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Telelatino
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| Telelatino (TLN) | |
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| Type | Cable television specialty channel |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | Corus Entertainment (50.5% & managing partner) Italo Rosati (16.5%) Romeo Di Battista (16.5%) Joseph Vitale (16.5%) |
| Launch date | October 1984 |
| Website | tlntv.com/ |
Telelatino, also referred to as TLN is an Canadian-based Italian- and Spanish-language cable television specialty channel. It also has a small select amount of programming in English.
TLN began broadcasting in October 1984 and is currently owned by a consortium consisting of Corus Entertainment (managing partner) and 3 Italian-Canadians who own minority shares. Telelatino headquarters are in Toronto but the company also operates an office in Montreal. Currently Telelatino is Canada's only Hispanic broadcaster.
TLN operates two timeshifted feeds, East (Eastern Time) and West (Pacific Time).
Despite its national availability and its presence on analogue cable in southern Ontario and the Montreal area, TLN is largely unheard of in most parts of Canada; the majority of cable companies elsewhere carry TLN on digital cable only, if at all, due to the small ethnic communities outside the major centres. Dispite this, TLN is Canada's most watched ethnic specialty channel.
The network broadcasts via the Anik F1-T25 at 107.3 degrees west, on the L-Band channel at 1221.75 MHz. [1]
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Telelatino's Spanish language programming comes from various broadcasters including Univision, Televisa, Telemundo & CNN en Español. The Italian language programming is derived from different sources among which are the 3 channels that Telelatino offers as stand-alone services- Leonardo World, SKY TG 24 & Video Italia. From its inception up until mid-2003, Telelatino's Italian programming was derived from RAI, Italy's national broadcaster. A disputer arose in 2003 that saw RAI part ways with Telelatino after indicating that it wanted to offer the channel itself to Canadians not simply programming through Telelatino. TLN also broadcasts a small percentage of English programming. It recently acquired the rights to the blockbuster hit The Sopranos, which it airs nightly, as well as hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond which airs in English, Italian & Spanish.
Telelatino broadcasts a substantial amount of Soccer programming, airing Italian Serie A matches for several years now and recently acquiring the rights to UEFA Champions League matches involving Italian or Spanish teams. It was recently announced that TLN would be partnering up with the CBC to air matches from various FIFA tournaments including the 2010 & 2014 FIFA World Cups, as the CBC was recently awarded the broadcast rights to various FIFA tournaments.[2]
In 2003, RAI pulled its content from Telelatino and petitioned the CRTC to allow it to broadcast RAI International in Canada.[3] This effort was backed by Rogers Communications, who sponsored RAI's application to get on the CRTC's approved list. The Italian community in Montreal was almost wholly in favour of admitting RAI. The Committee for Italians Living Abroad in Montreal (COM.IT.ES.), an arm of the Italian foreign ministry, led the campaign to have RAI admitted. The Italian community in Toronto, however, was divided. Some in Toronto saw the move as part of a scheme by then Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to gain greater influence over the Italian language media in Canada. Italian law provides the Italian diaspora votes in Italian elections and permanent seats in the Italian parliament. After much political wrangling by RAI & Italian-Canadians, RAI International was approved by the CRTC in the spring of 2005 and began broadcasting in June 2005.
Telelatino also owns and operates 3 category 2 ethnic channels that serve the Italian Community: Leonardo World, SKY TG24 and Video Italia.
TLN recently announced that they plan to launch Canada's first all-Spanish language television channel- tlñ en español.[4] According to their website, it will feature programming from Central & South American spanish-speaking countries as well as from Spain. It will feature extensive soccer coverage.
- Official Site
- Super Trio Italiano
- tlñ en español
- CRTC Decision 1984-444 Original Telelatino License
- CRTC chart of Telelatino's assets (PDF)
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Television Assets: CHEX | CHEX-TV-2 | CKWS | CMT | Documentary Channel | Discovery Kids | Encore Avenue | Food Network | Movie Central | SCREAM | Telelatino | TELETOON (English) | TÉLÉTOON (French) | Treehouse TV | W Network | YTV |
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