Canal Nostalgia
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Canal Nostalgia was an old Spanish television
channel which belonged to TVE and was broadcast first through satellite television, then through cable TV. It featured archive shows from TVE's history in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. It was available from 1996 to 2005, when it was closed to launch months later TVE 50 Años
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, until it was discontinued in June 2005. Months later, in November 2005, a new channel named TVE 50 Años
with similar structure was launched through Digital terrestrial television
to celebrate TVE's 50th anniversary. In the last months, from February 2005, it was also available in the USA and Canada
.
Television in Spain
Television in Spain was launched in 1956, when TVE started its regular broadcasts. Prior to 1982, public television monopolised the Spanish television, but the first private television was not launched until 1990. In 1974, colour transmission started with tests in 1972. Full-time colour broadcasts...
channel which belonged to TVE and was broadcast first through satellite television, then through cable TV. It featured archive shows from TVE's history in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. It was available from 1996 to 2005, when it was closed to launch months later TVE 50 Años
TVE 50 Años
TVE 50 Años was a former Spanish television channel from TVE that featured the best programming from the past 50 years in the history of Televisión Española. Heir from Canal Nostalgia, it was available from 30 November 2005 until 1 January 2007. Afterwards Clan TVE, which had been time-sharing...
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Structure
Each day, 12 hours were scheduled to show programs of all kinds of genres, from 1964 (when TVE started recording its shows) to the 1980s. After the 12 hours concluded, in the night the same schedule was repeated. They only showed their own produced shows, since showing series or movies not belonging to them would require a payment to the copyright owners of them.History
Canal Nostalgia started as a satellite channel inside TVE Temática, with TVE 24 Horas, Canal Alucine and Cine Paraíso. In 1998, it was brought to Vía Digital, where it stayed until that satellite digital platform was merged with Canal Satélite Digital in 2002, becoming Digital Plus. It was then brought to cable TV through OnoONO (Spain)
ONO is a Spanish broadband communication and entertainment company, delivering integrated telephone, television and Internet services to its residential customers. In this segment, it has 3.7 million services contracted and over six million users....
, until it was discontinued in June 2005. Months later, in November 2005, a new channel named TVE 50 Años
TVE 50 Años
TVE 50 Años was a former Spanish television channel from TVE that featured the best programming from the past 50 years in the history of Televisión Española. Heir from Canal Nostalgia, it was available from 30 November 2005 until 1 January 2007. Afterwards Clan TVE, which had been time-sharing...
with similar structure was launched through Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
to celebrate TVE's 50th anniversary. In the last months, from February 2005, it was also available in the USA and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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