| Type | Broadcast Television Network |
|---|---|
| Branding | Canal A |
| Country | Colombia |
| Availability | Colombia |
| Slogan | (Spanish) Es televisión (English) It's Television |
| Broadcast area | Colombia |
| Owner | Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión |
| Launch date | March 27, 1972 (as Segunda Cadena) January 1, 1992 (as Canal A) |
| Dissolved | February 2, 2004 (replaced by Canal Institucional) |
| Former names | Segunda Cadena (1973-1979; 1979-1983) Segunda Cadena Color (1979) Cadena Dos or Cadena 2 (1984-1991) |
Canal A was a Colombian state-owned privately run national television channel. It was launched March 27, 1972 as Segunda Cadena, since it was the second television channel in Colombia, and replacing Tele 9 Corazón (which in turn had replaced privately owned Teletigre, a local channel covering Bogotá). Until December 31, 1991 it was known as Cadena Dos ("Network Two", sometimes spelled Cadena 2).
During its existence, Canal A (branded as such in 1992 in order to promote competition with Canal Uno, the other national channel) broadcast programmes produced or imported by programadoras (programming companies), which bid for time slots with the Colombian state. Since July 1998, when private channels Caracol TV and RCN TV (formerly programadoras) started operations, ratings for the state-owned channels Canal Uno and Canal A steadily dropped, severely affecting the programadoras, which one after other declared bankruptcy or became merely production companies for Caracol TV and RCN TV.
En 2004 RTI Colombia, the only programming company which remained on Canal A, was moved to Canal Uno. On February 2, Canal A left the airwaves. It was replaced by fully state-owned Canal Institucional.
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