Canal 5 (Uruguay)

Canal 5 (Televisión Nacional Uruguay)
CountryUruguay
Broadcast areaUruguay
HeadquartersMontevideo, Uruguay
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerMinistry of Education and Culture
History
Launched29 June 1963 (1963-06-29)
Former namesCanal 5 Sodre (1963-1981)
Sodre TV (1981-1995)
Televisión Nacional Sodre (1995-2002)
TVEO (2002-2005)
Televisión Nacional Uruguay (2005-2021)
Links
Websitemediospublicos.uy
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHFChannel 5 (Montevideo)
Digital VHFChannel 5.1

Canal 5 (English: Channel 5) is an Uruguayan national television network owned by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The channel began broadcasting on 19 June 1963.[1]

Former logo as TNU used until 2021
Canal 5 studios in Montevideo.
  1. ^ TNU. "Página Oficial" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2015.