Canal 1

Canal 1
Type	Broadcast television network ; Free-to-air television network
Country	Colombia
Broadcast area	Colombia
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Government of Colombia ; (privately operated by Phoenix Media)
Key people	Ramiro Avendano Jaramillo ; (President), ; Patricio Wills ; (RTI), ; Daniel Coronell ; (NTC), ; Yamid Amat (CM&), ; James McNamara (HMTV)
History
Launched	June 13, 1954 ; 70 years ago
Founder	Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Former names	HJRN-TV ; (1954?1956) ; Televisora Nacional de Colombia ; (1956?1963) ; Canal Nacional ; (1963?1973) ; Primera Cadena ; (1974?1979) ; Primera Cadena Color ; (1979?1981) ; Cadena Uno ; (1984?1997) ; Canal Uno ; (1998?2017)
Links
Website	http://www.canal1.com.co
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHF / UHF	Listings may vary
Digital UHF	Channel 16.3

Canal 1 (English: Channel 1 ; pronounced "Canal Uno" and branded as El 1 ) is a Colombian state-owned television channel. It is owned by the Government of Colombia and managed by Phoenix Media, a private company. From 1957 to 2017, the channel was administered by private programming companies known as programadoras (television production companies; literally, "programmers"), which bid for time slots with the Colombian state.

History [ edit ]

Canal 1 started broadcasting on 13 June 1954 as Canal Nacional on channel 8 VHF in Bogota and was operated by the National Radio of Colombia . In 1963, it was operated by Inravision (Instituto Nacional de Radio y Television), the now-former Colombian public broadcaster. Under Inravision, the channel's frequency was moved from channel 8 to channel 7 VHF in Bogota.

Until 1966, when private local channel Teletigre was officially launched, Canal Nacional was the only television channel in Colombia.

In 1972, it became the Primera cadena (First Network) since Teletigre was nationalised as Segunda Cadena . In the 1980s it would become Cadena Uno (Network One), and eventually became Canal Uno at the beginning of 1998.

Since July 1998, when Caracol Television and RCN Television launched their own private television channels, Channel 1's and Canal A's ratings steadily dropped (see below chart ). Adding this to the economic recession of the late 1990s the network was suffering, this situation severely affected the remaining programadoras , which gradually either declared bankruptcy or became production companies for Caracol Television and RCN Television. Channel 1 was less affected than Canal A, which became Canal Institucional , a State-controlled channel, in November 2003. RTI Colombia , the only programadora remaining on Canal A, was moved to Channel 1 and stood there until 2008.

In February 2014, the channel was rebranded with a new logo, a new graphical package, the removal of infomercials and a 24-hour program schedule. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

As of 1 May 2017, a quarter of Channel 1's programming is made by the production companies CM& , NTC Television , and RTI Television , and a fifth by Hemisphere Media Group , the owner of Puerto Rican station WAPA and several pay-TV channels. The four companies form a joint venture company branded as Plural Comunicaciones.

On January 12, 2023, Phoenix Media acquired all the shares of Canal 1 from Plural. ^[4]

Historical rating share [ edit ]

Year	Share	Ranking
1998	31.5%	2
1999	17.0%	3
2000	10.7%	3
2001	5.6%	3
2002	3.8%	3
2003	3.23%	3
2004	3.1%	3
2005	2.3%	3
2006	2.0%	3
2007	2.3%	3
2008	2.1%	3
2016	4.9%	5
2017	1.4%	5

Source: ^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ "Amplian por 40 meses concesiones a tres operadores de Canal Uno" . El Tiempo . 13 September 2013 . Retrieved 22 April 2014 .
^ "En el primer trimestre de 2014 se hara la transicion para el lanzamiento del nuevo Canal Uno" . Autoridad Nacional de Television . Archived from the original on 12 October 2014 . Retrieved 22 April 2014 .
^ "Canal Uno emitira las 24 horas y sacara televentas de su programacion" . El Tiempo . 27 December 2013 . Retrieved 6 June 2015 .
^ Anziano, Virginia (12 January 2023). "Phoenix Media adquirio el 100% de Canal 1" . TAVI Latam . Retrieved 20 July 2023 .
^ (in Spanish) Farandula criolla , Canal Caracol, una decada al aire Archived 15 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine , 13 July 2008, accessed 14 December 2008

External links [ edit ]

Official website (in Spanish)
CM& (in Spanish)

[eltiempo-1] "Amplian por 40 meses concesiones a tres operadores de Canal Uno" . El Tiempo . 13 September 2013 . Retrieved 22 April 2014 .

[antv2014-2] "En el primer trimestre de 2014 se hara la transicion para el lanzamiento del nuevo Canal Uno" . Autoridad Nacional de Television . Archived from the original on 12 October 2014 . Retrieved 22 April 2014 .

[3] "Canal Uno emitira las 24 horas y sacara televentas de su programacion" . El Tiempo . 27 December 2013 . Retrieved 6 June 2015 .

[4] Anziano, Virginia (12 January 2023). "Phoenix Media adquirio el 100% de Canal 1" . TAVI Latam . Retrieved 20 July 2023 .

[5] (in Spanish) Farandula criolla , Canal Caracol, una decada al aire Archived 15 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine , 13 July 2008, accessed 14 December 2008

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v t e Television stations in Bogota , Colombia
Over the air	Canal Capital 2/[19] Canal 1 3/7/[16] ^* Canal RCN 4/8/[15] Caracol TV 5/10/[14] Canal Institucional 6/9/[16] Senal Colombia 11/12/[16] Canal Trece/[18] Citytv 21/[40] ABN 41 Bogota TV 43 Teleamiga 45 CBN 47 CMB 49 Nova TV 51 DC-TV 53 HSB 55 Red TV 58
Local cable channels	Cable Noticias Canal Congreso Nuestra Tele Noticias 24 Horas Zoom Canal Universitario Nacional
Defunct channels	Cadena 2 / Canal A 9 (1972-2004) Teletigre 9 (1966-1971) Tele 9 Corazon (1971-1972)
^* Canal Uno is state-owned, privately run Channels in italics are state-owned Numbers in brackets indicate digital channels Full list See also: Television in Colombia

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