TV Perú

TV Perú
CountryPeru
Broadcast areaWorldwide
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerNational Institute of Radio and Television of Peru
(Instituto Nacional de Radio y Televisión del Perú)
Key peopleMarco Aurelio Denegri
History
LaunchedJanuary 17, 1958 (1958-01-17)
Foundera UNESCO joint venture
Former namesCanal 7 (1958-1980)
Radio Televisión Peruana (1980-1986; 1989-1990)
TV-Perú (1986-1989)
Televisión Nacional del Peru (1997-2006)
Links
Websitewww.tvperu.gob.pe
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHFChannel 7 (Lima, listings may vary)
Digital VHFChannel 7.1 (Lima, listings may vary)

TV Perú is the flagship public television network of Peruvian state broadcaster IRTP. It is Peru's first channel and the one to have the widest coverage area in the country.

In 2010, it started broadcasting on digital terrestrial television and became the first TV network in the country to do so. Its headquarters are located in the Santa Beatriz neighbourhood in Lima district, Lima.