Panamericana Televisión

Panamericana Televisión
TypeBroadcast Television Network
CountryPeru
Broadcast areaPeru
Chile (FTA)
Argentina (FTA)
Uruguay (FTA)
Bolivia (FTA)
Ecuador (FTA)
Colombia (FTA)
Venezuela (FTA)
Dominican Republic (FTA)
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerPanamericana Televisión Inversiones S.A.C.
Key peopleErnesto Schütz Freundt (chairman)
Leonardo Bigott (general manager)
History
FoundedJuly 21, 1957 (1957-07-21)
LaunchedOctober 16, 1959 (1959-10-16)
FounderGenaro Delgado Brandt
Links
Websitewww.panamericana.pe
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHFChannel 5 (Lima, listings may vary)
Digital VHFChannel 5.1 (Lima, listings may vary)

Panamericana Televisión (sometimes shortened to Panamericana and formerly known as PANTEL) is a Peruvian television network, which was founded on July 21, 1957 and Was later begun its official broadcast on October 16, 1959.

It is Peru's third oldest television network, after TV Perú and América Televisión, respectively. From its beginnings until the end of 1996, and later in the period between early 2001 and late 2003, it was considered as a leading television channel at a national scale, where it occupied around 31% of market share in 1996.