San José, Costa Rica |
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Branding | Canal 11 |
Slogan | Parte de su vida |
Channels | Analog: 11 VHF |
Owner | Repretel |
First air date | 1969 |
Sister station(s) |
Repretel 6 Repretel 4 CDR 2 |
Former callsigns | Canal 11 (1983-1996) |
Website | www.repretel.com |
Canal 11 is a private Costa Rican television channel, owned and operated by Repretel since 1996. It was the first station owned and operated by Repretel-Albavision group in Costa Rica.
Repretel bought the station from rival Teletica, due to a mismanagement from the leasing company operating the station, forcing the sale; Repretel was growing fast, leasing Channel 9 and 6; became the first TV-station owned and operated in Costa Rica.
In 1996, the channel briefly relayed channel 6. On March 1, 1997, the channel became independent again, airing a schedule consisting primarily of imported cartoons and telenovelas. In June 9, 2003, the channel interchanged schedules with Repretel 4 and changed focus to Latin American entertainment, including news and variety shows from Telemundo and Univisión.
Main programming consists in US TV-Series dubbed in Spanish, imported shows from Televisa and Univision, the Latin reality show "Combate" and Informe11 news.
It´s the second most watched channel from the network, behind Repretel 6.