Canal A

Canal A (previously known as Cadena Dos) was a Colombian open television network launched on January 16, 1971 under the name Tele9 Corazón.

After several months of broadcasting only the spaces of the state programming Audiovisuales, on February 2, 2004, Canal A definitively closed its transmissions as a commercial public television channel, changing its name to Señal Colombia Institucional, with a political focus in its programming.

Why has it closed?

 * Decline: Until 1998, together with Channel 1 and Señal Colombia, they were the only television stations in the country with national coverage. However, the entry into operation of the private channels Caracol and RCN and the economic crisis at the beginning of the 2000 decade left Canal A and the Canal Uno without programmers, who declared bankruptcy or became production companies. In 2003, RTI Televisión, the only remaining programmer on Channel A, moved to Channel One, thanks to a rescue plan for programmers in crisis, approved by the Comisión Nacional de Televisión on June 19 of the aforementioned year.

Probability of returning
Like those channels that were replaced by others, it is impossible for Canal A to return in the future, since it was replaced by Canal Institucional.

Nor does RTVC (which is the successor of Inravisión) intend to relaunch Canal A.