TVMax is a commercial privately owned TV station in
Panama City, Panama
Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province ...
that is available all over the country. It is owned by ''TVN Media'' which owns flagship and sister channel TVN
This channel was created to absorb all the sports programming of TVN. A sports news program was created. It also received most of the series, sitcoms and reality shows from TVN, and acquired new ones. TV MAX is aimed towards the male audience and people who like sports and foreign TV series. It has become a very popular TV station in the country.
History
TVMax came to be as a result of the auctioning of the frequencies formerly used by AFN station
SCN TV, which broadcast in the Canal Zone and shut down due to the return of the control of the
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal () is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a Channel (geography), conduit for maritime trade between th ...
to the Panamanian government. The auction failed, prompting TVN to buy an adjacent frequency (channel 9) for the sum of over US$2 million on August 21, 2001. The strategy had to be carefully analyzed due to factors such as the economic recession of the time and the saturation of the television market.
References
External links
TVMax official website
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Television stations in Panama
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Mass media in Panama City