Teleamazonas

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**Teleamazonas**

Type	Broadcast Television Network
Branding	Teleamazonas
Country	Ecuador
Availability	National (Quito: VHF 4, Guayaquil: VHF 5)
Founded	by Antonio Granda Centeno
Slogan	"Junto a ti" (Spanish: With You)
Owner	Fidel Egas
Key people	Sebastián Corral, legal representative
Launch date	february 22, 1974
Website Teleamazonas

Teleamazonas is an television channel in Ecuador. It broadcasts on channel 4 to Quito and channel 5 to Guayaquil.

[edit] History

It began broadcasting on February 22, 1974, as the first network with colour television transmissions in Ecuador. Its headquarters are located in Quito. Teleamazonas got the most powerful microwave radio relay, acquired the first mobile TV unit, and set in Guayaquil the biggest self-supported antenna.

Founded by Antonio Granda Centeno, the channel was under control of his family until 1999, when Eduardo Granda Garcés paid a high due to Banco del Pichincha. Fidel Egas Grijalva, major shareholder of the bank, is now in charge of Teleamazonas.

[edit] Programming

Teleamazonas has produced important national series and films like "Sucre", "En un rincón del alma", "Recuerdos en Paita", "El Gran Retorno", "J. J., El Ruiseñor de América", among others.

Now a days, it is the channel with largest availability in the country.

Teleamzonas is planing to launch a new sports program called: Banqueados.