Television is one of the
major mass media
of
Chile
. It was
introduced in 1957
.
There are 63
broadcast stations
throughout the country (plus 121 repeaters) (1997). The
broadcast television system
used is
NTSC
.
The primary regulator of television content is the
National Television Council
(CNTV). The technical aspects are regulated by the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, through the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel).
History
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The first television transmission in Chile took place on October 5, 1957, from the
Catholic University of Valparaiso
's main campus, giving birth to
UCV
, the country's first
television channel
. Two years later, on August 21, 1959, the
Catholic University of Chile
made an experimental transmission between its main campus and the
El Mercurio
newspaper headquarters, both in
Santiago
's downtown, inaugurating the country's second channel,
Canal 13
, occupying frequency 2 for a few years (now 13).
Color television debuted on February 6, 1978.
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By the year 2000, there were about 800,000 pay television (cable and satellite) subscribers in the country, which then had a population of 15 million people.
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Analog terrestrial signals will be turned off on April 15, 2024, per a 2019 decision.
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Users
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According to the 2002 census, 87% of Chilean households had at least one
color television
set. According to a November?December 2011 nationwide poll by CEP, 88.6% of Chilean households had at least one color television set, 0.9% didn't and 10.5% did not answer. Sixty percent of those households that said they owned at least one color TV set also said they had cable or satellite television.
Cable/satellite television
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In Chile, there are 1,138,718
cable television
subscribers (55.3%) and 921,490
satellite television
subscribers (44.7%) as of September 2011. The household penetration rate for cable and satellite television stands at 40.4% as of September 2011.
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Company
|
Type
|
Subscribers
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|
Market share
(September 2011)
|
Cable Central
|
Cable
|
11,795
|
0.6%
|
DIRECTV Chile Ltda.
|
Satellite
|
231,733
|
11.2%
|
PACIFICO CABLE S.A.
|
Cable
|
52,645
|
2.6%
|
Telefonica del Sur
|
IP-TV
|
46,175
|
2.2%
|
Telefonica Multimedia
|
Satellite
|
369,848
|
18.0%
|
Claro Comunicaciones S.A.
|
Satellite, Cable
|
414,620
|
20.1%
|
TU VES S.A.
|
Satellite
|
18,065
|
0.9%
|
VTR Banda Ancha S.A.
|
Cable
|
915,327
|
44.4%
|
Total subscribers
|
2,060,208
|
100.0%
|
Digital television
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In late October 2008, the President submitted a bill to Congress detailing the legal framework for DTTV broadcasting in the country, but without defining which standard would be used.)
On 14 September 2009, Chile announced its decision to adopt the Japanese / Brazilian standard
ISDB-T International
with
MPEG-4
for digital terrestrial television, joining Brazil, Argentina and Peru.
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The
analog switchoff
was scheduled for 2019.
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Chile had delayed its decision on which
digital terrestrial television
standard to adopt. As of 2021, a new schedule has been set for 2024
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TVN
, Chile's state-owned channel, has made digital terrestrial television broadcast tests since 1999.
Canal 13
has been doing so since 2007 in
Santiago
only, transmitting in three DTV formats (
ATSC
,
DVB
and
ISDB
). In
Valparaiso
,
UCV TV
was to start in June 2010 demonstrative ISDB-Tb broadcasting for the Valparaiso/Vina del Mar area, using an 800 watts transmitter.
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HDTV
-ready television sets are widely sold in Chile, and
cable
and
satellite television
companies transmit limited HD content to its subscribers (27 HD channels in
VTR
(2 national-free, 4 Premiums, 21 basic), the country's largest cable TV provider).
Most viewed channels
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See also
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References
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