TVN (Chile)
| Televisión Nacional de Chile | |
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| Launched | 24 October 1969 |
| Owned by | State of Chile |
| Slogan | Nos gusta Chile (We like Chile) |
| Country | Chile |
| Language | Spanish |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide (Chile) Worldwide (via TV Chile) |
| Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
| Sister channel(s) |
TV Chile Canal 24 Horas (Chile) TVN HD |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| VHF | Channel 7 (Santiago) |
| Cable | |
| VTR | Channel 19 (Santiago) |
The Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) is a Chilean public service broadcaster headquartered in Santiago, that are included among its services: a main television channel, nine regional channels, a internet website, a international broadcasting service, and a news channel. TVN is owned, but not funded, by the state, and it functions independently from it.
A board of directors, appointed by the President of the Republic and later ratified by the Senate, oversees control over the station. The distribution of the members of the board tend to coincide with the political composition of the current Congress.
TVN sends its feed via a 200+ sender network spanning 98% of Chile. It airs in Santiago on digital frequency channel 33 (ISDB-Tb) for HDTV.
It also operates an international station (TV Chile), that is received via satellite around the world, and a news network station called 24 Horas.
TVN broadcasts outside metropolitan area using local repeaters. Each of these repeat national TVN feed, plus, a local newscast, as well as local advertising. These TVN owned stations are:
TVN and TV Chile broadcasts 24 hours a day in and offers a mix of news, variety shows and soap operas. Its primetime is dominated by local dramas, telenovelas and local adaptations of American sitcoms. The most important shows currently airing on the network are:
Tevito was the official mascot of the Chilean state channel Televisión Nacional de Chile during the 1970–1973 socialist government of Salvador Allende.
Tevito was a smiling cartoon dog personified in various ways. Sometimes he was a boxer, sometimes he wore reading glasses, and also disguised himself as a vampire. He played the trutruca, a typical instrument of the Mapuche indigenous people of southern Chile and was an expert cumbia dancer. The character was created by student Carlos González of the Fine Arts Institute in Santiago, Chile, whose drawing won the competition among six other submissions.
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