Caracol Televisión

Caracol Televisión, also known as Caracol TV or in a simplified manner as Caracol, is a Colombian television production company and television channel founded on August 28, 1969. Caracol would relaunch as a television channel on July 10, 1998, after the end of the Inravisión television monopoly. The company is owned by Caracol Medios, a division of the Valorem.
==Programmer==
===1969-1971===
When Caracol Televisión was founded in August 1969, the logo was used the same as the Caracol Radio logo. This logo was used as a prototype logo.
===1971-1983===
====1971-1979====
In 1971, Caracol debuted its first logo as a production company.
====1979-1981====
In 1979, the logo's color changed to red following the introduction of color broadcasts in Colombia.
====1981-1983====
In 1981, a wordmark was added to the 1969 logo.
===1984-1987===
In 1984, a snail shell was added to the logo.
===1987-1998===
Caracol Televisión introduced a new logo in 1987 with the snail shell being redesigned and the famous wordmark being introduced. The tagline was Caracol: Más Compañia. This logo was used until July 10, 1998 when the company launched its privately-owned TV channel.
==Private channel==
===1998-2003 (Canal Caracol)===
In June 1998, Caracol Televisión was converted into a private television channel and rebranded as Canal Caracol. The first logo was introduced on July 10, 1998 and the green sphere was placed in the centre of the logo.
====1998-2000====
Before the 2000 update, this logo was first used as a secondary logo. The first logo was introduced on July 10, 1998 and the green sphere was placed in the centre of the logo.
====2000-2003====
A modification of the 1998 logo was added the blue sphere with a word "TV", who was used in programming and movies.
===2003-2012===
In June 30, 2003, after the company split from Caracol Radio after it was sold to PRISA, the channel debuted a new logo.
====2003-2007====
Changes include the word "Televisión" with orange outlines and the sphere from green to blue. This logo countinued to be as as secondary until the 2008 reband and a screen bug until the 2010 rebrand.
====2007-2010====
The word "Televisión" was dropped from the name leaving only the word "Caracol" just like the pre-2003 logos. This variant was used along with the 2003-2012 logo, as a primary logo, until 2010.
====2010-2012====
In late 2010, this logo became modern and the word "Televisión" was in a different font.
===2012-2017===
This logo was introduced since 2012 as a blue logo until 2017.
====2012-2015====
In 2012, this entire logo became blue and it's 2D.
====2015-2017====
The 2012 logo was placed inside of a blue circle, and it was introduced in July 2015. The wordmark was also changed.
===2017-present===
On May 15, 2017, this logo was used as a secondary logo.
====2017-2019====
On May 15, 2017, as part of the rebrand, the 2012 logo was still modified. This logo was used as a corporate logo until august.
====2019-present====
In August 2019, as part of the rebrand, the 2017 logo was slighly modified, but the word "Televisión" in a different font.
Category:Caracol Televisión
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Category:Centro Internacional de Televisión Abierta
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