Telecanal

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Telecanal
Launched	December, 2005
Owned by	Alfa Tres
Audience share	no data (May, 2005, Source:[1])
Formerly called	Rock&Pop and VidaVisión
Website	[2]
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog (Santiago)	Channel 2

Telecanal is a private owned TV channel of Chile. It currently airs in Santiago in the 2 frequence of VHF. It mostly airs low budget entertainment TV shows and telenovelas.

[edit] Controversy

Five years ago, VidaVisión (associated with the protestant church) started broadcasting in frequency 2 after channel Rock&Pop went bankrupt.

On July 2005, Compañía Chilena de Comunicaciones (former owner of the frequency) sold the signal to Alfa Tres. Jaime Cuadrado, the owner of Alfa Tres, is the former commercial manager of Canal 13 and personal friend of Don Francisco. Alejandro Martinez, owner of VidaVisión, set a lawsuit against Compañía Chilena de Comunicaciones aledging fraud.

Also, Jaime Cuadrado has been associated with mexican media mogul Angel González, owner of Red Televisión. It has even been stated that he is the actual owner of the station. To own more than one television station is forbidden by the Chilean law to avoid an horizontal monopoly.

Nationwide Chilean television channels

Nationwide terrestrial television channels: Canal 13 \| TVN \| Mega \| Chilevisión \| RED TV \| UCV TV \| Telecanal
National cable/satellite channels: ARTV \| Canal 13 Cable \| CDF \| CDtv \| etc...TV \| Showbiz \| Teletrak TV \| TV Senado \| Via X \| Zona Latina
International/Internet Stations: TV Chile