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TV Max

Broadcast area	Panama City, Panama
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Televisora Nacional S.A. (TVN Media)
Sister channels	TVN
History
Launched	April 3, 2005
Links
Website	www.tvmax-9.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHF	Channel 9 (All repeaters on same frequency)
Digital UHF	Channel 45

TVMax is a commercial privately owned TV station in Panama City, Panama that is available all over the country. It is owned by TVN Media which owns flagship and sister channel TVN

This channel was created to absorb all the sports programming of TVN. A sports news program was created. It also received most of the series, sitcoms and reality shows from TVN, and acquired new ones. TV MAX is aimed towards the male audience and people who like sports and foreign TV series. It has become a very popular TV station in the country.

History

TVMax came to be as a result of the auctioning of the frequencies formerly used by AFN station SCN TV, which broadcast in the Canal Zone and shut down due to the return of the control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanian government. The auction failed, prompting TVN to buy an adjacent frequency (channel 9) for the sum of over US$2 million on August 21, 2001. The strategy had to be carefully analyzed due to factors such as the economic recession of the time and the saturation of the television market.

References

1. "Preocupa suspensión de licitación de canal 8". Panamá América. 28 March 2000. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
2. "CARRERA POR LOS 'RATINGS'". Martes Financiero. 31 May 2005. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2024.

External links

• TVMax official website (in Spanish)

• Television stations in Panama
• Television channels and stations established in 2005
• Mass media in Panama City