FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                    Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
                             Securities Act of 1934

                           For the month of July 2003

                                 MULTICANAL S.A.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                                MULTICHANNEL S.A.
                 (Translation of Registrant's name into English)

                                   Avalos 2057
                         (1431) Buenos Aires, Argentina
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                 Form 20-F   X                       Form 40-F
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g-3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

                 Yes                                  No    X
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If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

                          82 - ______________________.

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         Multicanal S.A. Extends APE Solicitation and Cash Tender Offer


BUENOS AIRES, July 18, 2003 - Multicanal S.A. (the "Company") today announced
that it is extending its solicitation (the "APE Solicitation") from holders of
its 9 1/4% Notes due 2002, 10 1/2% Notes due 2007, 13.125% Series E Notes due
2009, Series C 10 1/2% Notes due 2018 and Series J Floating Rate Notes due 2003
(together, the "Existing Notes"), and other financial indebtedness (the "Bank
Debt" and together with the Existing Notes, the "Existing Debt") of powers of
attorney in favor of an attorney-in-fact, to execute an acuerdo preventivo
extrajudicial (the "APE") until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 25, 2003,
unless further extended by the Company in its sole discretion.

The Company also announced today that it is extending until 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on July 25, 2003, unless further extended by the Company in its sole
discretion, its offer to purchase for cash (the "Cash Tender Offer") U.S.$100
million of its Existing Debt at a price of U.S.$300 per U.S.$1,000 aggregate
principal amount of Existing Debt tendered for purchase.

As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 17, 2003, holders of approximately
U.S.$236.7 million or 44.9% principal amount of Existing Debt in the aggregate
have either tendered in the Cash Tender Offer or agreed to participate in the
APE Solicitation.

Holders of Existing Debt that wish to withdraw from the APE Solicitation or the
Cash Tender Offer, as the case may be, shall have the right to do so until 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on July 25, 2003, in accordance with the procedures
specified in the APE Solicitation or the Cash Tender Offer, as the case may be.

The APE Solicitation

Upon approval (homologacion) of the APE by the Bankruptcy Court (the "Court
Approval"), each holder that accepted the APE Solicitation will receive, for
each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Existing Debt tendered in connection with
the APE Solicitation, at its option, either (i) U.S.$1,000 principal amount of
the Company's 10-Year Step-Up Notes (the "10-Year Notes") or (ii) U.S.$315
principal amount of either (A) the Company's 7% 7-Year Notes (the "7-Year Fixed
Rate Notes") or (B) the Company's 7-Year Floating Rate Notes (the "7-Year FRNs",
together with the 7-Year Fixed Rate Notes, the "7-Year Notes", and the 7-Year
Notes together with the 10-Year Notes, the "New Notes"), and 598 of the
Company's class C shares of common stock (the "Class C Shares"). The Company is
seeking to (i) exchange up to U.S.$120 million principal amount of its Existing
Debt for U.S.$120 million of 10-Year Notes, (ii) exchange no less than
U.S.$147.7 million principal amount of its Existing Debt for U.S.$96 million of
its 7-Year Notes and capitalize approximately U.S.$157.1 million principal
amount of its Existing Debt. The Company will not pay any accrued and unpaid
interest (including default interest and additional amounts, if any) on the
Existing Debt that is exchanged or capitalized pursuant to the APE. As of 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on July 17, 2003, holders of approximately U.S.$146.7
million principal amount or, after giving effect to the Cash Tender Offer at the
level provided as a condition to the APE, 34.3% principal amount, of Existing
Debt have agreed to participate in the APE Solicitation. The APE Solicitation
will remain in all respects subject to all terms and conditions described in the
Solicitation Statement dated February 7, 2003, as amended and supplemented by
the Supplement to Solicitation Statement dated March 26, 2003.

The Cash Tender Offer

The Company will not pay any accrued and unpaid interest (including default
interest and additional amounts, if any) on the Existing Debt that is tendered
for purchase in the Cash Tender Offer. As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
July 17, 2003, approximately U.S.$90 million principal amount of Existing Debt
has been tendered in the Cash Tender Offer.

The Cash Tender Offer will remain subject to all terms and conditions described
in the Offer to Purchase dated January 31, 2003, as amended and supplemented by
the Supplement to Offer to Purchase dated March 26, 2003.

The Proposed Restructuring

The APE Solicitation and the Cash Tender Offer afford the Company's creditors an
opportunity to achieve a restructuring of the Company's Existing Debt on a
consensual basis. The Company believes that the APE procedure presents important
advantages for the Company as well as its creditors by avoiding the complexities
and costs of the concurso preventivo process. Furthermore, the Company 's
current proposal is substantively responsive to the interests of all of its
stakeholders under the current circumstances and addresses concerns raised by
certain of the Company's creditors after the proposal was initially launched. To
date, however, creditors holding in excess of 33% of the Company's Existing Debt
have not yet consented to the Company's offer. Certain of these creditors have
approached the Company to demand further modifications to the Company's
proposal, which modifications, in the Company's view, would render the success
of a consensual restructuring highly unlikely.

The Company remains committed to preserving the continuity of its operations.
This long-term objective, however, requires that the Company's Existing Debt be
adequately restructured, whether pursuant to an APE or, if the support required
to effect an APE is not forthcoming, any other means available to the Company
under the existing legal framework. The Company continues to evaluate its
options and will weigh the significance of a shortfall in the necessary support
for an APE by July 25, 2003 in light of the then prevailing circumstances.

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THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT AN OFFER FOR SALE OF THE SECURITIES IN THE UNITED
STATES OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER IS PROHIBITED, AND NEITHER
THE APE NOR ANY OF THE SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE APE, IF APPROVED,
MAY BE SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH SALE IS PROHIBITED. THE COMPANY DOES NOT INTEND TO
REGISTER THE APE OR ANY OF THE SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE APE IN
THE UNITED STATES OR TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC OFFERING OF THE APE OR SUCH SECURITIES
IN ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THOSE AS IT MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PUBLISH.

The Information Agent for both the Cash Tender Offer and the APE Solicitation is
D.F. King & Co., Inc. and its telephone number is (212) 493-6920. The Depositary
for the Cash Tender Offer and the Exchange Agent for the APE Solicitation is
JPMorgan Chase Bank and its telephone number is (212) 623-5162.

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               This extension notice is dated as of July 18, 2003.

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                                    SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                                MULTICANAL S.A.



Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 2003          By: /s/ Adrian Meszaros
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                                                    Adrian Meszaros
                                                    Chief Financial Officer