Telelatino

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Telelatino (TLN)
Launched October 1984
Owned by Corus Entertainment (50.5% &
managing partner)
Italo Rosati (16.5%)
Romeo Di Battista (16.5%)
Joseph Vitale (16.5%)
Country Canada
Broadcast area National
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario
Timeshift service Telelatino West
Website tlntv.com
Availability
Satellite
Bell ExpressVu Channel 700
Star Choice Channel 800
Cable
Available on many Canadian cable systems Check local listings, channels may vary

Telelatino, also referred to as TLN, is a Canadian Italian- and Spanish-language cable television specialty channel. It also has a small select amount of programming in English.

TLN began broadcasting in October 1984 and is currently owned by a consortium consisting of Corus Entertainment (managing partner) and 3 Italian-Canadians who own minority shares. Telelatino headquarters are in Toronto but the company also operates an office in Montreal.

TLN operates two time shifted feeds, East (Eastern Time) and West (Pacific Time).

Despite its national availability and its presence on analogue cable in southern Ontario and the Montreal area, TLN is largely unheard of in most parts of Canada; the majority of cable companies elsewhere carry TLN on digital cable only, if at all, due to the small ethnic communities outside the major centres. Despite this, TLN is Canada's most watched ethnic specialty channel.

The network broadcasts via the Anik F1-T25 at 107.3 degrees west, on the L-Band channel at 1221.75 MHz. [1]

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[edit] Programming

Telelatino's Spanish language programming comes from various different broadcasters including Univision, Televisa, Telemundo and CNN en Español. The Italian language programming is derived from different sources among which are the 3 channels that Telelatino offers as stand-alone services: Leonardo World, SKY TG24 & Video Italia. From its inception up until mid-2003, Telelatino's Italian programming was derived from RAI, Italy's national broadcaster. A dispute arose in 2003 that saw RAI part ways with Telelatino after indicating that it wanted to offer the channel itself to Canadians not simply programming through Telelatino. TLN also broadcasts a small percentage of English programming. It recently acquired the rights to the blockbuster hit The Sopranos, which it airs nightly, as well as hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond which airs in English, Italian & Spanish.

Telelatino broadcasts a substantial amount of Soccer programming, airing Italian Serie A matches for several years now and recently acquiring the rights to UEFA Champions League matches involving Italian or Spanish teams. It was recently announced that TLN would be partnering up with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to air matches from various FIFA tournaments including the 2010 & 2014 FIFA World Cups, as the CBC was recently awarded the broadcast rights to various FIFA tournaments.[2]

[edit] Controversy with RAI

In 2003, RAI pulled its content from Telelatino and petitioned the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to allow it to broadcast RAI International in Canada.[3] This effort was backed by Rogers Communications, who sponsored RAI's application to get on the CRTC's approved list. The Italian community in Montreal was almost wholly in favour of admitting RAI. The Committee for Italians Living Abroad in Montreal (COM.IT.ES.), an arm of the Italian foreign ministry, led the campaign to have RAI admitted. The Italian community in Toronto, however, was divided. Some in Toronto saw the move as part of a scheme by then Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi to gain greater influence over the Italian language media in Canada. Italian law provides the Italian diaspora votes in Italian elections and permanent seats in the Parliament of Italy. After much political wrangling by RAI and Italian-Canadians, RAI International was approved by the CRTC in the spring of 2005 and began broadcasting in June 2005.

[edit] Digital channels

[edit] SKY TG24

Main article: SKY TG24 (Canada)

Telelatino owns and operates SKY TG24, a category 2 Italian language news channel. It also owned and operated two other Italian language digital channels called Leonardo World and Video Italia, although in September 2007, the channels were dropped by all cable providers that carried them due to a lack of subscribers.

[edit] tlñ en español

Main article: tlñ en español

TLN launched an all-Spanish language television channel- tlñ en español, on October 23, 2007.[4] tlñ en español features programming from Central and South American Spanish-speaking countries and from Spain including extensive soccer coverage.

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1] Corporate Info
  2. ^ [2] TLN Television partners up with CBC/Radio-Canada to broadcast all major FIFA international tournaments through 2014
  3. ^ [3] Italian Channel battles for carriage
  4. ^ [4] Telelatino to launch Hispanic Network

[edit] External links

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