Country | Uruguay |
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Headquarters | Paraguay 2253 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Grupo Monte Carlo S.A. |
Sister channels | Canal 11 (Maldonado) - Canal 3 (Colonia) - Canal 8 (Rosario) - Canal 4 (Dolores) - Canal 12 (Fray Bentos) - Montecable |
History | |
Launched | April 23, 1961 |
Former names | Monte Carlo Televisión Canal 4 (1961) - Canal 4 Monte Carlo TV (1965) - Monte Carlo TV Color (1981) - Monte Carlo Televisión (2001) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Analog VHF | Channel 4 (Montevideo) |
Digital VHF | Channel 4.1 (HD) |
Canal 4 (Canal Cuatro), previously known as Monte Carlo Televisión, is a television station located in Montevideo, Uruguay. Owned by Grupo Monte Carlo, it is the second oldest television channel in the country, beginning its broadcasts on April 23, 1961. Canal 10 started on December 7, 1956. Canal 12 was the third channel, May 2, 1962, and Canal 5, state-owned, was the last station to start broadcasting, on June 19, 1963.[1][2]