Television in Paraguay

Television in Paraguay is most important among the country's mass media. Television programming is dominated by telenovelas, series, and news programming. Analog broadcasts are scheduled to end in phases between December 31, 2024 (in Asunción) and 2029 (when the last inland analog transmitters will be switched off).^[1]

Local channels

Channel	Canal No.	Owner	Established	Website
Noticias Paraguay	2	A.J. Vierci Group	2017	www.redguarani.com.py
Telefuturo	4	A.J. Vierci Group	1997 [2]	www.telefuturo.com.py
Paravisión	5	Albavisión	2004	www.paravision.com.py
SNT (Channel 9)	9	Albavisión S.A.	1965	www.snt.com.py
La Tele	11	A.J. Vierci Group	2008	www.latele.com.py
Trece	13	Javier Bernardes	1981	www.rpc.com.py
Paraguay TV	14	State of Paraguay	2011	www.paraguaytv.gov.py
Unicanal	27.2	Javier Bernardes	1989 (cable channel)	www.unicanal.com.py

Most viewed channels

Position	Channel	Share of total viewing (%)
1	Telefuturo	20.8
2	SNT (Channel 9)	14.9
3	Latele	12.4
4	Trece/RPC	4.5
5	C9N	3.9
6	GEN	3.5
7	Paravisión	2.8
8	NPY	1.2
9	Paraguay TV	1.0
10	SUR	0.9

References

1. "El "apagón analógico" iniciará pronto en Paraguay". ABC Color (in Spanish). December 20, 2024.
2. "Lanzan TeleFuturo en Paraguay". Produ. November 3, 1997. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.