Canal 1
National television network in Colombia, branded as «Canal Uno».
Canal 1 (English: Channel 1; pronounced "Canal Uno" (Spanish pronunciation: [kanˈal ˈuno]) is a Colombian free-to-air television channel. It is owned by HMTV1, a subsidiary of Hemisphere Media Group and managed by Phoenix Media, a private company. From 1957 to 2017, the channel was administered by private programming companies known as programadoras (television production companies; literally, "programmers"), which bid for time slots with the Colombian state.
History
Canal 1 started broadcasting on 13 June 1954 as Canal Nacional on VHF channel 8 in Bogotá and channel 10 in Manizales and Medellín and was operated by the National Radio of Colombia. In 1963, it was operated by Inravisión (Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión), the now-former Colombian public broadcaster. Under Inravisión, the channel's frequency was moved from channel 8 to VHF channel 7 in Bogotá.
Until 1966, when private local channel Teletigre was officially launched, Canal Nacional was the only television channel in Colombia. Teletigre only covered Bogotá, meaning that the rest of the country only received the existing Inravisión channel.
On 1 January 1974, it became the Primera cadena (First Network) following the nationalization of Teletigre as Segunda Cadena a few years earlier (in 1971), by the order of the National Front and the reorganization of Inravisión's television networks. In the 1980s it would become Cadena Uno (Network One), and eventually became Canal Uno at the beginning of 1998.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3655018. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957, 2017, 1954 and 1963.
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