Canal 7 (Guatemalan TV channel)

Canal 7

Country	Guatemala
Broadcast area	Guatemala
Programming
Picture format	480i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Chapín TV (Albavisión)
Sister channels	Canal 3 Canal 11 Canal 13
History
Launched	December 15, 1964
Links
Website	chapintv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHF	Channel 7 Channel 8 (inside the country)
Digital UHF	Channel 19.2 Channel 43.1

Canal 7 (Canal Siete, formerly Televicentro and Televisiete) is a Guatemalan terrestrial television channel owned by Grupo Chapín TV, a subsidiary of Remigio Ángel González's Albavisión group. Similar to sister channel Canal 3, the channel has a generalist profile and also airs programming from Univision.

History

Televicentro launched on December 15, 1964^[1] under the TGBO-TV calls, with a daily schedule between 5pm and 11pm.^[2] The station was founded by the El Imparcial newspaper, with initial funding costing 250,000 quetzales and with video taping equipment worth 80,000 quetzales. At launch, the channel covered 80% of the Guatemalan territory. On December 5, 1965, the channel faced internal problems among shareholders, with José Quiñones as interventor.^[1]

Around 1977, the channel was renamed Televisiete, likely due to its relations with Televisa.^[3]

The station is acquired by Alba Lorenzana Cardona, wife of Remigio Ángel González, in 1980.^[1] Televisiete's parent company Televisiete S.A. controls Indetel S.A. in Ecuador, which runs La Tele.^[4]

Programming

Original programming

• En la mira con K-riño
• Línea de 5
• Moralejas
• Noti 7
• Nuestro Mundo

Acquired programming

• Noticiero Univision
• Laura sin censura
• Como dice el dicho
• Caso Cerrado
• La rosa de guadalupe
• Doctor Milagro
• Primer Impacto

Sports events

• FIFA World Cup
• UEFA European Championship
• UEFA Nations League
• UEFA Champions League
• UEFA Europa League
• Partidos de la liga nacional de Guatemala

References

1. "Historia de la televisión en Guatemala". El Libre Pensador. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
2. "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1967. p. 949. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
3. "RetroGuate | No es un montaje... Ese era el logotipo de Televisiete en 1977, puede ser de ahí venga su nombre: el logotipo de Televisa con el número 7 = Televisiete". Facebook. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
4. "Un magnate de Estados Unidos controla 10 medios nacionales". El Universo. 22 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2024.