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| Country | Chile |
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| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mega Media (Bethia) |
| Sister channels | Mega 2 Mega Ficción |
| History | |
| Launched | 23 October 1990[1] |
| Former names | Megavisión (1990–2001) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.mega.cl/ |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital VHF | Listings may vary |
Red Televisiva Megavisión S.A., commonly known asMega, is a Chileanfree-to-air television network owned byMega Media, aBethiaholding company. It began its transmissions on 23 October 1990 as the firstprivate television network in thecountry on channel 9 inSantiago, replacingSeñal 2 ofTelevisión Nacional de Chile.[2] The station is a member of theAsociación Nacional de Televisión andOrganización de Telecomunicaciónes de Iberoamérica, and is part of theAlianza Informativa Latinoamericana
The channel began a sort of prelaunch on the night of 23 October 1990, first broadcasting a preview of its programming and then the movie Oliver. Meanwhile, in the courtyards of the channel, the new studios were inaugurated located in the old Cristalerías Chile factory, on Av. Vicuña Mackenna with the presence of PresidentPatricio Aylwin and the owner of the channel, Ricardo Claro.
Its official broadcasts began with coverage only for theMetropolitan Region andValparaíso at 1:00 p.m. the following day, with the First Edition of Meganoticias hosted by a journalistSusana Horno from the newsroom.
After its premiere, the channel had an initial period of low audiences. The panorama began to change due to a radical programmatic change thanks to the premiere of telenovelas produced byTelevisa, which it broadcast constantly until 2016. Likewise, it acquired the broadcast rights of theChilean National Tournament, theCopa Libertadores de América and theCopa América.
During the first half of the decade, Megavisión expanded its coverage. In the first half of 1991, the signal was extended toTalca,Chillán,Concepción,Temuco andPunta Arenas; at the end of the year, it reached a reception of more than 85% of the Chilean territory.[need quotation to verify]
In 1991,Televisa kept 49% of the channel. With this, the development of co-productions was announced, such as the program Siempre en Domingo with Raúl Velasco from Santiago de Chile, as well as La Movida by Verónica Castro; however, Televisa's participation dropped to 33% in 1997, and in 1999 ownership of the channel would return entirely to Grupo Claro.[need quotation to verify]
In March 1992, the programs Happening with ja, Good Afternoon, Eli with Eliana de Caso, and Accompáñeme withJulio Videla were integrated into the programming. Also, the Peruvian programNubeluz is successfully released in the mornings. Initially, the episodes broadcast by Nubeluz were recorded, but over time they began to be broadcast live from Peru.[need quotation to verify]In 1993, Megavisión together with Televisa obtained the concession to produce and broadcast theViña del Mar International Song Festival, work that until then was carried out byTelevisión Nacional de Chile; its animator,Antonio Vodanovic, emigrated to the channel to assume its conduction. That year, Mega also broadcast theCopa América played in Ecuador.[need quotation to verify]
The version of the Viña Festival in 1994 was the first under the alliance withTelevisa: the Mexican network acted as co-producer and intermediary to get figures such as the tenorPlácido Domingo and the youth groupOnda Vaselina. It also broadcast that year theIMSA GT Championship, in whichEliseo Salazar stood out.[need quotation to verify]That year there was already talk of the consolidation of the channel[need quotation to verify], and during this period Megavisión reached third place in annual audiences.[need quotation to verify]
In 1995, Mega managed to retain the broadcast rights of theSpanish soccer league at the height ofIván Zamorano's career during his stay atReal Madrid, despite the high price of these. Also, that same year it broadcast theIndyCar Series (later the ChampCar Series), in which Salazar stood out.[need quotation to verify]
Megavisión launched its website during the 1996 Viña del Mar Festival with an online broadcast of the event, in cooperation with MCL Internet, one of the first Internet providers in Chile; In the middle of the year, the Viña Festival concession was awarded again until 1999. The creation of an external soap opera company called Área Dramática was also announced, under the presidency of Bartolomé Dezerega and the direction of Ricardo Miranda, who until then had worked onCanal 13, and he broadcast the Olympics for the first time with the1996 Summer Olympics. In April, he began broadcasting the1998 CONMEBOL World Cup qualification, where he broadcasts the games of the Chilean Soccer Team as visitors against the teams of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Argentina. It also aired the three matches of those South American qualifiers.
In children's programming, in 1997, Megavisión premiered the originalDragon Ball; Due to its success, it aired their successors:Dragon Ball Z, andDragon Ball GT. The financial situation of the channel in this period was negative, and it went from having CL$900 million in losses in 1996 to CL$5,000 million in 1997.[need quotation to verify]
The dramatic area of Megavisión made its screen debut on 10 March 1997 with the telenovela Rossabella, which ranked third in audiences in the afternoon block. In the second semester, he failed Santiago City, which was taken off the screen in episode 17. The following year, A Todo Dar reached second place with a publicized audience; However, the channel decided not to premiere a telenovela in the second semester to invest those resources in 1999. The channel's fourth telenovela, Algo está cambiando, premiered in March 1999 with low audience ratings and was therefore moved to 22:00. The channel decided to close its dramatic area at the end of that year, and the actors that remained under contract dedicated themselves to animation.
Among the many TV shows broadcast on MEGA (as of October 2025) are:
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