TV channels Peru

Peruvian television is built in layers: the state's own network at the foundation, commercial networks that have run since the late fifties, regional stations from Trujillo to Arequipa, and a large block of church channels - Catholic and evangelical alike.

The State and Its Channels

TV Perú is the country's public network, the first broadcaster in Peru to move to digital terrestrial television back in 2010. TV Perú Noticias is the news channel of the National Institute of Radio and Television of Peru, carrying national and international news. TV Perú Internacional is the government's international signal for Peruvians abroad, and Canal IPe - launched in July 2016 - is the cultural and educational channel for children and youth. TV Congreso televises the work of Peru's Congress, with plenary sessions carried live.

The Commercial Networks

Panamericana TV is one of the country's oldest free-to-air networks, broadcasting since 1959 - the third-oldest commercial network in Peru. Willax TV is the Lima-based network that has grown into one of the country's most-watched commercial screens. The ATV group fields ATV+, created in September 2011, and ATV Andina TV, its regional signal serving the Peruvian regions with news and entertainment.

The Regions

Peru's cities keep their own stations. SOL TV Perú is the largest channel of northern Peru, broadcasting from Trujillo. Quatro TV has been on air from Arequipa since 1986. Antares TV - Canal 24 - has broadcast from Tarapoto since 2006. Best Cable Peru and Onda Digital Tv, with its sister Onda Digital Perú, cover entertainment, series and sport for regional audiences.

Music on Screen

Top Latino is the Lima-based channel where Latin pop, urban and tropical sounds rotate around the clock. Visión Tv Música is the in-house music channel of the Cable Visión Perú operator, built for viewers in the provinces, and Sin TV carries Andean music on open signal across Peru.

Faith Broadcasting

The religious block is broad. JN19 Televisión is a Peruvian Catholic channel whose name points to the Gospel of John, with daily and Sunday Mass at its center. Pacífico Televisión is the television window of Radio del Pacífico 640 AM, Lima's pioneering evangelical station with more than six decades on air. Pax Television is a Catholic channel created by lay people, broadcasting on UHF in Lima, and Presencia TV carries positive music and simple messages from Pangoa. Televisión La Luz completes the group with Christian programming.

Print on Screen

La República is the channel of the Diario La República newspaper, carrying the newsroom's interviews, analysis and trends from Peru and the world to the screen.