TC Televisión

TC Televisión
Country	Ecuador
Headquarters	Guayaquil
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	CAEC Televisión; Comunica EP
History
Launched	May 30, 1969; 55 years ago
Links
Website	www.tctelevision.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital VHF	Channel 10.1 (HD); Channel 10.2 (SD)

TC Televisión is a state-run television channel in Ecuador. The network was founded in 1969 and was commercially-funded for many years until 2011 when Grupo Iasaías went into a lawsuit and was sold to a state government unit, Since then the channel has been owned by SERTVSA (Sistema Ecuatoriano de Radio y Televisión) despite a local court ruling that the Isaías brothers return all of their assets from the government.^[1]^[2]

History

In early 1969, RCA had completed equipment shipments worth US$600,000 to Cadena Ecuatoriana de Televisión (CETV) in Guayaquil. The transmitter was atop a mountain peak and relayed its signal over seven further transmitters across the country. CETV was primarily commercial, but had an agreement with the government to produce educational programming.^[3] On July 9, 1969, CETV was formally created, its founder being Ismael Pérez Perazo. Shortly afterwards, the station was acquired by La Filantrópica (later Filanbanco).^[4]

The organization was divided between two locations, the Azul and El Carmen mountains of Guayaquil, in charge of operations, and the city's center, where the administrative functions were located.^[5] The station's relay in Riobamba opened on December 27, 1969, becoming the first television station available there.^[6]

Programming

DespierTC
El Noticiero
Entre ellas
De Casa en Casa
Rendón y la Bombón
De Boca en Boca
Soy el Mejor
Casi 40tonas
Vera: ¡a su manera!
Alerta Roja
El Show de Tiko Tiko
Impacto Semanal
Punto Final
Antuca me Enamora - Reposition
La Santa Misa
Quiropraxia Neural
Turcafé
TC Deportes
Juntos y revueltos - Reposition
Mega Pekes
Puro Teatro - Gamavisión TV Series
Verdades Urbanas
El Informante

Telenovelas and Series

This network dedicates for its international shows, mainly telenovelas from Miami-based Venezuelan production company RCTV International and Colombian television network RCN among other networks. TC airs international series and also produces and airs local programs such as Estas secretarias, Mi recinto and Soy el mejor among others, the network also distributes over 5000 hours of programming to networks around the world.

Slogans

2002 - 2010: PonTC (PutTC)
2010: Estamos trabajando por ti (We are working for you)
2011: Ponte 10 (Get 10)
2012 – 2018: Mi Canal (My Channel)
2014: Mi Mundial (My World Cup)
2016 - 2017: Líder Absoluto (Absolute Leader)
2020 - 2021: Somos Todos, Va conmigo (We're all, Go with me)
2021 - Present: #SoyTC (#IamTC)

Incidents

On January 9, 2024 at just after 2:00 p.m. local time, a group of criminals armed with weapons and explosives took over the channel's newsroom, taking the news program's presenters as hostages while threatening them during a live broadcast, although police later stated that all of the staff were freed and that they had made 13 arrests relating to the incident. The events may have been a response to the escape of José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of Los Choneros, an Ecuadorian drug cartel, although it is uncertain whether this is true.^[7]