Canal Trece

What Canal Trece does

Canal Trece is a Colombian regional television channel operated under TEVEANDINA SAS, broadcasting news, cultural programming, sports coverage, music shows, regional stories, and children's content to audiences across 13 Colombian departments (Arauca, Amazonas, Boyacá, Caquetá, Casanare, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviare, Huila, Meta, Putumayo, Tolima, and Vichada), in addition to Bogotá D.C. The channel runs on a dual-platform architecture consisting of a traditional linear broadcast television channel delivered through a network of 12+ analog transmission stations (with digital transmission capability), and a proprietary over-the-top streaming service called TrecePlus accessible at treceplus.canaltrece.com.co. Programming inventory includes news and current-affairs shows (Enlace Trece, Toma el Control), sports journalism (Contra Golpe), cultural and music programs (Resonantes, Salió el Sol, Con Julio, Rezeteando, Somos Región, Magnífica Región Trece), children's content (La Banda de Andy), and fiction series (Tu corazón será mío), with distribution additionally via the official canaltrece.com.co news portal and social media channels on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok.

The company generates revenue through television advertising and sponsorships on both linear and digital surfaces, alongside government and public funding tied to its public-interest broadcasting obligations as a TEVEANDINA SAS-operated regional channel. Strategic partnerships with Ministerio TIC (on the 'Conecta País de la Belleza' connectivity initiative) and with the Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo together with Fontur (on the 'Colombia 4 Generaciones' tourism initiative) indicate co-funded programming tied to Colombian government policy objectives. The channel has earned multiple 2026 industry recognitions, including 'Medio Digital del Año' at both the Premios Latam Digital and Premios INTERLAT awards, and multiple Premios India Catalina wins, with prior 2019 prenomination at the Premios ChipTV for best regional TV series. Operations are headquartered at Carrera 45 No. 26 – 33 in Bogotá, led by Gerente Alejandro Linares Camberos, with IT leadership under Alexander Trejos Lozano. No venture capital, private equity, or public market funding has been identified, and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Canal Trece

Legal name

TEVEANDINA SAS

Website

https://canaltrece.com.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Canal Trece is a Colombian regional television channel operated by TEVEANDINA SAS, delivering news, cultural, sports, and regional programming across 13 Colombian departments via analog broadcast and the TrecePlus OTT streaming platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regional Television Broadcasting

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Spanish-Language & Multilingual Broadcast Networks (MPABAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

International/Multilingual Streaming Channels (MPABAHAI)

Keywords

• Regional television broadcasting
• OTT streaming platform
• Broadcast media content
• Television advertising sales
• Regional news programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Television Advertising: Traditional broadcast television advertising and sponsorships
2. Government/Public Funding: As a regional public/private channel operated by TEVEANDINA SAS, receives government support for public interest broadcasting obligations

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Canal Trece is a Colombian regional television channel that produces and broadcasts regional news, cultural, music, sports, and entertainment programming across 13 departments. The channel operates a dual-platform model combining traditional linear broadcast television (Canal Trece) with an over-the-top digital streaming service (TrecePlus). Programming includes news programs, cultural content, music shows, sports coverage, children's programming, and regional coverage targeting underserved Colombian communities.

Product overview

Canal Trece is a Colombian regional television channel operated by Teveandina SAS. The channel operates on a dual-platform model consisting of a traditional linear broadcast television channel (Canal Trece) and an over-the-top streaming service (TrecePlus). The channel's programming portfolio includes news and current affairs programs (Enlace Trece, Toma el Control), sports coverage (Contra Golpe), cultural and music content (Resonantes, Salió el Sol, Con Julio), regional coverage (Rezeteando, Somos Región, Magnífica Región Trece), children's programming (La Banda de Andy), and fiction series (Tu corazón será mío). The channel provides coverage across 14 Colombian departments including Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Tolima, Amazonas, Caquetá, Vaupés, Putumayo, Huila, Guaviare, Meta, Casanare, Guainía, Vichada, and Arauca.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TrecePlus: OTT streaming platform for Canal Trece content
• La Banda de Andy

Products and services

• Canal Trece (Linear TV)

Quantifiable outcome

• 441,360 monthly viewers for Somos Región program
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, FonturcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Collaboration on 'Colombiar 4 Generaciones' initiative for tourism promotion across Colombia, with final broadcast on Canal Trece.
• TEVEANDINA SAScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company operating Canal Trece as a regional television channel. TEVEANDINA SAS manages the channel's operations, broadcasting infrastructure, and public interest content obligations.
• Ministerio TIC (MinTIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for connectivity initiatives including 'Conecta País de la Belleza' program to expand internet access and digital connectivity in Colombian regions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Teleantioquia: Regional Colombian public television channel serving Antioquia; directly comparable in regional public-broadcaster positioning, programming mix (news, culture, music), and reliance on analog/digital broadcast plus public funding.
• Telecafé: Regional Colombian public TV channel serving the coffee-region departments; mirrors Canal Trece's regional public-channel model with multi-platform distribution and culturally localized content.
• Canal Capital: Bogotá's regional public television channel; closely comparable to Canal Trece in operating model (publicly funded regional channel, news and cultural programming, multi-platform distribution) though focused on Bogotá D.C. rather than multi-department coverage.
• Señal Colombia: Colombia's national public television channel operated by RTVC; comparable as a publicly funded Spanish-language TV broadcaster mixing linear broadcast with OTT streaming and public-interest content mandates, though it operates nationally rather than regionally.
• Canal TRO: Television Regional del Oriente is a regional Colombian public broadcaster covering northeastern departments; directly comparable to Canal Trece as a government-affiliated regional TV channel with similar news/cultural programming and analog infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Canal 1 (Colombia): Colombia's national privately operated broadcast television channel; comparable as a Spanish-language TV broadcaster in Colombia with national reach, but operates at much broader scale and competes for the same advertising budgets Canal Trece targets regionally.
• RCN Televisión: Major Colombian private broadcast network with national linear TV and RCN Play OTT; competes head-to-head with Canal Trece for Colombian audiences and advertising spend, but at national scale.
• Caracol Televisión: Colombia's leading private national broadcast network; overlaps with Canal Trece in news, fiction, and entertainment content but dominates the national advertising market and streaming (Caracol Play), squeezing regional channels' commercial revenue.
• TeleSUR: Latin American multi-country public broadcaster headquartered in Venezuela; comparable as a publicly funded Spanish-language television network targeting underserved regional audiences with multi-platform distribution, though it operates across Latin America rather than a single country.

Others

• TV Azteca: Mexican broadcast network with multi-platform streaming; thematically comparable as a Spanish-language broadcast-plus-streaming operator in Latin America, though it operates in a different national market and competes indirectly for diaspora viewing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/canaltrececo
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/canal13colombia
• Facebookfacebook.com/CanalTreceCO
• Instagraminstagram.com/canaltrececo
• TikToktiktok.com/@canaltrececo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/canaltrececolombia

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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