La Red (Uruguayan TV channel)
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| Country | Uruguay |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Uruguay (certain departments) |
| Headquarters | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Red Uruguaya de Televisión S.A. |
| History | |
| Launched | August 25, 1981 |
| Former names | Red Televisión Color (1981-2001) - Red Uruguaya de Televisión (2001-2018) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog VHF | Varies |
| Digital VHF | Varies |
La Red (The Network) is a Uruguayan television network based out of Montevideo that feeds programming from the three commercial television stations of the capital (4, 10, 12) to television stations in the Uruguayan inland. The three stations also share the network's ownership. Some stations affiliated to the network are owned by one of the three groups.[1]
History
[edit]On July 24, 1980, during the dictatorship, the Romay (Monte Carlo), Fontaina-De Feo (SAETA) and De Scheck (Teledoce) groups signed a resolution for an inland television network to combat the reception of television stations from Brazil and Argentina, which were easily available in border areas due to spillover.[1]
Red Uruguaya de Televisión Sociedad Anónima (RUTSA) was founded on August 25, 1981, following the growth of television stations outside of Montevideo, which began in 1966 with the establishment of Río Uruguay Televisión in Fray Bentos. From that day, the Montevideo started feeding, using the ANTEL microwave network, six hours of programming a day, from 5pm to 11pm, after pressure from the private channels to establish a television network with national reach.[2] Since the network was controlled by the oligopoly controlled by the families that owned the three Montevideo stations, they obtained total control of private television, becoming present at a national scale.[3]
On June 1, 1982, the network was given two relay stations (channel 9 in Paso de Los Toros and channel 11 in Durazno) to broadcast the 1982 FIFA World Cup temporarily. A new ANTEL resolution on August 31 the same year gave La Red the chance of enabling the two stations to operate precariously.[1]
A second channel Red Televisión Color 2, started in 1999, airing sporting events, especially soccer to subscribers of the satellite service TDH. It shut down around 2000.[4]
Due to a crisis affecting the network in 2016, Grupo Fontaina - De Feo left the ownership structure of La Red, with the network itself being sold to Bernardo Juanicó. De Feo's A+V channel, however, continued to be produced at Rutsa's studios in Montevideo.[5]
At the end of October 2023, La Red announced that it would temporarily cease in-house program production, being limited to relays of programs from Canal 4 and Canal 12. Red Informativa, its news service, was replaced by a program with highlights of news bulletins from its affiliates.[6]
Branding
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1981-1995 -
1995-2000 -
Red Televisión Color 2 (1999–2000) -
2000-2006 -
2015-2016 -
2016-2018 -
Desde 2018
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Nada es para siempre
- ^ Televisión y dictaduras en el Cono Sur: Apuntes para una historiografía en construcción (in Spanish). IIGG / FIC-Udelar. September 21, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
- ^ The Handbook of Spanish Language Media. Taylor & Francis. September 10, 2009. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
- ^ TDH advertisement, Búsqueda, November 4, 1999
- ^ Ya no sos mi Margarita, Brecha, retrieved April 8, 2025]
- ^ Canal abierto baja temporalmente sus programas y retransmitirá contenidos: los detalles, EL PAÍS Uruguay, retrieved April 8, 2025.