TVE HD was a Spanish high-definition test television channel owned and operated by

Televisión Española Televisión Española (acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in ...

(TVE), the television division of state-owned

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Radiotelevisión Española The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española or RTVE, is the state-owned public corporation that assumed in 2007 the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service know ...

(RTVE). It was available via

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platforms

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and Movistar TV, but not on DTT nor

free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscripti ...

as originally planned. It was launched on 6 August 2008 broadcasting the 2008 Olympic Games in high-definition. The channel was available until its closure on 31 December 2013 when TVE launched the high-definition versions of La 1 and

Teledeporte Teledeporte (TDP) is a Spanish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Televisión Española (TVE), the television division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporation's sports telev ...

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TVE HD screenshots
{{Spanish television stations High-definition television Spanish-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2008 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013 RTVE defunct channels