TVMax
Commercial TV station in Panama
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::summary Commercial TV station in Panama ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | TV Max |
| logo | logo tvmax.png |
| area | Panama City, Panama |
| picture_format | 1080i HDTV |
| terr_serv_1 | Analog VHF |
| terr_chan_1 | Channel 9 (All repeaters on same frequency) |
| terr_serv_2 | Digital UHF |
| terr_chan_2 | Channel 45 |
| launch_date | April 3, 2005 |
| owner | Televisora Nacional S.A. (TVN Media) |
| sister_channels | TVN |
| website | |
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| name = TV Max | logo = logo tvmax.png | area = Panama City, Panama | picture_format = 1080i HDTV | terr_serv_1 = Analog VHF | terr_chan_1 = Channel 9 (All repeaters on same frequency) | terr_serv_2 = Digital UHF | terr_chan_2 = Channel 45 | launch_date = April 3, 2005 | owner = Televisora Nacional S.A. (TVN Media) | sister_channels = TVN | website =
TVMax is a commercial privately owned TV station in Panama City, Panama that is available all over the country. It is owned by TVN Media which owns flagship and sister channel TVN
This channel was created to absorb all the sports programming of TVN. A sports news program was created. It also received most of the series, sitcoms and reality shows from TVN, and acquired new ones. TV MAX is aimed towards the male audience and people who like sports and foreign TV series. It has become a very popular TV station in the country.
History
TVMax came to be as a result of the auctioning of the frequencies formerly used by AFN station SCN TV, which broadcast in the Canal Zone and shut down due to the return of the control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanian government. The auction failed, prompting TVN to buy an adjacent frequency (channel 9) for the sum of over US$2 million on August 21, 2001. The strategy had to be carefully analyzed due to factors such as the economic recession of the time and the saturation of the television market.
In its early years, the channel's original production was virtually limited, the mix of programming was intended by a Día a Día columnist to make the channel closer to RPC in its formula.
References
References
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- (31 May 2005). "CARRERA POR LOS ‘RATINGS’".
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20251223113827/https://portal.diaadia.com.pa/archivo/06262009/fam09_print.html Aciertos y desaciertos...ahora en TVN-TVMax]
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