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| Headquarters | Havana,Cuba |
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| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to480p for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | ICRT |
| Sister channels | Cubavisión Canal Educativo Canal Educativo 2 Multivisión |
| History | |
| Launched | July 22, 1968; 57 years ago (1968-07-22) |
| Replaced | Canal 2 |
| Former names | TV Cubana |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.telerebelde.icrt.cu |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital TV | Channel 2SDTV, Channel HD3HDTV |
Tele Rebelde isCuba's second national television network, founded in 1968. Originally a generalist channel similar toCubavisión, the channel became a specialized sports network after the creation of Multivisión. It broadcasts fifteen hours a day, starting from 9am.
Tele Rebelde was officially launched on July 22, 1968, in the city ofSantiago de Cuba. It broadcast its signal to the thenOriente province and aimed to reflect the region in which it was based. It broadcast a wide variety of programs for six hours a day from Monday through Saturday and on Sunday afternoons. In its first years, its idents featured "Here is Tele Rebelde" in like manner as its sister radio station,Radio Rebelde. In 1975, it became the first station to switch to NTSC color, followed by Channel 2 in Havana.
In 1979, Tele Rebelde from Santiago de Cuba and Channel 2 in Havana were merged into a unified brand, the new network retained most of the programming and the name of the Santiago de Cuba station while also opening a new studio facility.
The channel's programming is primarily sports, with the exception of the evening magazine, which is also transmitted by Cubavisión International, with the inclusion of domestic and foreign programs distributed by thematic blocks depending on the schedule. From Monday to Saturday, the channel begins with the news magazineGood Morning, Awakening All Cuba, and reports of world and national events, emphasizing culture and sport, with the rest of the morning programming block dedicated to sports and fitness. Aside from its local and international coverage of different sports such as football, cycling, motor sports among others in which the country takes part, its flagship sports coverages are on baseball, primary on theCuban baseball league system and is the official television partner of theCuba national baseball team. One of its high rating broadcasts are those of theCuban National Series season matches, from the opening day leading up to the playoffs and the national finals, as well as of the mid-year Super Series, and since 2014 is also the national broadcaster of theCaribbean Series.
The channel also broadcasts cultural programming, including those in the performing arts and Cuban cinema.
These sporting events are broadcast by Tele Rebelde and are produced by the ICRT for the channel.
Football
Baseball
Basketball
Multi-sport events
Other events
In May 2021, ICRT did not acquire the rights to air Euro 2020 and Copa América, due to financial constraints and the pandemic's situation in Cuba.[1] The channel was criticized by Cuban netizens when it announced that it would not broadcast the2022 UEFA Champions League final, with ICRT's stance being that they did not acquire the rights to the league.[2]
In February 2019, it was discovered that ICRT pirated signals to carry the UEFA Champions League. ICRT was using five satellites to carry sports feeds, but after that, it only used one satellite. Viewers had to rely on bootleg satellite dishes, illegal in Cuba, to watch matches.[3]