Television in Costa Rica

Television was introduced to Costa Rica in 1960 with Teletica, the first experiments were conducted in October 1954, by technician Álvaro Zamora Dobles and businessmen Manuel Mendiola y Álvaro Zúñiga. The scuccess of this experiment led to the creation of Televisora Tica Limitada (Televitica), which in an initial phase only carried advertising slides for interested stores.[1]

In October 1958, a new agreement led to the creation of a new company, Televisora de Costa Rica, Teletica. Its first regular broadcasts followed on May 9, 1960.[2] New channels followed, starting with Tic-Tac Canal 9 on April 12, 1962, Telecentro Canal 6 on September 12, 1965,[1] Canal 2 Telenac on August 28, 1966[3] and Televictoria Canal 11 in 1969.[4]

Televictoria became the first television channel in Costa Rica to begin color broadcasts, which became regular in 1971 and full-time in 1974.[5] Public television started in 1978, with financing from the Spanish state.[1]

The 90s were marked by the creation of Representaciones Televisivas (Repretel) which was owned by Remigio Ángel González, who, in 2008, would create a new umbrella brand for his networks, Albavisión. Starting with his acquisition of channel 9, he acquired channels 6 and 11 in 1995;[6] in 1997, Repretel 11 ended its relays of Repretel 6, gaining its own schedule.[7] Mexican conglomerate TV Azteca acquired Canal 4 Multinoticias in 1998 with the aim of building a Latin American network of channels,[8] but sold it to Repretel in early 2000 due to financial difficulties.[9][10]

Digital terrestrial television uses the ISDB-T standard in its Brazilian form; the last analog signals were switched off on January 31, 2023.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "La crisis de la televisión pública en Costa Rica". cervantesvirtual.com (in Spanish).
  2. ^ “El perfil sociodemográfico de los consumidores Costarricenses de los canales de Televisión Abierta de transmisión nacional como una herramienta de medición de la efectividad de la inversión publicitaria”
  3. ^ La Nación, 28 August 1966
  4. ^ ""Mi padre fundó el primer canal a color en C.R."". Diario Extra. 20 August 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Don Pepe, Canal 11 y la Tragedia del Virilla". Cambio Político. 17 March 2024. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ^ La Nación, 26 April 1995
  7. ^ Barquero, Christopher (1997). "Se enciende el 11". La Nación. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. ^ TV Azteca asumirá Canal 4
  9. ^ Diario Extra
  10. ^ Canal 4 busca personalidad
  11. ^ Apagón analógico: Costa Rica completó su transición a la TDA con el estándar ISDB-Tb
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