Canal Institucional is a Colombian public Terrestrial television channel launched on February 2, 2004, to replace
Canal A after its merger with the
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Audiovisuales.
The television station broadcasts the sessions of the
Congress of the Republic and other governmental institutional programs, which until 2003 were broadcast by
Señal Colombia in co-production with the
Canal Congreso.
History
On February 2, 2004, the channel was born under the name "Señal Colombia Institucional", replacing
Canal A. As a measure to the public television crisis that year, the channel was created under the control of
Inravisión
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and operated by the programming company
Audiovisuales. However, in October of that year, after the dissolution of Inravisión and Audiovisuales by the
national government, the channel has since been operated by
RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos.
See also
*
Canal A
*
Señal Colombia
*
Canal 1
*
Radio Nacional de Colombia
*
Radiónica
*
RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos
External links
* https://www.canalinstitucional.tv/
Television networks in Colombia
Television stations in Colombia
Television channels and stations established in 1966
Spanish-language television stations
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