List of television stations in Argentina

In Argentina, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only five major commercial national terrestrial networks until 2018. These were Televisión Pública, El Nueve, El Trece, Telefe and América. Since 2018, Net TV became the sixth major commercial network, ^[1] with Televisión Pública being the national public television service. Local media markets have their own television stations, which may either be affiliated with or owned and operated by a television network. Stations may sign affiliation agreements with one of the national networks for the local rights to carry their programming. ^[2]

Transition to digital broadcasting began in 2009, when the Secretary of Communications recommended the adoption of the ISDB-T standard for digital television, with the "Argentine Digital Terrestrial Television System" being created. ^{[3] [4]} Digital television has reached 80 percent of Argentina as of December 2013. ^[5] The country was expected to end all analogue broadcasts in 2019, ^[6] but the date was later delayed to August 31, 2021. ^[7]

As of 2019, household ownership of television sets in the country is 99%, with the majority of households usually having two sets. ^[8]

Major broadcast networks

Network	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator
Televisión Pública	October 17, 1951 (1951-10-17)	Public	Government of Argentina	Radio y Televisión Argentina S.E.
El Nueve	June 9, 1960 (1960-06-09)	Private	Grupo Octubre	Telearte S.A.
El Trece	October 1, 1960 (1960-10-01)	Private	Clarín Group	Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino S.A.
Telefe	July 21, 1961 (1961-07-21)	Private	Paramount Global	Televisión Federal S.A.
América	June 25, 1966 (1966-06-25)	Private	Grupo América & Claudio Belocopitt	América TV S.A.
Net TV	October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)	Private	Perfil	Kuarzo Entertainment Argentina
Bravo TV	March 14, 2022 (2022-03-14)	Private	Perfil & Grupo Olmos	Estrellas Satelital S.A.

National over-the-air commercial television networks

The following are the television networks with a presence throughout the national territory, via the "Televisión Digital Abierta" service (Open Digital Television in English).

Digital channel	Network	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
22.1	Encuentro	March 5, 2007 (2007-03-05)	Public	Government of Argentina	Contenidos Públicos S.E.	Educational television	Encuentro
22.2	Pakapaka	September 17, 2010 (2010-09-17)				Children's programming
22.3	Aunar	October 17, 2022 (2022-10-17)				Public television
22.4	Cine.AR	December 28, 2010 (2010-12-28)				Argentinian movies
22.5	Tec TV	September 12, 2011 (2011-09-12)				Educational television
23.1	Televisión Pública	October 17, 1951 (1951-10-17)			Radio y Televisión Argentina S.E.	Public television	Televisión Pública
23.2	Construir TV	March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21)	Private	Fundación UOCRA	Fundación UOCRA	Construction/Lifestyle
24.1	DeporTV	February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21)	Public	Government of Argentina	Contenidos Públicos S.E.	Sports	DeporTV
24.2	Canal 26	March 4, 1996 (1996-03-04)	Private	Telecentro	Grupo Pierri	News programming
24.3	France 24	December 6, 2016 (2016-12-06)	Public	Government of France	France Médias Monde
24.4	Crónica Televisión	January 3, 1994 (1994-01-03)	Private	Grupo Olmos	Estrellas Satelital S.A.
24.5	Información Periodística	October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17)		Grupo Octubre	Telearte S.A.
25.1	Unife	November 25, 2019 (2019-11-25)		Universal Church	Universal Church	Religious	Unife
25.2	C5N	August 6, 2007 (2007-08-06)		Grupo Indalo	Grupo Indalo	News programming
25.3	La Nación +	November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)		La Nación	La Nación
25.4	Telesur	July 24, 2005 (2005-07-24)	Public	Governments of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua	SiBCI
25.5	RT en Español	December 28, 2009 (2009-12-28)		Government of Russia	TV-Novosti

Over-the-air stations by area

Greater Buenos Aires

Operating since April 21, 2010 from the Ministry of Public Works Building in Buenos Aires, ^[9] since October 1, 2010 from La Plata ^[10] and Luján, ^[11] since March 29, 2012 from Villa Martelli ^[9] and since April 4, 2012 from San Justo. ^[9]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
21.1	Alfa TV [12]	Broadcast testing	Private	Perfil	Kuarzo Entertainment Argentina	Commercial network	—
21.2	Canal Orbe 21 [12]	October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04)		Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires	Archdiocesan Television Center	Religious
26.1	Canal 26	March 4, 1996 (1996-03-04)		Telecentro	Grupo Pierri	News programming	—
26.2	Construir TV	March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21)		Fundación UOCRA [12]	Fundación UOCRA	Construction/Lifestyle
26.3	Telemax	June 1, 2006 (2006-06-01)		Telecentro	Grupo Pierri	Commercial network
27.1	Bravo TV [12]	March 14, 2022 (2022-03-14)		Perfil	Kuarzo Entertainment Argentina		Net TV
27.2	Net TV	October 1, 2018 (2018-10-01)				Major commercial network
32.1	TV Universidad	October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)	Public	National University of La Plata	National University of La Plata	Educational television	TV Universidad
33.1	El Trece [12]	October 1, 1960 (1960-10-01)	Private	Clarín Group	Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino S.A.	Major commercial network	El Trece
34.1	Telefe [12]	July 21, 1961 (1961-07-21)		Paramount Global	Televisión Federal S.A.		Telefe
35.1	El Nueve [12]	October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) [b]		Grupo Octubre	Telearte S.A.		El Nueve
35.2	El Nueve (SD simulcast)	June 9, 1960 (1960-06-09)
35.3	Aspen	November 7, 1988 (1988-11-07)			Grupo Octubre	FM commercial radio
36.1	América [12]	June 25, 1966 (1966-06-25)		Grupo América	América Multimedios	Major commercial network	América
36.2	A24	March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)				News programming

Buenos Aires Province

Mar del Plata

Operating since February 1, 2011 from Mar del Plata. ^[13]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
28.1	Canal Universidad [14]	Un­known	Public	National University of Mar del Plata	National University of Mar del Plata	Public television	—

Trenque Lauquen

Operating since August 16, 2012 from Trenque Lauquen. ^[15]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
24.4	Canal 12 (TVP)	May 22, 1970 (1970-05-22)	Public	Government of Argentina	Contenidos Públicos S.E.	Public television	—

Chaco

Greater Resistencia

Operating since September 1, 2010 from Puerto Tirol. ^[16]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
26.1	Chaco TV	Un­known	Public	Government of Chaco	Government of Chaco	Public television	Chaco TV
28.1	Canal 9 (El Trece)	August 17, 1966 (1966-08-17)	Private	Grupo Linke	TV Resistencia S.A.	Major commercial network	Canal 9

Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña

Operating since February 18, 2018 from Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña. ^[17]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
27.1	UNCAus TV	Un­known	Public	National University of the Chaco Austral	National University of the Chaco Austral	Public television	—
27.2	Multivisión Federal	Un­known	Private	Multivision S.R.L.	Multivision S.R.L.	Commercial network
27.3	C5N	August 6, 2007 (2007-08-06)		Grupo Indalo	Grupo Indalo	News programming
27.4	Pakapaka	September 17, 2010 (2010-09-17)	Public	Government of Argentina	Contenidos Públicos S.E.	Children's programming
27.5	Cine +	Un­known	Private	Un­known	Un­known	Movies
29.2	Canal 9 (El Trece)	August 17, 1966 (1966-08-17)	Private	Grupo Linke	TV Resistencia S.A.	Major commercial network	—

Chubut

Comodoro Rivadavia

Operating since April 15, 2013 from Comodoro Rivadavia. ^[18]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
27.1	Canal 7 (TVP)	September 15, 1975 (1975-09-15)	Public	Government of Chubut	Government of Chubut	Public television	—

Córdoba

Greater Córdoba

Operating since January 1, 2011 from Cerro Mogote ^[19] and since February 14, 2012 from Córdoba. ^[20]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
27.1	El Doce (El Trece)	April 18, 1960 (1960-04-18)	Private	Clarín Group & Francisco Quiñonero	Telecor S.A.C.I.	Major commercial network	El Doce
29.1	Telefe Córdoba (Telefe)	April 5, 1971 (1971-04-05)	Private	Paramount Global	Televisión Federal S.A.		—
30.1	Canal 10 (TVP)	May 11, 1962 (1962-05-11)	Public	National University of Córdoba	Multimedio SRT	Public television	Canal 10
30.2	Canal U	June 1, 2011 (2011-06-01)				Educational television
31.1	Canal 10 (TVP)(30.1 simulcast)	May 11, 1962 (1962-05-11)				Public television	—
31.2	Canal U (30.2 simulcast)	June 1, 2011 (2011-06-01)				Educational television

Río Cuarto

Operating since February 14, 2012 from Río Cuarto. ^[21]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
29.1	Canal 13/Canal 29 HD (Telefe)	August 15, 1964 (1964-08-15)	Private	Imperio Televisión S.A.	Imperio Televisión S.A.	Major commercial network	—
31.1	UniRío TV	June 30, 2011 (2011-06-30)	Public	National University of Río Cuarto	National University of Río Cuarto	Public television

Villa María

Operating since May 1, 2011 from Villa María. ^[22]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
31.1	Uniteve	June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23)	Public	National University of Villa María	National University of Villa María	Public television	—

Corrientes

Greater Corrientes

Operating from Corrientes. Also available in Greater Resistencia.

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
31.1	13 Max Digital (Telefe)	June 30, 1965 (1965-06-30)	Private	Jorge Félix Gómez & Carlos Antonio Smith	Río Paraná TV S.R.L.	Major commercial network	—

Entre Ríos

Paraná

Operating since June 1, 2011 from Paraná. ^[23]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
29.2	El Once	April 30, 1992 (1992-04-30)	Private	Federal Comunicaciones S.A.	Federal Comunicaciones S.A.	Commercial network	—

Formosa

Clorinda–Laguna Blanca

Operating since February 8, 2013 from Clorinda ^[24] and since January 29, 2014 from Laguna Blanca. ^[25]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
33.1	Canal 11 Lapacho	April 8, 1978 (1978-04-08)	Public	Government of Formosa	Red Formoseña de Medios	Public television	Canal 11 Lapacho

Formosa

Operating since December 1, 2010 from Formosa. ^[26]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
29.1	Canal 11 Lapacho	April 8, 1978 (1978-04-08)	Public	Government of Formosa	Red Formoseña de Medios	Public television	Canal 11 Lapacho

Jujuy

San Salvador de Jujuy

Operating since May 1, 2011 from San Salvador de Jujuy. ^[27]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
36.1	Canal 7	April 30, 1966 (1966-04-30)	Private	Radio Visión Jujuy S.A.	Radio Visión Jujuy S.A.	Commercial network	Canal 7

La Pampa

Santa Rosa

Operating since October 6, 2011 from Santa Rosa. ^[28]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
30.1	Canal 3	November 30, 1972 (1972-11-30)	Public	Government of La Pampa	Government of La Pampa	Public television	Canal 3

La Rioja

La Rioja

Operating since February 1, 2011 from La Rioja. ^[29]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
29.1	Canal 9	December 24, 1965 (1965-12-24)	Public	Government of La Rioja	Radio y Televisión Riojana S.E.	Public television	Canal 9

Mendoza

Greater Mendoza

Operating since December 19, 2011 from Mendoza. ^[30]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
28.1	Canal 9 Televida (Telefe)	May 27, 1965 (1965-05-27)	Private	Alonso Family & Los Andes	Cuyo Televisión S.A.	Major commercial network	Canal 9 Televida
29.1	Canal Acequia	Un­known	Public	Government of Mendoza	Government of Mendoza	Public television	Canal Acequia
30.1	Señal U	Un­known		National University of Cuyo	National University of Cuyo	Educational television	—
31.1	El Siete (América)	February 7, 1961 (1961-02-07)	Private	Grupo América	América Multimedios	Major commercial network	—
31.2	A24	March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)				News programming

Misiones

Posadas

Operating since June 1, 2011 from Posadas. ^[31]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
30.1	Canal Doce Misiones	November 18, 1972 (1972-11-18)	Public	Government of Misiones	Multimedios S.A.P.E.M.	Public television	Canal Doce Misiones

Río Negro

San Carlos de Bariloche

Operating since March 1, 2011 from Bariloche. ^[32]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
27.1	El Seis (El Trece)	May 1, 1978 (1978-05-01)	Private	Clarín Group	Bariloche TV S.A.	Major commercial television	—

Salta

Salta

Operating since November 25, 2011 from Salta. ^[33]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
35.1	Multivisión Federal	Un­known	Private	Multivision S.R.L.	Multivision S.R.L.	Commercial network	—
35.2	El 10 TV	2010 (2010)

San Juan

San Juan

Operating since February 1, 2011 from San Juan ^[34] and since December 12, 2012 from San José de Jáchal. ^[35]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
29.1	Blu HD	Un­known	Private	Blu Medios	Blu Medios	Commercial network	—
30.1	Canal 13 San Juan TV			Diario 13 San Juan	Diario 13 San Juan		—
30.2	CuidarTV	July 14, 2020 (2020-07-14)	Public	Government of San Juan	Government of San Juan	Lifestyle
31.1	Canal Ocho (América)	May 2, 1964 (1964-05-02)	Private	Grupo América	América Multimedios	Major commercial network	Canal Ocho
31.2	A24	March 8, 2005 (2005-03-08)				News programming
31.3	América	June 25, 1966 (1966-06-25)				Major commercial network
31.4	8 Sports	Un­known				Sports
32.2	Canal Cuatro	December 1, 2000 (2000-12-01)		Archdiocese of San Juan	Archdiocese of San Juan	Commercial network/Religious	—
33.1	Xama TV	October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25)	Public	National University of San Juan	National University of San Juan	Public television	—
33.2	Xama TV (SD simulcast)
35.1	Zonda TV	October 12, 2016 (2016-10-12)	Private	Grupo El Zonda	Grupo El Zonda	Commercial network	—
36.1	Telesol (Telefe)	December 10, 1996 (1996-12-10)		Andina S.A.	Andina S.A.	Major commercial network	Telesol
36.2	AM 1020	Un­known				FM commercial radio

San Luis

San Luis

Operating since December 14, 2011 from San Luis. ^[36]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
28.1	Canal Trece	December 24, 1972 (1972-12-24)	Public	Government of San Luis	Government of San Luis	Public television	—

Santa Fe

Greater Santa Fe

Operating since October 6, 2011 from Santo Tomé. ^[37]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
28.1	Litus TV	December 24, 1972 (1972-12-24)	Public	National University of the Litoral	National University of the Litoral	Public television	—

Greater Rosario

Operating since October 6, 2011 from Rosario. ^[38]

Digital channel	Station	Launch date	Type	Owner	Operator	Description	Mobile channel [a]
32.1	El Tres TV (El Trece)	June 20, 1965 (1965-06-20)	Private	Televisión Litoral S.A.	Grupo Televisión Litoral	Major commercial network	El Tres TV
33.1	Telefe Rosario (Telefe)	November 30, 2012 (2012-11-30) [c]		Paramount Global	Televisión Federal S.A.		Telefe Rosario
33.2	Telefe Rosario (SD simulcast)	November 18, 1964 (1964-11-18)

Notes

1. The subchannel .31 is assigned to signals available for mobile devices.
2. As HD broadcasting; June 9, 1960 as standard.
3. As HD broadcasting; November 18, 1964 as standard.

See also

• Television in Argentina
• Television in Latin America

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External links

• Map of antennas and stations by area (provided by ARSAT).