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TV Stations and Cable TV
The Television entered Belize in late 1970's with the VHS playback
machines. Broadcast of international TV signals via cable hook-up began
in the
early 1980's, when Baymen Broadcasting began recording and airing
variety shows and local
parades. |
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| Station |
Located |
Coverage |
Program |
| Channel 5 | Belize |
Nationalwide |
daily weeknight with local news |
| Channel 7 News | Belize |
Nationalwide |
daily local news |
| Local TV |
San Pedro |
Cable TV |
local news |
Remind: Belize TV stations do not broadcast news on holidays or weekends. Apart from 30 minutes of local news and commercials from Monday to Friday. |
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Cable TV
Belizeans are obsessive about TV. Cable TV is widely available in all towns and cities; including the suburbs. Cable television rates average 20US$ a month and these generally include about 70 television channels with all the goodies such as HBO, Cinemax, SciFi, Showtime, STARZ and of course ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and FOX. The local cable operators also throw in Arab, British, Mexican, Indian and Chinese and Pay Per View Channels for good measure.
San Pedro Cable TV Channel Listing
This are the acual TV Channels you can enjoy in San Pedro Town.| Nr. |
Channel |
Nr. |
Channel |
| 02 |
Toons (Cartoon
Network) |
42 |
SciFi |
| 03 |
E W T N |
43 |
3ABN |
| 04 |
TBN |
44 |
Spike |
| 05 |
Boomering (Kids
Cartoon) |
45 |
History Channel |
| 06 |
The Disney Channel |
46 |
CNN International |
| 07 |
Local Channel (Advertising) |
47 |
UPN |
| 08 |
HBO (Home
Box Offic) |
48 |
BET |
| 09 |
Cinemax Movie Network |
49 |
Travel Channel |
| 10 |
Televisa
(Canaldelas Estrellas) |
50 |
CNBC |
| 11 |
The Discovery Channel |
51 |
7-MAS
|
| 12 |
CNN |
52 |
Telefutura |
| 13 |
Univision |
53 |
Animal Planet |
| 14 |
NBC |
54 |
HGTV |
| 15 |
FOX |
55 |
Speed Vision |
| 16 |
CBS |
56 |
Fox News |
| 17 |
ABC |
57 |
SV |
| 18 |
Pay per view Channel |
58 |
C-Span |
| 19 |
TLC (The
Learning
Channel) |
59 |
Western Channel |
| 20 |
VH1 |
60 |
KTLA Network |
| 21 |
MTV |
61 |
FOX Sports World |
| 22 |
Showtime |
62 |
NBA TV |
| 23 |
TMC (The
Movie
Channel) |
63 |
Enlace |
| 24 |
Starz (Movie Channel) | 64 |
FOX Sports World |
| 25 |
TNT | 65 |
CNN
Español |
| 26 |
WGN (Chicago) |
66 |
Cine
Latino |
| 27 |
TBS (Superstation) |
67 |
AMC |
| 28 |
Weather Channel |
68 |
Food Network |
| 29 |
Galavision |
69 |
Sony
Hindu |
| 30 |
HTV
(Music) |
70 |
LBC
(Arab) |
| 31 |
GOAL TV |
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| 32 |
TV
Azteca |
97 |
ZEE
TV |
| 33 |
Telemundo |
99 |
Chinese Channel |
| 34 |
Nickelodeon |
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| 35 |
Lifetime |
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| 36 |
USA Network |
Languages:
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| 37 |
A & E |
English |
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| 38 |
ESPN |
Spanish |
|
| 39 |
ESPN2 |
Arab |
|
| 40 |
PBS |
Hindu |
|
| 41 |
Comedy Channel |
Chinese |
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Coral Cable Vision, San Pedro Town, Phone +501 331 82 26 |
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Satellite TV
If you stay out of town, too far to getcable or insist on that high definition
signal with Dolby surround sound you
cannot yet get from local cable, there is
satellite TV.
The advantage to being so close to
North America, the satellite footprint
of most television signals covers
and Dish Network. You need usually at least a six foot dish is required for good performance. Real satellite TV aficionados however go the extra mile and import 8 and even 10 foot dishes for non compromise TV reception, even in strong rain.
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Cable TV is widely
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