TV channels Colombia

Colombian television has a shape of its own: two national giants based in Bogotá, a dense layer of regional public channels that is rare in Latin America, and an unusually strong family of Christian broadcasters.

National television from Bogotá

Canal Caracol is one of Colombia's two great national channels - a free-to-air broadcaster on air since July 10, 1998 that grew out of the historic Caracol radio network. CM& - Canal 1 is another national screen with news and general programming, and Canal Trece - Canal 13 - is the public cultural and regional channel that puts the country's regions on air from the capital.

News without pause

NTN 24 is the Colombian international news channel followed across Latin America. Cable Noticias runs its own rolling-news service, and Canal CNC - Canal CNC Medellín - brings news and programming from the Aburrá Valley.

A regional tradition like no other

Regional public television is a Colombian specialty. Canal Teleantioquia - on air since August 11, 1985 under the ownership of the Government of Antioquia - was the country's first regional channel, broadcasting from Medellín; its second signal Canal Teleantioquia 2 carries cultural, educational and alternative programming. Telecaribe and its second signal Telecaribe Señal Plus serve the Caribbean coast from the Barranquilla area, Telemedellín covers the Antioquian capital, and Cali appears with Canal CaliTV and Canal C - the screen of the Sucursal del Cielo. Canal TRO and Canal 14 Codazzi extend the regional map.

Faith on screen

The religious family is led by ABN - Avivamiento Televisión, the TV arm of Bogotá's Centro Mundial de Avivamiento church, CMB Televisión with the ministry of Pastor Enrique Gómez, Tele VID, Familia TV for Spanish-speaking households, and Canal Teleamiga - operated by Fundación Ictus and available nationwide through Claro, ETB and Une/Tigo.