Telefe

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**Televisión Federal S.A.**

Type	Broadcast Television Network
Branding	Telefe
Country	Argentina
Availability	National
Founded	San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires by Difusora Contemporánea S.A. (DICON)
Slogan	"Buena tele. Buena fe."
Licence area	National
Owner	Telefónica de Argentina, S.A.
Key people	Jorge Pérez Bello, CEO of Telefe Alejandro Parra, CEO of Telefe International Claudio Villarruel, Programation Manager
Launch date	July 21, 1961, 21:00 hs
Former names	Teleonce
Analog channel	11
Cable channel	10 (Multicanal, Cablevisión and Telecentro)
Direct broadcast satellite channel	123 (Direct TV, Argentina)
Callsigns	LS 86 TV Channel 11
Website www.telefe.com.ar

Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and recently referred to as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once (Channel 11), a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when Grupo Atlántida (80%) and News Corporation (20%) took over the channel. Since 1997, it is owned by Telefónica.

The station is currently the most watched television station in Argentina, with daily cooking shows and telenovelas such as Se dice amor and La Tormenta, as well as Susana Giménez's variety show. Telefe also produced popular telenovelas such as "Chiquititas" and "Los Roldán". It was also responsible for the five editions of the Argentine version of Big Brother (Gran Hermano) and three of Star Academy (Operación Triunfo).

Currently, the most popular programmes in Argentina are shown in Telefe. Some of them are the popular show CQC, the soap opera "Montecristo" and the detectives series "Hermanos & Detectives". Some American shows, such as "The OC" and "ER", are also broadcasted by this network.

Also, due to the success of the adaptation of the sitcom The Nanny, other famous American sitcoms such as Who's the Boss? and Married... with Children have been localized. The last production Aquí no hay quien viva is a local adaptation from the Spanish sitcom of the same name.

Its main competitor is Canal 13.