Telefuturo

Telefuturo
Country	Paraguay
Broadcast area	Paraguay ; North of Argentina
Headquarters	Asuncion , Paraguay
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	A.J. Vierci Group
History
Launched	November 12, 1997 ; 26 years ago
Links
Website	www.telefuturo.com.py
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHF	Channel 4 ( Asuncion and Gran Asuncion , listings may vary)
Digital UHF	Channel 18.1 (HD)

Telefuturo , sometimes known as Canal 4 , is a Paraguayan television network . The station operates between 66 and 72 MHz in Asuncion , and reaches almost the entire population of Paraguay. Telefuturo's coverage reaches almost all the Region Oriental , where approximately 97% of the population of Paraguay lives. Since its inception it maintained a steady growth and currently has 14 repeaters.

History [ edit ]

In early November 1997, TV Accion S.A. announced the launch of Telefuturo on November 12. TeleFuturo has national coverage by means of four signal repeaters, relayed by satellite, and a daily schedule of 14 hours, from 11am to 1am. Content at launch included programs from the Televisa catalog, TV series from Universal, feature films and children's programming. The channel was associated to Televisa at launch and held a launch party in Asuncion at the Yacht and Golf Club Paraguayo, attended by over 1,500 guests from all over South America, including important executives, singers and Televisa talents. ^[1] The network was founded by Led Monteiro, a journalist from Rio de Janeiro who had previously worked for Rede Globo and Rede Manchete , creating the network from scratch out of his own initiative. Within a year, Telefuturo became a success. ^[2]

In February 2000, Telefuturo announced the expansion of its national signal to 23 new locations in remote areas. This was to achieve three goals: the completion of the national transmitting network, consolidation of the channel's quality and serving the TV audience in its demand for a national television network that reflected viewers' needs and expectations. ^[3]

It was the most-watched network in 2003, with 44% of the audience share, and aimed to increase its national programming in 2004. ^[4]

The channel appointed Bolivian Eric Jurgensen as its director of programming in 2000, up until then he worked at Bolivia's ATB . ^[5] He left the network and returned to Bolivia in 2001, where he was set to become director of Red Uno from January 2002. ^[6]

Programming [ edit ]

News [ edit ]

Dia a Dia
Meridiano Informativo
Telediario
La Lupa
AAM

Sports [ edit ]

Telefutbol
Coche a la Vista
El Deportivo
Futbol a lo Grande TV

Variety [ edit ]

Vive la Vida
Vive la Tarde

Entertainment [ edit ]

Baila Conmigo Paraguay
El Conejo
MasterChef Paraguay
Polemica en el Bar Paraguay
Telembopi
Yo me Llamo

Upcoming programs [ edit ]

La Voz... Paraguay (reality show)
Got Talent Paraguay (reality show)

References [ edit ]

^ "Lanzan TeleFuturo en Paraguay" . Produ . November 3, 1997. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024 . Retrieved March 19, 2024 .
^ "Jornalista carioca comanda novo canal de TV e faz sucesso" . Folha de Sao Paulo . 6 December 1998. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024 . Retrieved 20 March 2024 .
^ "Telefuturo de Paraguay proximamente con 23 estaciones mas" . Produ . February 28, 2000. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024 . Retrieved March 19, 2024 .
^ "Telefuturo lidera los ratings en la TV paraguaya" . Produ . January 28, 2004. Archived from the original on March 20, 2024 . Retrieved March 20, 2024 .
^ "Eric Jurgensen director de Telefuturo Paraguay" . Produ . July 20, 2000. Archived from the original on March 20, 2024 . Retrieved March 20, 2024 .
^ "Jurgensen nombrado director de Red Uno Bolivia" . Produ . October 17, 2001. Archived from the original on March 18, 2024 . Retrieved March 18, 2024 .

External links [ edit ]

(in Spanish) Official site

[1] "Lanzan TeleFuturo en Paraguay" . Produ . November 3, 1997. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024 . Retrieved March 19, 2024 .

[2] "Jornalista carioca comanda novo canal de TV e faz sucesso" . Folha de Sao Paulo . 6 December 1998. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024 . Retrieved 20 March 2024 .

[3] "Telefuturo de Paraguay proximamente con 23 estaciones mas" . Produ . February 28, 2000. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024 . Retrieved March 19, 2024 .

[4] "Telefuturo lidera los ratings en la TV paraguaya" . Produ . January 28, 2004. Archived from the original on March 20, 2024 . Retrieved March 20, 2024 .

[5] "Eric Jurgensen director de Telefuturo Paraguay" . Produ . July 20, 2000. Archived from the original on March 20, 2024 . Retrieved March 20, 2024 .

[6] "Jurgensen nombrado director de Red Uno Bolivia" . Produ . October 17, 2001. Archived from the original on March 18, 2024 . Retrieved March 18, 2024 .

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