Canal 1, formerly or also known as HJTV-2,HJRN-TV,Televisora Nacional de Colombia,Canal Nacional,Primera Cadena,Primera Cadena Color,Cadena 1,Cadena Uno,Canal Uno and El 1, is a Colombian state-owned television channel, founded on June 13, 1954 and is owned by the Government of Colombia and privately managed by Phoenix Media and PRISA.
HJTV-2 / HJRN-TV (Pre-Inravisión era)[]
1954–1956[]
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Alternate logo
The channel's logo represents the Colombian coat of arms.
Televisora Nacional de Colombia[]
1956–1963[]
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The text on the logotype was changed to a sans-serif font.
Inravisión Canal Nacional[]
1963–1972[]
In 1963, the "Coat of Arms" logo was changed. Back then, the channel shared its logo with its parent company, Inravisión.
Inravisión Primera Cadena[]
1972–1979[]
Inravisión Primera Cadena Color[]
1979–1981[]
Due to the rise of color television in Colombia, the color representing the channel was blue.
Inravisión Cadena 1[]
1982[]
1982–1987[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Pump Com Medium
Launched:
December 1, 1982
In 1982, Inravisión changed its logo, with its channels adopting the same one, albeit with the company's name being changed to the channel's name (in this case, Cadena 1).
1987–1990[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Personalized (logo)
Eras Bold, Helvetica (on-air)
Launched:
July 1, 1987
In 1987, all of Inravisión's channels adopted a new logo consisting of a shape behind the channel number. In the case for Cadena 1, it was a blue triangle behind a yellow number.
1990–1991[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
ITC Avant Garde
Launched:
June 8, 1990
The channel's logo was again changed to the Inravisión logo, albeit flat and with lines and circle purple, with the number 1 to the right of it (in a blue-purple) gradient.
Inravisión Cadena Uno[]
1992–1994[]
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Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Personalized (logo)
Helvetica (on-air)
Launched:
January 1, 1992
In 1992 due to the new programming of the semipublic channels, Cadena 1 became known as Cadena Uno (with the number as a word instead of a digit). The logo included an adaptable slogan, having different text depending on the context: below, are Uno tiene emociones, Uno tiene su corazoncito, Uno está en la jugada, Uno es noticia, Uno tiene opinión, Uno quiere a los niños, Uno es divertido and Uno es una nota, and a base slogan being Uno no se cambia por nada. The logo and name were unveiled during December 1991.
In 1994, during the 40th anniversary of Colombian television, the logo was changed again. The Uno became capitalized and in a sans-serif font. Borders would also appear in red, yellow and blue. A orange ball occupies the hole in the "O". Just like with the previous logo, the slogan could be adapted to have different variants depending on the context, with the base one being Lo mejor es de Uno. The adaptable slogans are: Las emociones son de Uno, Las telenovelas son de Uno, El deporte es de Uno, Las noticias son de Uno, La opinión es de Uno, Los niños son de Uno, El humor es de Uno and La música es de Uno.
On New Year's Day 1998, Cadena Uno became known as Canal Uno with a new logo design and new graphics. The sans-serif letters were completely changed to a circle with a 1 cut of it. The 1 had a line to the right of it. Below, it had the text Canal Uno. Sometimes, the cut parts would have a white background, while other times it was completely transparent. The slogans by the time were: Todo en uno, and Como ninguno.
This logo was only used on programs produced by NTC Televisión and Programar Televisión while the other companies and the channel itself used the 1998 logo.
2003–2011[]
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Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
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Launched:
August 1, 2003
The number 1 is now over a red circle, with another circle making orbit. Above, the text "Canal" in curved shape. In 2011, the orbit was removed and the text Canal is placed to the left without distortions. In 2004, the channel's operations moved to RTVC after Inravisión was liquidated. The channel's slogan was Todos con el Uno
2011–2014[]
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Designer:
NTC Televisión in-house team
Typography:
Calibri
Launched:
August 1, 2011
2014–2017[]
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Designer:
RTVC in-house team NTC Televisión in-house team
Typography:
Rockwell Futura
Launched:
February 3, 2014
The number 1 returned to be an orange word (in small letters), although the digit is still highlighted in blue. Below, and also in blue, is the word CANAL. In 2017, Plural Comunicaciones S.A.S. took over all operations of the channel from RTVC.
A HD version was launched on May 24, 2015 on DTT.
Canal 1[]
2017–present[]
2017–2023[]
Designer:
MullenLowe SSP3
Typography:
Neo Sans (modified)
Launched:
August 14, 2017
In 2017, a new logo was introduced as part of the channel's new direction to become yet another alternative to the private channels. The new logo was a rounded triangle pointing to the top-left. The 1 was cut in the bottom-right side. The triangle had various colors, which were (clockwise, from the bottom): yellow, orange, red and purple.
It was learned that Phoenix Media decided to shorten the name of the channel to "El 1" in its promotional, and made changes to its programming and its graphic part. These changes were effective from March 15, 2023. This logo was short lived.
Logo with slogan "Como Tu" (2023–2024)
Logo with slogan "Libre como Tu" (2024)
2024–present[]
In October 2024, the channel began to be operated by PRISA. Under its current management, adopting it Más compañia, derived from its partner Caracol Radio. However, this alliance just lasted until March 30th, 2025. After PRISA left the operations, the channel brought back the slogan Libre como Tu from their previous look.
Magazines El Tiempo Casa Editorial | Ediciones P&M | Cromos | Publicaciones Semana | Revista Credencial | Ediciones Gamma | Multirevistas Editores | Revista Gerente
Advertising agencies Ultradifusión | OPE | Valtec Digital | López Publicidad | Efectimedios | Marketmedios | MetalVisual | UrbanaMedios | Vallas y Publicidad JAC
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