| Canal 7 | |
| Picture Format: | 480i SDTV |
| Country: | Guatemala |
| Area: | Guatemala |
| Owner: | Chapín TV (Albavisión) |
| Launch Date: | December 15, 1964 |
| Sister Channels: | Canal 3 Canal 11 Canal 13 |
| Terr Serv 1: | Analog VHF |
| Terr Chan 1: | Channel 7 Channel 8 (inside the country) |
| Terr Serv 2: | Digital UHF |
| Terr Chan 2: | Channel 19.2 Channel 43.1 |
Canal 7 (Canal Siete, formerly Televicentro and Televisiete) is a Guatemalan terrestrial television channel owned by Grupo Chapín TV, a subsidiary of Remigio Ángel González's Albavisión group. Similar to sister channel Canal 3, the channel has a generalist profile and it also airs programming from Univision.
Televicentro launched on December 15, 1964[1] under the TGBO-TV calls, with a daily schedule between 5pm and 11pm.[2] The station was founded by the El Imparcial newspaper, with initial funding costing 250,000 quetzales and with video taping equipment worth 80,000 quetzales. At launch, the channel covered 80% of the Guatemalan territory. On December 5, 1965, the channel faced internal problems among shareholders, with José Quiñones as interventor.
Around 1977, the channel was renamed Televisiete, likely due to its relations with Televisa.[3]
The station is acquired by Alba Lorenzana Cardona, wife of Remigio Ángel González, in 1980. Televisiete's parent company Televisiete S.A. controls Indetel S.A. in Ecuador, which runs La Tele.[4]