Televicentro (Honduras)
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Headquarters | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
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Picture format | 720p/1080i (HD) |
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Website | www |
Televicentro or TVC is a television corporation in Honduras, which as of 2004, is owned by Rafael Ferrari.[1]
Televicentro was founded in 1987 with the aim of merging Canal 5, Canal 3/7 and Telecadena 7/4 under an umbrella organization, aiming at improving the coverage of the stations and creating new relayers for them.[2] In 1993, the group installed new equipment – Betacam, Sony SP videotapes, Video Toaster, Topas and new title and effect generating machines.[2]
Operations
[edit]The company owns four terrestrial television networks (Canal 5, Telecadena 7y4, TSi, Mega Clásicos) and one subscription television network (Canal Deportes TVC).
Television
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Canal 5 El Líder |
Main general programming network. It mainly broadcasts telenovelas, entertainment programs of both national and foreign production, game shows and newscasts. On weekends it broadcasts series, comedies, movies and special events. | September 15, 1959 | Channel 5 (Tegucigalpa) Channel 9 (northern zone) | |
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TSi El orgullo de estar informado |
News channel. | December 27, 1967 | Channel 3 (Tegucigalpa) Channel 7 (San Pedro Sula) |
Telesistema Hondureño (1967-2016) |
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Telecadena Va con toda la familia |
Secondary generalist network. | 1985 | Channel 7 Channel 4 (northern zone) | |
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Mega | Generalist programming network. It broadcasts programming from Televicentro's media archive such as series, comedy, telenovelas and movies. As well as repeats of the original productions of Channel 5 and TSi. | 2007 | Channel 24 (central zone) Channel 36 (northern zone) |
Mega TV (2007-2017) Mega Show Business TV (2017-2018) Mega Clásicos (2018-2022) |
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Canal Deportes TVC El canal que tu pasión merece |
Sports network. It broadcasts information and opinion programs with sports themes, as well as live and delayed broadcasts of Liga 5 Estrellas. It is only available on cable television. | November 1, 2023 | Varies on provider |
Other media
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tunota | November 8, 2019 | Press |
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HRN Radio | 1933 | Radio station |
References
[edit]- ^ "Televicentro transmitió Teletón de Honduras". Produ (in Spanish). 11 December 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Televicentro". Televicentro. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2021.