Telecanal

Telecanal
Launched	December 5, 2005[1]
Owned by	Alfa Tres
Audience share	no data (May, 2005, )
Slogan	+Entretencíon
Formerly called	Rock&Pop and VidaVisión
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog (Santiago)	Channel 2
Digital (Curico area)	Channel 25
Cable
Cable (Claro TV)	Channel 51

Former Telecanal's logo, used since January 2007 until October 2011

Telecanal is a private owned TV channel of Chile. It currently airs in Santiago on VHF channel 2. The station for the channel mostly airs American films and TV series, and some original entertainment TV shows such as "A las 11".

Programming

Subject from Es:Telecanal#Producciones históricas

See also Pt:Telecanal#Programas & Fr:Telecanal#Émission

• A las 11 (Matinal)
• En línea (Telejornal)
• Pura noche (Juguete)
• Telemonitos (Infantil)
• Pago x ver (Concurso)
• Agenda central (Debate)

Controversy

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

Also, Jaime Cuadrado has ties with Mexican media mogul Remigio Ángel González, owner of Red Televisión. It has even been stated that González is the actual owner of the station. Ownership of more than one television station is forbidden by Chilean law to avoid an horizontal monopoly.

References

Telecanal programming Monday-Friday A las 11 America's Next Top Model Angelina Ballerina Amy, la niña de la mochila azul Barney y sus amigos El Chapulín Colorado Chespirito Grachi Monk Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real Plaza Sesamo Thomas y sus amigos Weekends Alias Las Vegas La Ley y el Orden: UVE NCIS Survivor