Televicentro (Honduras)

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Televicentro
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Headquarters Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Programming
Picture format 720p/1080i (HD)
Links
Website www.televicentro.com

Televicentro or TVC is a television corporation in Honduras, which as of 2004, is owned by Rafael Ferrari. [1]

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Televicentro was founded in 1987 with the aim of merging Canal 5, Canal 3/7 and Telecadena 7/4 under an umbrella organization, aiming at improving the coverage of the stations and creating new relayers for them. [2] In 1993, the group installed new equipment, Betacam, Sony SP videotapes, Video Toaster, Topas and new title and effect generating machines. [2]

Operations

The company owns four terrestrial television networks (Canal 5, Telecadena 7y4, TSi, Mega Clásicos) and one subscription television network (Canal Deportes TVC).

Television

LogoNameContentLaunchChannelsFormer names

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Canal 5
El Líder
Main general programming network. It mainly broadcasts telenovelas, entertainment programs of both national and foreign production, game shows and newscasts. On weekends it broadcasts series, comedies, movies and special events.September 15, 1959Channel 5 (Tegucigalpa)
Channel 9 (northern zone)

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TSi
El orgullo de estar informado
News channel.December 27, 1967Channel 3 (Tegucigalpa)
Channel 7 (San Pedro Sula)
Telesistema Hondureño
(1967-2016)

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Telecadena
Va con toda la familia
Secondary generalist network.1985Channel 7
Channel 4 (northern zone)

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Mega Generalist programming network. It broadcasts programming from Televicentro's media archive such as series, comedy, telenovelas and movies. As well as repeats of the original productions of Channel 5 and TSi.2007Channel 24 (central zone)
Channel 36 (northern zone)
Mega TV
(2007-2017) Mega Show Business TV
(2017-2018) Mega Clásicos
(2018-2022)

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Canal Deportes TVC
El canal que tu pasión merece
Sports network. It broadcasts information and opinion programs with sports themes, as well as live and delayed broadcasts of Liga 5 Estrellas. It is only available on cable television.November 1, 2023Varies on provider

Other media

LogoNameFoundingType
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tunotaNovember 8, 2019Press
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HRN Radio1933Radio station

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References

  1. "Televicentro transmitió Teletón de Honduras". Produ (in Spanish). 11 December 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Televicentro". Televicentro. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2021.