Mega (Chilean television channel)

Mega
Launched	October 23, 1990
Owned by	Grupo Bethia
Audience share	24.5% (May, 2005, [1])
Slogan	Mi Mega (My Mega)
Website	http://www.mega.cl/
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital ISDB-Tb (Santiago)	Channel 27
Analog (Santiago)	Channel 9
Analog (Greater Concepción)	Channel 2
Analog (Greater Valparaiso)	Channel 5

Mega (stylized as MEGA, originally named Red Televisiva Megavisión) is a Chilean private television network headquartered in Santiago. It currently airs on digital frequency channel 27 (ISDB-Tb) for HDTV. In 2012, ownership of Mega Channel was transferred from Claro Group to Bethia Group.

Logo used from 2010 to 2013.

Logo used from 2013 to 2015.

History

Mega began broadcasting on 23 October 1990. It was originally named Red Televisiva Megavisión before changing its name in 2001. It is the first private broadcaster in Chile.

Programmes

Among the many TV shows broadcast on MEGA are:

• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (animated series)
• Back at the Barnyard (animated series)
• The Backyardigans (teen series)
• BKN (TV Series) (teen series)
• Caiga Quien Caiga (talk show/comedy/news)
• Cara y Sello (reality show)
• Casado con hijos (remake of Married… with Children) (sitcom)
• Cow and Chicken (animated series)
• Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood (Chilean television)
• Dexter's Laboratory (animated series)
• Donkey Kong Country (animated series)
• Doraemon (Anime)
• Ezel (Turkish telenovela)
• ER (medical drama)
• Family Guy (animated series)
• The Flintstones (animated series)
• Gaspard and Lisa
• Gigantes Con Vivi (variety show)
• Un Golpe de Lucho (variety show)
• Goosebumps
• Hola Andrea (talk show)
• La Colonia (sitcom)
• La Ley de la Selva (variety show)
• La Liga (reality show)
• Mekano (defunct variety show)
• Morandé con Compañía (variety show)
• Mucho gusto (breakfast television)
• Muralla Infernal (Chilean version of the Hole in the Wall)
• La Nany (The Nanny) (sitcom)
• Next (Chilean version of the MTV series)
• The Penguins of Madagascar (animated series)
• Peppa Pig (television comedy)
• Popeye The Sailor (animated series)
• The Powerpuff girls (animated series)
• ¿Qué culpa tiene Fatmagül? [Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?] (Turkish telenovela)
• Rebelde (telenovela)
• Sábado por la Noche (talk show)
• Sailor Moon (Anime)
• South Park (animated teen)
• Secreto a voces (talk show)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (animated series)
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (animated series)
• 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (animated series)
• Total Drama Island (animated series)
• 24 (TV series)
• World of Quest (animated series)

External links

• Official Site (Spanish)
• El "aterrizaje" de Bethia en Mega: Los primeros pasos del nuevo controlador / The "landing" of Bethia in Mega: The first steps of the new controller (Spanish)