Subscription television

In October 2009, the National Television Commission, after six months of delay and a traumatic legal process, announced the beginning of the bidding to award the third national private channel. The decision generated a lot of discomfort in public opinion as some sectors considered it inconvenient for this award process to take place during the pre-electoral period. Some of the companies that were interested in acquiring the third frequency are: Organization Cisneros from Venezuela, Grupo Planeta and Grupo PRISA from Spain. However, the tender ended without a bidder since, according to the Council of State, it was not viable to carry out the auction with a single bidder, in accordance with law 1341 of 2009.

According to a study carried out by IBOPE, the most watched regional channel in Colombia is Teleantioquía.

Subscription television

In 1999, the Commission granted the licenses for pay television operations in Colombia for a period of 10 years, which it divided into three large regions: Coast, West and East.

In 2007, the Commission decided to break territorial restrictions on dealers and allow them to operate throughout the country. That same year, the Mexican multinational Telmex bought most of the country's subscription television companies: Cablecentro, TV Cable Bogotá, Cablepacífico, Costavisión, Satelcaribe and Teledinámica. Some time later, Telmex changed its name to Claro.

Other companies involved are Tigo and Cable Unión.

For 2009, the Commission planned to deliver new licenses, whose main interested parties in applying were ETB and EMCALI. In total eight companies submitted application forms to operate said service.

At the end of 2020, Colombia had 6.06 million television subscribers. Claro TV had 45.2% of the market, Tigo 21.5%, DirecTV 17.3%, Movistar TV 8.7%, HV Televisión 2.6%, and ETB 2.3%.

National channels with closed broadcast

The National Television Commission created the figure of national channels with closed broadcasting, that is, channels that must be broadcast on a mandatory basis throughout Colombian territory on cable subscription television systems.

The Channels that currently operate under this modality are:

• ZOOM TV: created by the National Television Commission thanks to an initiative presented by the then commissioner Eduardo Noriega. He started operations in January 2008 as a test signal, but his official emissions began in 2009. Its programming is cultural in nature, with the participation of nearly 50 public and private universities at the national level.
• Canal Congreso: This channel aims to transmit the sessions of the National Congress. Operates from Bogotá, at the New Congress Building. It is available only on pay TV.

Community television

The TV commission, within its policies, decided to allow organized communities to provide their own television services, as long as there is no profit motive and the system is owned by the organized community.

Many of the current operators of this service are former satellite television providers (the so-called "satellite dishes") that complied with this regulation.

The definition of the scope of the service and therefore the possibility of including international channels has been the responsibility of the CRC since the issuance of Law 1507 of 2012. Likewise, since the signing and approval of the FTA with the United States, a maximum of 6 thousand users in community systems and limits on the signals to be incorporated into these systems, restricting them to the channels of their respective coverage area, additionally with channels of own production.

Current programming

News

Since the beginning of the first decade of the 21st century, the newscasts, which were half-hour long and broadcast two or three times a day, were lengthened to introduce new sections and maintain the high levels of viewership that these programs usually have. National television went from having 10 news programs, of various political tendencies, to 6 different news programs, of which the 2 from the private channels monopolize most of the tunes. Two other news programs are currently on Channel One. The regional channels also have several news programs, with the same scheme as Channel One, and are accepted in their coverage area, avoiding as much as possible to confront the news programs of the national channels.

There are also regional newscasts, such as Noticiero 90 Minutos, which is the most watched regional newscast in Colombia, which is broadcast by the regional channel Telepacifico.

In 2021, RTVC Public Media System, the RTVC Noticias information system was created, broadcast by Signal Colombia and Canal Institucional.

Soap operas and serials

Soap operas

At the beginning of television in Colombia, and given the cultural emphasis that the State gave it, many of the soap operas were adaptations of works of universal literature. At the end of the 70s and during the 1980s, the Colombian soap opera entered the international market, initially highlighting productions such as San Tropel and Caballo Viejo from Caracol Televisión. During the 1990s, the Colombian soap opera stood out as an alternative to traditional Mexican and Venezuelan productions in plots, themes and production, although the number of soap operas was rather small.

Pedro the Escamoso, Pasión de gavilanes, New rich, new poor, I want her to die., Neighbors, Beautiful calamities and The Secretary, by Caracol TV, have been one of the most successful novels in the country; producer and writer Fernando Gaitán would become an important character on Colombian television, by writing some of the most successful telenovelas in the country, such as Coffee with aroma of woman, Guajira, Sugar, Until the silver splits us and I'm Betty, the ugly one., the latter would become world-famous at the end of the 1990s and in 2010 would enter Guinness World Records like the most successful soap opera ever. However, since the emergence of private channels and internationalization, partnerships with foreign companies emerged that imposed their ways of producing such programmes.

Some Colombian productions are among the best-selling and successful internationally, among them Yo soy Betty la fea, Café con aroma de mujer, Pasión de hawks, The last happy marriage, Beautiful calamities, I love her to death, White's widow, Pedro the scaly, Escobar, the patron of evil, Revenge and The queen of flow.

TV series

Television series in Colombia, generally weekly, had an important role during the eighties and nineties on Colombian television, standing out for their technical invoice and high levels of tuning and for moving away from the conventional melodrama of the soap operas, based more on real events or written novels. At this time, several of the productions made took place in the Colombian tropics, such as Azúcar or The House of the Two Palms, while others used elements of Caribbean folklore such as < i>La Momposina or Escalona. On the other hand, series with more urban elements with touches of mystery stood out, such as When I Want to Cry I Don't Lloro (inspired by the book of the same name also known as Los Victorinos), as well as the productions written by the duo of "the Mauricios" (Mauricio Navas and Mauricio Miranda) with productions such as The President's Woman and La Lectora . After the privatization of television in 1998, series production was reduced, giving priority to conventional soap operas. However, during the first decade of the 2000s, some series have been made that have had a significant impact on the public, such as La Saga, familia business in 2004, Sin tetas no hay paradise in 2006, The Toad Cartel in 2008, The Mafia Dolls in 2009, Escobar, the patron of evil in 2012, from Caracol Televisión, Regreso a la Guaca in 2008, El Capo in 2009, Rosario Tijeras in 2010, from RCN Televisión and War and Peace Gangs in 1999.

Productions

Reality shows

Colombia has not been immune to the phenomenon of reality shows. Generally, channels acquire the rights to foreign formats, or create them as a Colombian format. Caracol Televisión has produced, for example, El Desafío (14 seasons), La Pista (television program), Yo me llama (6 seasons), La Voz Colombia (5 seasons), Popstars, A Otro Nivel (2 seasons), The Apprentice, Front of Fear (3 seasons), Big Brother, The Robinson Expedition (Colombian version of Survivor, 2 seasons), La Granja Tolima, Angelitos Caracol, El triangle del amor (local version of the Japanese format Alternative Love), Beauty and the Nerdo, 100 Colombians say, The jackpot and I have an illusion. For its part, RCN Televisión produced El Factor i> (6 seasons), Commandos , Dancing for a Dream (3 seasons), Dancing with the Stars , Master Chef (3 seasons), The Player (Poker Face, 2 seasons) and The Power of 10 (2 seasons). Channel 1 Guerreros (Colombian television program) (11 seasons) once made a program of this genre called The Guest.

Varieties

In Colombia, variety shows are broadcast mainly in the mornings and weekends. The morning shows Día a día from Caracol and Very good days from RCN stand out, the latter lasted 16 years on the air and was replaced by El Desayuno from the same network. There are also humorous shows like Hard against the wall, You will also fall, Cocuyo TV (premieres in June on RCN Televisión) and Sábados Felices the same one that receives the Guinness World Record as the oldest comedy program on world television. Also notable are the contest Who wants to be a millionaire?, and La Red, from Caracol Televisión. The Comedians of the Night, Sweet, The Laundry.

There are also journalistic programs broadcast on Sunday nights, such as Séptimo Día, Especiales Pirry and Entre Ojos, and opinion programs broadcast from Monday to Friday, very late at night such as El Radar, La noche and Clearmente'.

Open television channels with national coverage

Logo	Canal	Programme	Start of transmissions	Owner	Operated	Website
	Caracol Television	General	10 July 1998	Valorem Group	Caracol Television S.A.	Caracol Television
	RCN Canal	General	10 July 1998	Ardila Lulle Organization	RCN Televisión S.A.	RCN Canal
	Channel 1	General	13 June 1954	Colombian State	Plural Communications	Channel 1
	Signal Colombia	General	9 February 1970	Colombian State	RTVC Public Media System	Signal Colombia
	Institutional Channel	Generalist and Parliamentary	2 February 2004			Institutional Channel

National and international subscription channels

These are those channels that can only be seen on cable or satellite in Colombia.

Logo	Canal	Programme	Owner	Operated	Coverage	Payment operator
	DHE	Series and Films	DHE Group	DHE Group	International	All
	ESPN	Sports	Disney Latin America	Disney Media Networks	International	All
	DirecTV Sports	Sports	Vrio (Werthein Group)	DirecTV	International	DirecTV
	Cablenoticias	News	Alberto Federico Ravell	Global Media	National	All
	ZOOM TV	University	37 Colombian universities	37 Colombian universities	National	All
	Canal Congreso	Policy	Government of Colombia Congress of Colombia	Congress of Colombia	National	All
	TV Agro	Agriculture	Alberto Federico Ravell	Global Media	National	All
	Christvision	Catholic religion	Fundación Cristovision	Fundación Cristovision	National	All
	Supermusic	Musical	Max Media S.A.	Max Media S.A.	National	HV Television
	Home TV	Home	Alberto Federico Ravell	Global Media	National	HV Television
	Moment 24	News and varied	Max Media S.A.	Max Media S.A.	Bogotá and Soacha	HV Television
	TV Red	Musical	HV	HV	National	HV Television
	Cantinazo TV	Musical	Max Media S.A.	Max Media S.A.	National	HV Television
	Trendy Channel	Entertainment, fashion and music	Max Media S.A.	Max Media S.A.	National	All
	Anti-stress channel	Humor, entertainment and music	Max Media S.A.	Max Media S.A.	National	HV Television
	Red+	News and entertainment	Americas Mobile	Sure.	National	Sure.
	Época	Memories	Valorem	Caracol	National	Movistar TV
	Music TV	Music	Americas Mobile	Sure.	National	Sure.
	Radio TV	Music	Americas Mobile	Sure.	National	Sure.
	Sure Music: No Limits	Music	Americas Mobile	Sure.	National	Sure.
	Tele Nostalgia	Music	Alberto Federico Ravell	Global Media	National	All
	Rumba TV	Music	Alberto Federico Ravell	Global Media	National	All
	Ranchenato TV	Music	Alberto Federico Ravell	Global Media	National	All
	My People TV	Music	Royal Net Television	Royal Net Television	National	All
	RCN Novelas	Telenovelas	Ardila Lulle Organization	RCN	National	All
	Sure Sports 2	Sports	Americas Mobile	Sure.	National	Sure.
	Novels Caracol	Telenovelas	Valorem	Caracol	National	Tigo
	Cinema +	Cinema	Royal Net Television	Royal Net Television	National	All
	Win Sports	Sports	RCN Television (50%) Vrio (50%)	RCN	National	All
	Win Sports+	Football	RCN Television (50%) Vrio (50%)	RCN	National	All
	CMB Television	Protestant religion	Bethesda Mission Center	CMB	National	All
	Teleamiga	Generalist and Catholic Religious	Universidad La Gran Colombia	Teleamiga	National	All
	Television revival	Religious of the Church of Revival	Avival Church	Avival Church	National	All

International coverage channels

Logo	Canal	Programme	Participating channels	Owner
	International Caracol	General	Caracol Television	Valorem
	RCN Nuestra Tele Internacional	General	RCN Televisión	Ardila Lulle Organization

Regional coverage channels

Logo	Canal	Headquarters	Programme	Coverage	Slogan	Web
	Canal Capital	Bogotá	General	Bogotá	We are Capital, Public Communication System	Capital
	Eureka, your channel		Children		Discover the power to change the world	Eureka
	Teleantioquia	Medellín	General	Antioquia and Chocó	Emotiona	Teleantioquia
	Teleantioquia GO		Alterna		We're GO for you.	Teleantioquia GO
	Telecafé	Manizales, Armenia and Pereira	General	Coffee maker	Expression of ours	Telecafé
	Telecaribe	Barranquilla	Genralist	Caribbean Region	Joining the region	Telecaribe
	Telecaribe Plus		Alterna
	Telepacífico	Cali	General	Pacific Region	Telepacífico feels	Telepacífico
	Origin Channel		Cultural and Educational			Origin Channel Telepacífco
	Canal TRO	Floridablanca (Santander)	General	Santander, Norte de Santander and some areas of Arauca and Casanare	It's the great saint	Canal TRO
	TRO+ Plus		Alterna		It's more
	Teleislas	San Andrés	General	Insular Region	Our Identity	Teleislas
	Raizal TV		Alterna (English and Creole language programming)
	Thirteen	Bogotá	General	Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Tolima, Huila and departments of the Orinoquía and Amazonian regions	We're more than you want	Thirteen
	Thice+		Alterna

Local and community channels

Disappeared channels

Channels replaced

These are the channels that have disappeared, and that the same or other chains acquired them or launched new channels.

Disappeared channels

These are the channels that have disappeared permanently.