Telefe

Infobox TV channel
name = Telefe
logofile = Logo de Telefe.png logosize = 250px
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launch = July 21, 1961
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owner = Telefónica de Argentina, S.A.
slogan = Una Buena Señal
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broadcast area = Argentina
headquarters = Buenos Aires, Argentina
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web = [http://www.telefe.com.ar/ www.telefe.com.ar]
terr serv 1 = Local VHF
Argentina
terr chan 1 = Channel 11 (Buenos Aires)
sat serv 1 = DirecTV
sat chan 1 = Channel 123
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cable serv 1 = Multicanal, Cabevisión and Telecentro
cable chan 1 = Channel 11
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Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and recently referred to as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once (Channel 11), a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when [http://www.atlantida.com.ar Grupo Atlántida] (80%) and News Corporation (20%) took over the channel. Since 1997, it is owned by Telefónica.

In 2006 Telefe produced "Montecristo", its most popular telenovelacite web |url=http://www.videoageinternational.com/articles/2007/01/telefe.html |title=Domestic Recovery Fuels Int’l Boom for Argentina’s Telefe |accessdate=2008-10-10 |author=Serafini, Dom |date= |work=Video Age International |publisher=] and "the hottest telenovela in Argentina" according to "Variety".cite journal |last=Newbery |first=Charles |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=February 19, 2007 |title=Telefe extends "Montecristo" sales |journal= Variety |volume= |issue= |pages= |publisher= |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117959814.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |accessdate=2008-10-10 |quote=] "Montecristo", which is loosely based on the 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel "The Count of Monte Cristo", was sold to more than 40 international markets in 2006, and remade in Chile, Mexico, Portugal, Colombia, Italy and Spain.

The station is currently the most watched television stationFact|date=October 2008 in Argentina, with daily cooking shows and telenovelas such as "Se dice amor" and "La Tormenta", as well as Susana Giménez's variety show. Telefe also produced popular telenovelas such as "Chiquititas" and "Los Roldán". It was also responsible for the five editions of the Argentine version of "Big Brother" ("Gran Hermano") and three of "Star Academy" ("Operación Triunfo" ). Currently, the most popular programmesFact|date=October 2008 in Argentina are shown in Telefe, including "CQC" and the detectives series "Hermanos & Detectives". Telefe also broadcasts some American shows, such as "The O.C." and "ER". Also, due to the success of the adaptation of the sitcom "The Nanny", other famous American sitcoms such as "Who's the Boss?" and "Married... with Children" have been localized. The last production "Aquí no hay quien viva" is a local adaptation from the Spanish sitcom of the same name.

The network's main competitor is Canal 13.

Affiliated stations

* Channel 2 - Jujuy
* Channel 5 - Rosario (O&O)
* Channel 7 - Neuquén (O&O)
* Channel 7 - Santiago del Estero
* Channel 8 - Córdoba (O&O)
* Channel 8 - Tucumán (O&O)
* Channel 8 - Mar del Plata (O&O)
* Channel 9 - Bahía Blanca (O&O)
* Channel 9 - La Rioja
* Channel 9 - Mendoza
* Channel 11 - Formosa
* Channel 11 - Salta (O&O)
* Channel 13 - Río Cuarto
* Channel 13 - Santa Fe (O&O)
* Channel 13 - Corrientes
* Channel 13 - Ushuaia

References

External links

* [http://www.telefe.com.ar/ Official site]
* [http://www.telefeinternational.com/ Telefe International]
* [http://www.telefemovil.com.ar/ Telefe Movil] (Telefe Cell Phone)