Country reference
- Country codes
- CL / CHL · M49 152
- Browsing region
- South America
- Language options to specify
- Spanish
- UN statistical subregion
- Latin America and the Caribbean
Specify domestic TVN, international TV Chile, NTV or a named news service and programme. TVN describes these as separate offers, alongside TVN Play and its archive. For a regional bulletin or a viewer on Rapa Nui, include the locality and programme date rather than using one generic Chile schedule.
Identify the service before checking a programme
TVN's corporate description distinguishes free-to-air TVN and NTV, the 24 Horas news channel, digital TVN3 and international TV Chile. It separately describes TVN Play as a live and historical-archive platform and notes regional production centres. A single TVN logo therefore does not settle service, distribution route or programme identity.
Make the local viewing choice explicit
A family abroad may deliberately want the domestic schedule rather than TV Chile. State that choice and name the programme. For local reporting, include the region or city rather than assuming the national feed includes every regional segment. For a documentary or children's programme, identify title and episode, and ask separately about Spanish audio, captions or another required language. An archive item in TVN Play is not proof of the same replay inside another player.
Check the programme, place and date
Chile's reference locations include America/Santiago, America/Coyhaique, America/Punta_Arenas and Pacific/Easter. Use the one appropriate to the viewer and event date; avoid a permanent countrywide offset. Keep the feed's schedule locality separate from where the household watches.
- Select domestic/international/news/NTV service.
- Add region and programme or episode.
- Record event date and appropriate Chile location.
- Confirm the exact supplied feed and test the local programme or archive item required.
Time-zone reference locations
America/SantiagoAmerica/CoyhaiqueAmerica/Punta_ArenasPacific/Easter
Use the location relevant to the viewer and the event date. IANA reference locations are not a count of distinct current offsets; do not apply one fixed offset to the whole country.