Etc...TV

Infobox TV channel
name= ETC...TV
logofile=etc TV.jpg
launch=1996
owner=Telefilms Ltda
other names=Etcetera TV
web= [http://www.etc.cl/ Official Site]
terr avail=Not Available
cable serv 1= VTR
cable chan 1= Channel 13|

Etc...TV is a private owned cable TV channel of Chile that launched in 1996 and is owned by Telefilms Ltda. Starting with a low budget, the channel was originally focused as a "miscellaneous" channel (the name of the channel, ETC, is based on Etcetera, as "a lot of things" or "other things") on children's programming and some North American Sitcoms in their first year, however, when the channel aired Sailor Moon and Saint Seiya in the middle of 1997, the station experiment a considerable increase of rating and they realized that Japanese Anime were an interesting genre. After the success of the first seasons of Sailor Moon and Saint Seiya, the channel began to obtain new Anime series and starts to be a fully oriented Anime channel and the only cable channel on the country that shows Anime with the local channel Chilevisión. Etc...TV is considered, along Chilevisión, as one of the precursors of Anime in Chile after a long time of absence of programs of the genre in the country since the 80's, like the UCV TV program Pipiripao. Their actual slogan is "Todo pasa por Etc..." (All Happens on Etc...)

Anime aired on Etc...TV

Some of the following Anime were aired on Etc...TV, many of those series where also aired on some local Chilean channels, specially Chilevisión on their program "El Club de los Tigritos" (now named Invasion) and some exceptions in TVN (Vision of Escaflowne and Lost Universe), Red Televisión (Detective Conan, also aired in Chilevisión) and Megavisión (Dragon Ball, Yu-Gi-Oh).

*Ashita no Nadja (beginning March 26th 2007)
*Bikkuriman (first season only)
*Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (slightly North America edited version)
*Captain Tsubasa (known in Latin America as "Los Super Campeones", aired the original series and Road to 2002)
*Irresponsible Captain Tylor (completed)
*Card Captor Sakura (original Japanese edition without any censorship of the US version, completed)
*Corrector Yui (beginning March 24th 2008)
*Crayon Shin Chan (North American edit)
*Detective Conan (some seasons)
*Digimon (original Japanese edition, until Digimon Frontier)
*Doraemon (known in Latin America as "El Gato Cosmico")
*Dr.Slump (not completed)
*Dragon Ball (all seasons)
*Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro
*Ghost Sweeper Mikami (completed)
*Goal FH (known in Latin America as "Goleadores")
*Gulliver Boy (completed)
*Gundam Wing (the only Gundam series who was aired on Etc...TV, Chile and Latin America)
*Hajime no Ippo (known in Latin America as "Espiritu de Lucha", completed but still airing)
*Hamtaro (beginning March 26th 2007)
*Hell Teacher Nūbē (completed)
*Hunter x Hunter (original Japanese edition, complete TV series plus Ryodan OVAs)
*Kinnikuman (original Japanese edition, first season only)
*Koni chan (the dub were made in Mexico using a lot of slang, changing a lot the original concept)
*Inuyasha (North American edittion)
*Magic Knight Rayearth (North American edit)
*Magical DoReMi (original Japanese edition, only the first season )
*Sally The Witch (original Japanese edition, remake series)
*Marmalade Boy (knows in Latin America as "La Familia Crece" but in the channel was announced by the original name, however and despite the name, the series were dubbed in Chile itself and get the same name as the Spanish edition)
*One Piece (beginning March 26th 2007)
*Patlabor
*Prince of Tennis (only the two first seasons)
*Pokemon (North American edit, eight seasons)
*Ranma ½ (completed)
*Nintama Rantarou (know in Latin America as "Ninja Boy Rantaro")
*Tantei Gakuen Q (know in Latin America as "Escuela de Detectives")
*Tenchi Muyo (TV first season, "Tenchi in Tokyo" and OVA series)
*Sailor Moon (all seasons)
*Saint Seiya (known in Latin America as "Los Caballeros del Zodiaco", original Japanese edition, all seasons except for the new Hades season)
*Sakura Wars (known in Latin America as "La Guerra de Sakura", but in the channel is announced by the original name, the first TV season)
*Shaman King (completed, still aired)
*Slam Dunk (original Japanese edition, completed)
*Slayers (known in Latin America as "Los Justicieros", all seasons)
*Sorcerous Stabber Orphen (completed)
*Taiho Shichauzo (known in Latin America as "Estan Arrestados")
*The Secret Garden (animated Japanese version of the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett)
*Vision of Escaflowne (original Japanese edition, completed)
*Yaiba
*Yamazaki
*Yu-Gi-Oh (North American edit, still airing)
*Zenki (completed)
*Zoids (original Japanese edition, first season)

Programs

The following programs are exclusive to the stations. They are mostly oriented towards child and teenage viewers.

* Troncal etc...
* Sin Uniforme
* Pega2 (2006)
* Cazador de Sueños (2006)
* En Escena (2006)
* CDN Cosa de Niños (2006)
* Cuenta Regresiva

Criticism

Although Etc...TV is one of the few channels in Chile for Anime series, the channel has suffered a considerable amount of criticism for technical issues, such as low sound and video quality. Said issues became more notorious after Etc...TV was moved from their VTR signal to channel 13, who is shared in signal with the local channel Universidad Católica de Chile Televisión causing a lot of interference between both channels.

In its first years, Etc...TV also took lots of criticism for its policy of censorship. This was very obvious during the early runs of Meitantei Conan, where the more bloody case scenes were heavily cut, to the point that some episodes were very hard to follow for the viewers.

ee also

* List of Chilean television channels

External links

* [http://www.etc.cl Official Site] es icon