Latinoamérica Televisión (also known as LTV) was a television network based in Uruguay catering the Latin American diaspora in the United States and Canada, financed by Teledoce and produced at its studios in Montevideo. Its programming was mostly imported, coming in from its partners (Teledoce, Canal 13, Telefuturo, TV Globo's international sales unit, etc.) as well as a limited number of original programs, mostly news. The channel closed in 2015.
History Latinoamérica Televisión was announced in 2005; in February of that year, Globo TV International held negotiations with the upstart channel to supply editions of Globo Repórter, for which LTV was in charge of post-producing the Spanish-language version.Globo Repórter estréia em espanhol nos EUA, Tela Viva, February 10, 2005, retrieved June 8, 2026 and held its inaugural ceremony in Montevideo on December 19, eyeing a January 2006 launch on DirecTV in the United States. Initial partners on board were Canal 13 from Chile, Telefuturo from Paraguay, Globo TV International (TV Globo's international sales unit) from Brazil, Teledoce from Uruguay, Televideo from Colombia, CDF from Chile, AccuWeather from the United States and Nueva Imagen (founded by Fernando Acuña Diaz) of Chile. The launch of the channel also implied the creation of a television program produced by AméricaEconomía.Nueva señal se presenta en Uruguay, El País, December 13, 2005, retrieved June 8, 2026 Broadcasts began on January 10, 2006 on DirecTV's Para Todos package.
At the end of April, it signed an agreement with the BBC's Spanish service BBC Mundo to supply the channel with news items already available on its website.Carlos Villalobos de BBC Mundo: Abasteceremos de noticias a Latinoamérica Televisión, Produ, April 25, 2006, retrieved June 8, 2026 ATB from Bolivia joined in August 2006.Latinoamérica Televisión agrega contenidos de ATB de Bolivia a su programación, Produ, August 11, 2006, retrieved June 8, 2026
In September 2007, the channel launched on UBI World TV in Australia and Oceania,Señal Latinoamérica Televisión ingresa en Australia y resto de Oceanía, Produ, September 26, 2007, retrieved June 8, 2026. then in October, it made its first Central American contact, with Guatemalan company CPTV International.Ismael Saldivia de Latinoamérica Televisión: Ingreso en Centroamérica, Produ, October 23, 2007, retrieved June 8, 2026
On October 3, 2011, the channel unveiled a new logo and a revised schedule.Latinoamérica Televisión cambia de imagen y renueva su programación, Produ, September 27, 2011, retrieved June 8, 2026
The channel closed at an unknown date in 2015.
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