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Canal 11, formerly known as TeleOnce is a television station headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala, with repeaters throughout the country. The network and stations broadcast in the NTSC format.

It is one of the five stations operated by Radio y Televisión de Guatemala, who also operate channels 3, 7, 13 and 23; all of which are linked to Remigio Ángel González through his Albavisión group. The channel specializes in animated series, TV shows and movies.

History

The Guatemalan government issued a license for channel 11 in 1960, announcing on December 27 that year as "Voz e Imagen de Centroamérica" on an advertisement at the El Imparcial newspaper, promising an 8,000-watt antenna and a budget of 25,000 quetzales. Before starting operations, the channel failed to begin operations, having failed its initial April 1961 target; the station faced legal problems on February 9, 1962, before the government suspended its license on March 6 the same year.

The current station was founded between October 1966 and February 1967 with mixed Guatemalan and Honduran capitals; financing came from Guatemalan businessmen and the channel was led by the Honduran Antonio Mourra. Mourra later started channel 13, which later joined Asociación de Televisoras de Centroamérica y Panamá as a founding member.

References

1. "Guatemala country profile". BBC News, July 3, 2012.
2. ^ "Historia de la televisión en Guatemala". El Libre Pensador. 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
3. "O FLUXO TELEVISIVO DO CANAL 5: uma forma cultural em Honduras" (PDF). Federal University of Ouro Preto. 28 September 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

• Television stations in Guatemala
• Television channels and stations established in 1966