Canal 7 (Argentina)
Canal 7 or Televisión Pública Argentina is the oldest and most important state television broadcaster in Argentina . It is based in Buenos Aires and can be received in this province via antenna. In the rest of the country it can be received via cable and satellite, parts of its programming are also broadcast by regional stations.
history
The story of Canal 7 began on October 17, 1951, when the celebrations of the Día de la Lealtad Peronista , a holiday dedicated to Peronism , were broadcast. At that time there were only about 30 televisions in Argentina, which is why Juan Perón made agreements with foreign companies to import the devices, since he saw the new technology as a potentially important pillar of state propaganda. Regular broadcasting began on November 4th of the same year.
In 1978, the station was the first to introduce color television in Argentina with the broadcast of a game by the Argentine national team at the World Cup (the rest was still broadcast in black and white) and shortly afterwards changed its name to Argentina Televisora Color (ATC). After democratization in 1983, the emphasis was placed on culture. In the 1990s there were plans to privatize the station; of this, however, only the conversion of the legal form into a stock corporation was implemented , over which the state, however, retained control.
In May 2000, the station was renamed Canal 7 again and increasingly integrated entertainment and fiction programs. In 2002 the program management was divided into two parts, each of which controlled the fictional and non-fictional content. Since 2006, as part of a further renewal of the station, more culture and documentaries have been relied on.
Web link
- Official website of the broadcaster (Spanish)