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| Type | Broadcast television network Free-to-air television network |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Broadcast area | Colombia |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to480i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | HMTV1 (privately operated byPhoenix Media) |
| Key people | Ramiro Avendaño Jaramillo (President), Daniel Coronell (NTC), James McNamara (HMTV) |
| History | |
| Launched | June 13, 1954; 71 years ago (1954-06-13) |
| 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 | |
| AnalogVHF/UHF | Listings may vary |
| Digital UHF | Channel 16.3 |
Canal 1 (English:Channel 1; pronounced "Canal Uno" (Spanish pronunciation:[kanˈalˈuno]) is a Colombianfree-to-airtelevision channel. It is owned by HMTV1, a subsidiary of Hemisphere Media Group and managed by Phoenix Media, a private company. From 1957 to 2017, the channel was administered by private programming companies known asprogramadoras (television production companies; literally, "programmers"), which bid for time slots with the Colombian state.
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Canal 1 started broadcasting on 13 June 1954 asCanal Nacional on VHF channel 8 inBogotá and channel 10 inManizales andMedellín and was operated by theNational Radio of Colombia. In 1963, it was operated byInravisión (Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión), the now-former Colombian public broadcaster. Under Inravisión, the channel's frequency was moved from channel 8 to VHF channel 7 in Bogotá.
Until 1966, when private local channelTeletigre was officially launched, Canal Nacional was the only television channel in Colombia. Teletigre only covered Bogotá, meaning that the rest of the country only received the existing Inravisión channel.
On January 1, 1974, it became thePrimera cadena (First Network) following the nationalization of Teletigre asSegunda Cadena a few years earlier (in 1971), by the order of theNational Front and the reorganization of Inravisión's television networks.[1] In the 1980s it would becomeCadena Uno (Network One), and eventually becameCanal Uno at the beginning of 1998.
The channel broadcast 24/7 from March 21, 1995, in conjunction with this, morning newscasts began.[2] However, the project failed within less than a year due to lack of viewers and quality.[3]
Since July 1998, whenCaracol Televisión andRCN Televisión launched their own private television channels, Channel 1's and Canal A'sratings steadily dropped (seebelow chart). Adding this to the economic recession of the late 1990s the network was suffering, this situation severely affected the remainingprogramadoras, which gradually either declaredbankruptcy or became production companies for Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión. In order to solidify its position, the channel unveiled a new slogan, "Canal Uno, uno como ninguno" (Channel One, one like no one) in October 1998, in conjunction with its new name. However, according to a survey made by the channel at the time of the rebrand, most viewers did not understand the campaign.[4] Channel 1 was less affected than Canal A, which becameCanal 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.[5][6][7]
As of 1 May 2017, a quarter of Channel 1's programming is made by the production companiesCM&,NTC Televisión, andRTI Televisión, and a fifth byHemisphere Media Group, the owner of Puerto Rican stationWAPA and several pay-TV channels. The four companies form ajoint venture company branded as Plural Comunicaciones.
On January 12, 2023, Phoenix Media acquired all the shares of Canal 1 from Plural.[8]
| 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 |
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