page_title: Televisión Nacional de Chile
section_title: Military dictatorship (1973–1990)
hierarchical_section_title: Televisión Nacional de Chile / History / Military dictatorship (1973–1990)
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of an old Panasonic color-television camera used by Televisión Nacional de Chile during the during the 70s and 80s. Español: Imagen de una cámara de televisión en colores Panasonic utilizada por Televisión Nacional de Chile en las décadas de 1970 y 1980.
context_page_description: Televisión Nacional de Chile is a Chilean public service television broadcaster. It was founded by order of President Eduardo Frei Montalva and it was launched nationwide on 18 September 1969. Since then, the company has been reorganized on several occasions and its operations areas have increased over the years, becoming one of the leading television broadcaster in Chile and South America. The law 17 377 of 1970 established that TVN must be a public, autonomous, pluralistic and representative public service. TVN's public mission determines the obligation to promote the national cultural identity, the values of democracy, human rights, care for the environment and respect for diversity. Furthermore, Televisión Nacional governs the programming of its services according to criteria established by the National Television Council.
  Televisión Nacional has been a pioneer in introducing technological advances in Chile. It was the first television network to have national coverage, satellite broadcast, colour television, stereo sound, High Definition and 3D.
context_section_description: On 11 September 1973 after the coup d'état in the morning, Televisión Nacional did not start broadcasting during the day and the studios were closed for three days, there was also an assault on the headquarters, where abundant amounts of audiovisual material were burned by the military, ending with a large part of the records of the first years of broadcast. During the three days it was closed, Canal 13 decided to occupy the TVN national network, because it was the only one authorized to broadcast after the coup d'état. After resuming the broadcast, it becomes the official television media of the new military dictatorship with informative management and strong control in the programming, granting advantage in audiences to Canal 13 news programme Teletrece, which was considered " more liberal".
  The first experimental colour-broadcast in Chile was developed by Televisión Nacional in the final night of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival on 6 February 1978. However, the decree 480 that was in force since 10 September 1976, restricted the import of colour television sets. This regulation promulgated by Augusto Pinochet, was abolished on 10 April of that year with the promulgation of a new resolution that allowed the emission in colour, norman as official definition in that country the NTSC format, proposed by the United States. At the time of the authorization and start-up, a large part of the network's programming was already in place and programmes such as La cafetera voladora were fully developed with this technology. This allowed the use of innumerable special effects. It astonished the children's of the time and could extend until 1982, setting a precedent in the production of programmes of this type in Chile.
  With the pass of the decade of 1980, Televisión Nacional grows with diverse programmes and technological advances. It became the first Chilean television network to broadcast its programming via satellite, in 1987 it released its second channel and in 1989 it inaugurated its international service. But, despite all the technical achievements, the company is criticized for its newscast 60 minutos by misrepresenting the news and information that every day reverberated society during the period, in addition to the loss of credibility, prestige and audience, led to the reorganization and rethinking the mission and identity of Televisión Nacional at times of political instability in Chile, as the last months of the regime were being developed, therefore, in democracy, the company seeks to be reformed and the new government authorities are prepared to make all kinds of changes.
caption: Old Panasonic colour-television camera used by Televisión Nacional.
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