TV Chile is a Chilean

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network that airs from

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

. It is the international feed of the

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History

The first national satellite broadcasts of TVN began in 1986, reaching also some parts of Latin America. TV Chile, as an independent signal from TVN, began officially in 1989. Things would change radically for the network during the 2000s, when it made a contract with

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, which allowed TV Chile to reach over 140 countries worldwide, which roughly constitutes 66 percent of the

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's countries. The channel's current programming consists basically of variety and music shows, as well as programs dedicated to tourism, comedy and news. In the year 2000, TV Chile was able to reach

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for the first time after signing a television contract with TARBS. The service has been intermittently operating, as once TARBS shut down operations in 2004, UBI World TV began carrying it. The channel is currently being distributed in the region via Luso Vision.

Signal structure

* ''International signal:'' covers all

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including

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and

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countries. Use as reference the timetables of

( UTC-4/ -3),

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( UTC-5),

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( UTC-3) and

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( UTC-5/ -4).

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tv Chile Televisión Nacional de Chile Television stations in Chile International broadcasters Spanish-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1989 Companies based in Santiago, Chile 1989 establishments in Chile