Televisión Pública

Argentine public television channel

Televisión Pública (Public Television, abbreviated TVP) is a publicly owned Argentine television network, the national public broadcaster. It began broadcasting in 1951, when LR3 Radio Belgrano Televisión channel 7 in Buenos Aires, its key station and the first television station in the country, signed on the air.

Televisión Pública
Broadcast areaArgentina
Worldwide (online)
HeadquartersBuenos Aires, Argentina
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
OwnerRTA S.E. (Secretary of Public Media and Communications, Government of Argentina)
Key people
  • Claudio Martínez (Executive director)
  • Rosario Lufrano (RTA Chairman)
Sister channelsEncuentro
Pakapaka
History
Launched17 October 1951; 73 years ago (1951-10-17)
Former namesLR3 Radio Belgrano Televisión (1951-1959)
Canal 7 Argentina (1959-1973/1976-1978/1978-1979/2000-2009)
Televisión Argentina (1973-1976)
ATC (1979-1999)
TV Pública (2009-2016)
Televisión Pública Argentina (2016-2020)
Links
Websitetvpublica.com.ar
Availability
LS 82 TV Canal 7 Buenos Aires, Argentina
ChannelsAnalog: 7 (VHF)
Digital: 23
Ownership
OwnerGovernment of Argentina
(RTA S.E.)
Technical information
Licensing authority
ENACOM