RCN TV Television, branded as Canal RCN TV is a Colombian free-to-air television network.
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RCN TV Television, branded as Canal RCN TV is a Colombian free-to-air television network.
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RCN TV Television was created as a television arm of the RCN TV Radio network.
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In 1967 RCN TV Radio took part in the bidding for spaces in the official television network, getting one hour a day which was split into two series: one made in Colombia named El Hogar and the American television series Bewitched.
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RCN TV was the first company that broadcast a television program both live and in color, the 1980 Miss Colombia beauty contest; since that year RCN TV has held the rights to broadcast this event.
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RCN TV produced television series with high remembrance among viewers like Cusumbo and El Taita in 1984, which was the first Colombian telenovela filmed in exterior locations.
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RCN TV took part of this bidding, getting one of the two licenses, the other went to Caracol TV.
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In 1997 RCN TV started construction on the infrastructure to launch the television channel.
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Since the successes of Francisco El Matematico and El Fiscal, RCN TV launched successful telenovelas which let it take the first place in the Colombian most watched networks: Me Llaman Lolita, and Yo soy Betty, la Fea, that became the most successful telenovela ever in Colombia, topping Cafe con aroma de mujer.
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RCN TV gained some criticism against the fact that the network was getting ratings from the use of kids in a reality show, but the parents of the kids dismissed this affirmation.
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RCN TV got a ratings hit with 2007 telenovelas Pura Sangre and La Hija del Mariachi, followed by the 2008 telenovelas, El Ultimo Matrimonio Feliz and Los Protegidos.
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RCN TV was known for saying "Monocuco, su avena y su pitillo, compadre" in broken Spanish.
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