TVE Internacional
TVE Internacional is a Spanish pay television channel owned by Televisión Española. Programming includes a mix of news, discussion-based programmes and drama and documentaries from TVE's La 1 and La 2 Spanish networks. It was launched in December 1989. It broadcasts to Latin America, Western Sahara, Equatorial Guinea, Americas and the Philippines, in which most of the Hispanic-speaking people are located.
TVE Internacional | |
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Launched | 1 December 1989 |
Network | Televisión Española |
Owned by | RTVE |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Language | Spanish |
Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
Sister channel(s) | La 1 La 2 24 Horas Clan Teledeporte Star TVE HD |
Website | TVE Internacional |
Availability | |
Satellite | |
Hot Bird 13°E (Europe, Middle East & North Africa) | 12303 V 27500 3/4 (HD) |
TuVes HD (Chile, Bolivia and Venezuela) | Channel 324 |
Sky (Mexico and Central America) | Channel 271 |
Movistar TV (Chile and Peru) | Channel 434 |
Sky (Italy) | Channel 538 |
Claro TV (Latin America) | Channel 205 (Brazil) Channel 146 (Chile) Channel 554 (El Salvador) |
Dish Network (US) | Channel 840 |
Tigo Star (Bolivia, Paraguay and Colombia) | Channel 602 |
DirecTV (United States) | Channel 460 |
Oi TV (Brazil) | Channel 162 |
DirecTV Latin America | Channel 760 |
Canal Digitaal (Netherlands) | Channel 210 (SD) |
Cignal (Philippines) | Channel 168 (SD) |
Cable | |
Cablevisión (Argentina) | Channel 71 (Analogue) Channel 558 (Digital) |
Vidéotron Cable (Canada) | Channel 268 |
Kabel Deutschland (Germany) | Channel 871 (SD) |
VTR (Chile) | Channel 66 (Santiago) |
Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 73 (SD) |
Tigo Star (Latin America) | Channel 632 (Paraguay) Channel 642 (Bolivia) Channel (Digital; El Salvador) |
Movistar TV (Peru) | Channel 818 |
Verizon FiOS (US) | Channel 1560 |
Claro TV (Latin America) | Channel 470 (Colombia) Channel 501 (Digital; El Salvador) |
Megacable (Mexico) | Channel 236 |
UPC Romania | Channel 771 |
UPC Switzerland | Channel 630 (SD) |
izzi (Mexico) | Channel 230 |
Unitymedia (Germany) | Channel 492 (SD) |
NetCologne (Germany) | Channel 526 (SD) |
Conexión Digital Express (Colombia) | Channel 59 |
NET (Brazil) | Channel 205 |
Telecentro (Argentina) | Channel 302 |
Altice (Dominican Republic) | Channel 136 |
Caiway (Netherlands) | Channel 229 (SD) |
IPTV | |
A1 TV (Austria) | Channel 116 (SD) |
Dibox (Argentina) | Channel 600 |
T-Mobile (Netherlands) | Channel 451 (SD) |
Streaming media | |
Ziggo GO (Netherlands) | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Several news bulletins are provided during the day, covering a mixed Spanish and International agenda. Telediario is a bulletin produced for and also broadcast in Spain, simulcast on the international station. However, editions of Telediario Internacional are also produced specially for the channel. A daily showbiz magazine, Gente, is broadcast nightly at 7pm GMT.
A limited number of advertisements are shown on the channel. More usually, network commercial breaks on programmes broadcast live in Spain are covered with a clock and short information films about Spain and its wildlife, although sometimes the advertisements are shown.
History
TVE International began its test broadcasts on December 1, 1989 and officially on December 1, 1990. In its early years, the channel broadcast a single programme for America and Europe, consisting of a re-broadcast of slots premiered on La 1 and La 2. From April 15, 1991, a differentiated programming was designed for one and other continents. Since 1992, TVE Internacional has been broadcasting via the Astra and Hispasat satellites for Latin America.
The signal of TVE International has been received in Asia and Oceania since December 1995 and in Africa since October 12, 1999.
Signal structure
- America: covers all Latin American countries, as well as the United States and Canada. Use as reference the timetables of Argentina (UTC-3), Mexico (UTC-6/-5 DST) and Miami (UTC-5/-4 DST).
- Europe-Africa: covers the entire European continent, the Middle East and Africa. Use as reference the timetables of Central Europe (UTC+1/+2 DST), Moscow (UTC+3) and the United Arab Emirates (UTC+4).
- Asia-Oceania: Part of the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia[1], New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
- Canal 24 Horas Internacional: America and Europe (simultaneous signal with the channel in Spain, with advertising from the international channel replacing commercials).
Distribution
In Europe, it is available free-to-air on Eutelsat Hot Bird 13° East. Due to economic reasons, it moved its satellite distribution for Europe to Astra 19.2°E along with 24 Horas and the RTVE radios (RNE Radio Nacional, RNE Radio Clásica, RNE Radio 3, RNE Ràdio 4, RNE Radio 5, Radio Exterior) between January 2014 and February 2020.
The channel can no longer be seen in Britain and Ireland through the Sky television platform on Eutelsat 33C at 28.5° East. In the Americas, it is available as part of RTVE's Digital Package for America on Hispasat 1C (encrypted). In Asia, it is available on AsiaSat 5 at 100.5° E and Intelsat 19 at 166° E (both in the clear).
Program listings
Logos
- September 1991–August 2000
- August 2000–August 2008
- September 2008–present