ATV (Peruvian TV channel)
HDTV | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Grupo ATV (Albavision) |
History | |
Launched | 1969 (As Canal 9) April 18, 1983 (current incarnation) |
Former names | Andina de Radiodifusión Televisión |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Analog VHF | Channel 9 (Lima, listings may vary) |
Digital VHF | Channel 9.1 (Lima, listings may vary) |
ATV (known as Andina de Televisión) is a Peruvian
History
What is known today as ATV started in 1959 with Alfonso Pereyra as its first manager. After unsuccessful attempts to run it in the early 1970s and subsequent political turmoil in Peru, the station was closed; however, it became a TV Perú local station for the capital area.
By 1981, the channel was under new leadership. Carlos Tizón Pacheco, who financed the 1980 presidential campaign of President Fernando Belaúnde Terry, and then-president of local auto firm PROMASA, took over the channel frequency with his firm Andina de Radiodifusión, S.A.,[1] with test broadcasting commencing on May 9 the same year. After two years the channel returned to broadcasting on April 18, 1983, with President Terry presiding.
Since then the station has quickly gained a Peruvian audience by showing foreign films and broadcasting
On January 14, 1992, due to the interconnection via satellite at the national level, the then denominated Channel 9 changes its name to ATV (abbreviation of Andina de Televisión).
The station is among the most watched television stations in Peru, often obtaining high ratings from past TV shows such as Magaly TV, a magazine and gossip show hosted by Peruvian journalist Magaly Medina.
ATV HD
In November 2006, the Peruvian Minister of Transports and Communications published in Peru's official newspaper "El Peruano" a decree concerning Digital terrestrial television. In April 2007, ATV started to test their HD channel with American ATSC system on channel 30. Then when Peru adopted ISDB-T years later, ATV began testing ISDB-T broadcasts in the capital in September 2009. ATV's HD signal was officially released on March 31, 2010, 1 day after TV Perú, being the first Peruvian private television network to do that.
Programming
ATV programming is varied and tries to attend to all agrees and cultural groups within Peru. Among their usual programming is a morning show called "Que Tal Mañana!" hosted by
Sports coverage
Association Football
Basketball
Handball
Motor Sports
Rugby
Tennis
Volleyball
Logos
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1983-1992
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1992-1998
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1999 (with slight modifications until 2014)
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2014-2016
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2016-2017
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2017-2018
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2018-present
References
- ^ "Próxima apertura de Canal 9" (PDF). El Comercio. 27 February 1983. p. C-3. Retrieved 19 June 2023.