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{{short description|Argentine television station and network}}
{{About-distinguish|the Argentine television network|American television|América Televisión}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign            = LS 86 TV Canal 2
| city                =
| logo                = América TV (Nuevo logo Junio 2020).png
| logo_size           = 180px
| branding            = América
| analog              = 2 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])
| digital             = 36 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| subchannels         =
| repeaters           = {{collapsible list|3 ([[Dolores, Buenos Aires|Dolores]])|5 ([[Las Flores, Buenos Aires Province|Las Flores]])|8 ([[Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires Province|25 de Mayo]])|45<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.afsca.gob.ar/pecfr/2006/R20061765.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501234218/http://www.afsca.gob.ar/pecfr/2006/R20061765.pdf |archive-date=May 1, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ([[Roque Pérez]])}}
| affiliations        =
| airdate             = {{Start date and years ago|1966|06|25}}
| location            = [[La Plata|La Plata, Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| callsign_meaning    =
| former_callsigns    =
| former_names        = {{ubl|Tevedos (1966–1979, 1988–1991)|Canal 2 (1979–1987)|Teledos (1987–1988)|América Te Ve (1991–1994)|América 2 (1994–1995)}}
| owner               = [[Grupo América]]
| licensee            = America TV S.A.
| sister_stations     =
| former_affiliations =
| erp                 = 30 kW
| coordinates         = {{coord|34|50|32|S|58|12|14|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline,title}}
| licensing_authority = [[Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones|ENACOM]]
| website             = {{url|https://AmericaTV.com.ar}}
}}
'''América TV''' (call sign LS 86 TV) is an Argentine television station broadcasting on channel 2 in [[La Plata]], [[Buenos Aires Province]], Argentina, and one of Argentina's five national television networks. It is owned by [[Grupo América]].
América TV maintains studio facilities and offices located in [[Palermo, Buenos Aires|Palermo]] neighborhood of [[Buenos Aires]]; its transmitter is located in the [[Florencio Varela Partido]], [[Buenos Aires Province]]. Outside of the province, América is available on cable & satellite nationally, and its programs are rebroadcast by two broadcast stations owned by Grupo América—[[Channel 7 (Mendoza, Argentina)|Channel 7 Mendoza]] and [[Channel 8 (San Juan, Argentina)|Channel 8 San Juan]]—plus two affiliates in [[Channel 10 (Junín, Argentina)|Junín]] and [[:es:América Tucumán|Tucumán]].
==History==
===1966: Founding===
Channel 2 in La Plata was launched on 25 June 1966 as ''Tevedos'', under the ownership of Rivadavia Televisión S.A., whose owners also had several radio stations and the now-defunct [[El Mundo (Argentina)|El Mundo]] daily newspaper.
La Plata is close in proximity to Buenos Aires, and the two cities can receive each other's television broadcasts. This geographical reality led Tevedos to target the much larger media market of Argentina's capital. But with transmission facilities in [[Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires|Florencio Varela]] to the south, northern portions of the metropolitan area couldn't receive an adequate signal. This stood in contrast to the other four stations in Buenos Aires, which had their transmitters located in the city proper.
===1970–76===
In the early 1970s, trouble continually plagued the channel, stemming from its technical disadvantages. The ratings for Argentinian television were measured in Buenos Aires, and its comparatively poor signal could not offer the same coverage as its four competitors. Comedians joked about the station's small 7% market share by dubbing it "James Bond", a pun of his "007" codename. To lower costs, it began airing cheaper programs, even simulcasting [[El Trece (Argentina)|Canal 13]] at times.<ref>[http://resisteunarchivo.blogspot.com.ar/2012/12/hace-25-anos-nacia-teledos.html Hace 25 años: nacía TeleDos], ''Resiste, un archivo''</ref>
===1976–87: State ownership===
In 1976, the Province of Buenos Aires expropriated the station, and in 1979, it was transferred to the provincial level Ministry of Economy as a statutory enterprise. That same year, the station became known as simply '''Canal 2''' (channel 2). Colour broadcasts, which began in 1980, the same year as national station Channel 13, made it the third station to switch to colour broadcasting and the first TV station outside Buenos Aires itself to do so.
After the fall of the dictatorship and return to democracy in 1983, a bid was hurriedly opened for companies wanting to purchase the station. Radiodifusora El Carmen S.A. won the license, but it took four years for the company to find a partner with the technical capacity to run the station. Finally, in December 1987, El Carmen partnered with [[Héctor Ricardo García]], owner of the ''[[Crónica (newspaper)|Crónica]]'' newspaper, and his company Estrella Producciones S.A., the former owners of Channel 11 (now [[Telefe]]) and with the new owners came a new brand: '''Teledos'''.
===1987–91: Teledos, a crisis and Tevedos===
Within a month, Teledos, now Argentina's second private television channel, rocketed to second place in ratings, leaving behind the station's long cellar dweller past. Teledos had taken a tight second, just ahead of Canal 13, but behind the ratings monster that was Alejandro Romay's [[Canal 9 (Argentina)|Canal 9]], which still brought in double the viewership.<ref>http://resisteunarchivo.blogspot.com.ar/2010/02/yo-te-avise-rating-teledos-febrero-1988.html "Yo te avisé: Rating TeleDos Febrero 1988", Resiste, un archivo</ref> Newer and fresher hosts, forgotten by the state-owned ATC, channel 11 and channel 13, headed up a refreshed outlet with a heavy emphasis on news and current affairs programming with ''Teledos Noticias'' as flagship.
The resurgence, however, would not last long. The shareholders in El Carmen were in bitter legal disputes, which boiled over in November 1988. García promptly pulled all of his programming and left. A crisis now emerged, as Canal 2 was left with very little programming to air. The ''TV Guía'' publication proclaimed the situation as a ''tormenta''. Without studio space of its own, the station had to record its newscasts three hours in advance and drive the film by car to its La Plata transmitter, for there was no connection between the Buenos Aires facilities it was using and its own physical plant. By the end of the year, a new name had emerged: '''Tevedos''' returned. However, the precarious financial state that the channel was in led to bankruptcy reorganization in 1989, out of which [[Eduardo Eurnékian]], owner of the [[Cablevisión (Argentina)|Cablevisión]] cable system and several radio stations in the capital city, bought the channel and incorporated it into his new multimedia group, Corporación Multimedios América.
===1991–2002===
On April 15, 1991, Tevedos was rebranded as '''América Te Ve''', but Eurnékian's biggest change would be in facilities. In 1994, what was now known as '''América 2''' moved its studios—and, more importantly, its transmitter—to the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, improving its terrestrial reception and becoming the first of the major Argentine broadcasters to possess digital television equipment. The next year, the channel was again rebranded as '''América Televisión''' (or just '''América''').
Eurnékian pulled out of his multimedia ventures during the 1990s; in 2000, the station became part of a group controlled by [[Carlos Ávila]] and his family. Ávila had created [[Torneos y Competencias]], the longtime rights holder to Argentine soccer and producer of other sports events. Under Ávila, América's programming would have a strong emphasis on sports and news.
===2002–present===
[[File:Móvil América TV.jpg|thumb|Truck of América TV]]
In 2002, a major economic crisis almost carried the channel into bankruptcy; the Ávila family connected América to the [[Grupo América]] multimedia company, and after a reorganization, the station was able to emerge from bankruptcy and maintain its license, despite a strong challenge mounted by Héctor Ricardo García.
In 2005, two of the most popular programs on the network moved to Canal 13 after the program ''Televisión Registrada'' invited a guest who had been charged with bribing the Argentinian Senate. The station's news director apparently refused to allow the program to air, and as a result, both ''Television Registrada'' and ''Indomables'' left América. In that same year, [[Francisco de Narváez]] bought a majority stake in the channel.
Currently, América occupies fourth place in the ratings, slightly behind [[Canal 9 (Argentina)|Canal 9]] in the competition for third place.
In 2015, América TV broadcast its first Reality Show: [[Gran Hermano (Argentina)|Gran Hermano]] [[Argentina]] 2015.
It also has subsidiary channels of Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile.
==Digital terrestrial television==
=== Subchannels ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ {{sronly|Subchannels}}
! scope = "col" | Channel
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 36.1
| [[1080i]] || [[16:9]] || Main América TV programming (HD version)
|-
! scope = "row" | 36.3
| [[576i]] || rowspan="2" | [[4:3]] || [[América 24|A24]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 36.31
| [[240p]] || Main América TV programming (SD version)
|}
==Rebroadcasters==
América TV is rebroadcast on the following [[Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator stations]]:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.america2.com.ar/ |title=Official website América TV (section "Carpeta de acceso público") |access-date=October 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618055755/http://www.america2.com.ar/ |archive-date=June 18, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ata.org.ar/texto/2_laplata.htm |title=ATA |website=www.ata.org.ar |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040830232444/http://www.ata.org.ar/texto/2_laplata.htm |archive-date=30 August 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center; width: 100%;"
|-
! colspan="2" style="with: 100%;" align="center" | List of translators
|-
| '''[[Television channel|Channel]]'''
| '''City'''
|-
| 3 || [[Dolores, Buenos Aires|Dolores]]
|-
| 5 || [[Las Flores, Buenos Aires Province|Las Flores]]
|-
| 8 || [[Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires Province|25 de Mayo]]
|-
| 45<ref name="auto"/> || [[Roque Pérez]]
|}
It was previously broadcast on channel 71 at [[Lezama, Buenos Aires|Lezama]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|América TV, Argentina}}
*[http://www.americatv.com.ar Official site] {{in lang|es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131227070822/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.america.tv.argentina.mulgoi.app App Android America TV en vivo] {{in lang|es}}
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[[Category:Grupo América]]