Repretel 11

Canal 11

Country	Costa Rica
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Repretel (Albavisión)
Sister channels	Canal 6 Canal 4 CDR 2
History
Launched	1969
Links
Website	www.repretel.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital VHF	Channel 11.1

Canal 11 is a private Costa Rican television channel, owned and operated by Repretel since 1996. It was the first station owned and operated by Repretel-Albavision group in Costa Rica.

History

Repretel bought the station from rival Teletica, due to a mismanagement from the leasing company operating the station, forcing the sale; Repretel was growing fast, leasing Channel 9 and 6; became the first TV-station owned and operated in Costa Rica.

In 1996, the channel briefly relayed channel 6. On March 1, 1997, the channel became independent again, airing a schedule consisting primarily of imported cartoons and telenovelas.^[1] On June 9, 2003, the channel interchanged schedules with Repretel 4 and changed focus to Latin American entertainment, including news and variety shows from Telemundo and Univisión.^[2]

Programming

Channel 11 is the second most watched channel on the network, behind Repretel 6, its programming consists of productions by Televisa, Univisión and its own productions.

References

External links

• Official website

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