In Argentina, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only five major commercial national terrestrial networks until 2018. These were Televisión Pública, El Nueve, El Trece, Telefe and América. Since 2018, Net TV became the sixth major commercial network,[1] with Televisión Pública being the national public television service. Local media markets have their own television stations, which may either be affiliated with or owned and operated by a television network. Stations may sign affiliation agreements with one of the national networks for the local rights to carry their programming.[2]
Transition to digital broadcasting began in 2009, when the Secretary of Communications recommended the adoption of the ISDB-T standard for digital television, with the "Argentine Digital Terrestrial Television System" being created.[3] [4] Digital television has reached 80 percent of Argentina as of December 2013.[5] The country was expected to end all analogue broadcasts in 2019,[6] but the date was later delayed to August 31, 2021.[7]
As of 2019, household ownership of television sets in the country is 99%, with the majority of households usually having two sets.[8]
| Network | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Radio y Televisión Argentina S.E. | |||
| Private | Grupo Octubre | Telearte S.A. | ||
| Private | Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino S.A. | |||
| Private | Televisión Federal S.A. | |||
| Private | Grupo América & Claudio Belocopitt | América TV S.A. | ||
| Private | Kuarzo Entertainment Argentina | |||
| Bravo TV | Private | Perfil & Grupo Olmos | Estrellas Satelital S.A. | |
The following are the television networks with a presence throughout the national territory, via the "Televisión Digital Abierta" service (Open Digital Television in English).
| Network | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.1 | Public | Contenidos Públicos S.E. | Encuentro | ||||
| 22.2 | Children's programming | ||||||
| 22.3 | Aunar | Public television | |||||
| 22.4 | Cine.AR | Argentinian movies | |||||
| 22.5 | Tec TV | Educational television | |||||
| 23.1 | Radio y Televisión Argentina S.E. | Public television | Televisión Pública | ||||
| 23.2 | Construir TV | Private | Fundación UOCRA | Fundación UOCRA | Construction/Lifestyle | ||
| 24.1 | DeporTV | Public | Government of Argentina | Contenidos Públicos S.E. | Sports | DeporTV | |
| 24.2 | Private | Telecentro | Grupo Pierri | News programming | |||
| 24.3 | Public | France Médias Monde | |||||
| 24.4 | Private | Grupo Olmos | Estrellas Satelital S.A. | ||||
| 24.5 | Información Periodística | Grupo Octubre | Telearte S.A. | ||||
| 25.1 | Unife | Universal Church | Unife | ||||
| 25.2 | Grupo Indalo | Grupo Indalo | News programming | ||||
| 25.3 | La Nación + | La Nación | |||||
| 25.4 | Public | SiBCI | |||||
| 25.5 | TV-Novosti | ||||||
Operating since April 21, 2010 from the Ministry of Public Works Building in Buenos Aires,[9] since October 1, 2010 from La Plata[10] and Luján,[11] since March 29, 2012 from Villa Martelli[9] and since April 4, 2012 from San Justo.[9]
| Station | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.1 | Alfa TV[12] | Broadcast testing | Private | Kuarzo Entertainment Argentina | rowspan="2" | ||
| 21.2 | Archdiocesan Television Center | Religious | |||||
| 26.1 | Telecentro | Grupo Pierri | rowspan="3" | ||||
| 26.2 | Construir TV | Fundación UOCRA | Fundación UOCRA | Construction/Lifestyle | |||
| 26.3 | Telemax | Telecentro | Grupo Pierri | Commercial network | |||
| 27.1 | Bravo TV | Perfil | Kuarzo Entertainment Argentina | Net TV | |||
| 27.2 | Major commercial network | ||||||
| 32.1 | TV Universidad | Public | National University of La Plata | Educational television | TV Universidad | ||
| 33.1 | Private | Arte Radiotelevisivo Argentino S.A. | Major commercial network | El Trece | |||
| 34.1 | Televisión Federal S.A. | Telefe | |||||
| 35.1 | Grupo Octubre | Telearte S.A. | El Nueve | ||||
| 35.2 | El Nueve | ||||||
| 35.3 | Aspen | Grupo Octubre | FM commercial radio | ||||
| 36.1 | América Multimedios | Major commercial network | América | ||||
| 36.2 | News programming |
Operating since February 1, 2011 from Mar del Plata.[13]
Operating since August 16, 2012 from Trenque Lauquen.[15]
Operating since September 1, 2010 from Puerto Tirol.[16]
| Station | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | Chaco TV | Public | Government of Chaco | Public television | Chaco TV | |||
| 28.1 | Private | Grupo Linke | TV Resistencia S.A. | Major commercial network | Canal 9 |
Operating since February 18, 2018 from Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña.[17]
| Station | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.1 | UNCAus TV | Public | National University of the Chaco Austral | Public television | rowspan="5" | |||
| 27.2 | Multivisión Federal | Private | Multivision S.R.L. | Multivision S.R.L. | Commercial network | |||
| 27.3 | Grupo Indalo | Grupo Indalo | News programming | |||||
| 27.4 | Public | Government of Argentina | Contenidos Públicos S.E. | Children's programming | ||||
| 27.5 | Cine + | Private | Movies | |||||
| 29.2 | Private | Grupo Linke | TV Resistencia S.A. | Major commercial network |
Operating since April 15, 2013 from Comodoro Rivadavia.[18]
Operating since January 1, 2011 from Cerro Mogote[19] and since February 14, 2012 from Córdoba.[20]
| Station | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.1 | Private | Clarín Group & Francisco Quiñonero | Telecor S.A.C.I. | Major commercial network | El Doce | ||
| 29.1 | Telefe Córdoba | Private | Paramount Global | Televisión Federal S.A. | |||
| 30.1 | Public | Multimedio SRT | Public television | Canal 10 | |||
| 30.2 | Educational television | ||||||
| 31.1 | Public television | rowspan="2" | |||||
| 31.2 | Educational television |
Operating since February 14, 2012 from Río Cuarto.[21]
| Station | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.1 | Private | Imperio Televisión S.A. | Imperio Televisión S.A. | Major commercial network | rowspan="2" | ||
| 31.1 | UniRío TV | Public | National University of Río Cuarto | Public television |
Operating since May 1, 2011 from Villa María.[22]
Operating from Corrientes. Also available in Greater Resistencia.
Operating since June 1, 2011 from Paraná.[23]
Operating since February 8, 2013 from Clorinda[24] and since January 29, 2014 from Laguna Blanca.[25]
Operating since December 1, 2010 from Formosa.[26]
Operating since May 1, 2011 from San Salvador de Jujuy.[27]
Operating since October 6, 2011 from Santa Rosa.[28]
Operating since February 1, 2011 from La Rioja.[29]
Operating since December 19, 2011 from Mendoza.[30]
| Station | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28.1 | Private | Cuyo Televisión S.A. | Major commercial network | Canal 9 Televida | |||
| 29.1 | Canal Acequia | Public | Government of Mendoza | Government of Mendoza | Public television | Canal Acequia | |
| 30.1 | Señal U | National University of Cuyo | Educational television | ||||
| 31.1 | Private | Grupo América | América Multimedios | Major commercial network | rowspan="2" | ||
| 31.2 | News programming |
Operating since June 1, 2011 from Posadas.[31]
Operating since March 1, 2011 from Bariloche.[32]
Operating since November 25, 2011 from Salta.[33]
| Station | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35.1 | Multivisión Federal | Private | Multivision S.R.L. | Multivision S.R.L. | Commercial network | rowspan="2" | |
| 35.2 | El 10 TV |
Operating since February 1, 2011 from San Juan[34] and since December 12, 2012 from San José de Jáchal.[35]
| Station | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29.1 | Blu HD | rowspan="2" | Private | Blu Medios | Blu Medios | Commercial network | |
| 30.1 | Diario 13 San Juan | Diario 13 San Juan | rowspan="2" | ||||
| 30.2 | CuidarTV | Public | Government of San Juan | Lifestyle | |||
| 31.1 | Private | América Multimedios | Major commercial network | Canal Ocho | |||
| 31.2 | News programming | ||||||
| 31.3 | Major commercial network | ||||||
| 31.4 | 8 Sports | Sports | |||||
| 32.2 | Archdiocese of San Juan | Commercial network/Religious | |||||
| 33.1 | Xama TV | Public | National University of San Juan | Public television | rowspan="2" | ||
| 33.2 | Xama TV | ||||||
| 35.1 | Zonda TV | Private | Grupo El Zonda | Grupo El Zonda | Commercial network | ||
| 36.1 | Andina S.A. | Andina S.A. | Major commercial network | Telesol | |||
| 36.2 | AM 1020 | FM commercial radio |
Operating since December 14, 2011 from San Luis.[36]
Operating since October 6, 2011 from Santo Tomé.[37]
Operating since October 6, 2011 from Rosario.[38]
| Station | Launch date | Type | Owner | Operator | Description | Mobile channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32.1 | Private | Televisión Litoral S.A. | Grupo Televisión Litoral | Major commercial network | El Tres TV | ||
| 33.1 | Televisión Federal S.A. | Telefe Rosario | |||||
| 33.2 |