Belize TV Stations & Channels
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Belize has a very short TV History. 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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Today
Belize has 3 National TV Stations and many Local TV Channels. If you
miss the broadcast, many channels offering Streaming Video and some of
the local Channels are only on the local Cable or in the Internet
available.
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Belize National TV Stations
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Channel 5
Channel 5 airs mostly American and Caribbean programs and locally
produced programs like Duets, a variety competition from Bliss Center.
Channel 5 Belize
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Channel 7
Channel 7 is based
in in Belize City and usually more critical on the Government with
hard-hitting analysis of national issues.
Channel
7 News Belize
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Plus TV
PlusTV is a
Christian based television station, launched in Belmopan on
2005. PlusTV is Belize's third largest television station.
Plus
TV Belize
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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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Local TV Channels
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In Belize, local cable-only television stations
broadcasting 24 hours a day. The most of the programs are ads with
a playback of the local radio station, together with local annoucements
or local news.
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- Channel 3
from Orange Walk with News
- Krem Television
from Belize City, with WUB Wake up Belize and a lot of music
- Love Belize
from Belize City, with News and the Love FM Morning Show
- San Pedro
Channel 7
From San Pedro, with the Morning Show and local events
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Cable TV
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Belizeans
are obsessive about TV. Cable TV is widely available in all towns and
cities; including the suburbs. Cable television rates in Belize average
20US$ a month and these generally include about 90 television channels
with all the goodies such as HBO, Cinemax, SyFy, Showtime, STARZ and of
course ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and FOX.
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The local cable
operators also
throw
in Arab, British, Mexican, Indian and Chinese and Pay Per View Channels
for
good measure.
Cable
Network
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Location
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Service
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Centauer
Cable Network
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Orange Walk
area, Corozal
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70+ TV Channel |
Central Cable
Vision
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Belize
City,
Belmopan,
San Ignacio, Benque
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120+
TV Channel
Internet Access
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Coral
Cable Vision
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San Pedro,
Ambergris Caye
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80+ TV Channel
Internet Access
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| Dangriga
Cable
Vision |
Dangriaga
area
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70+
TV Channel |
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Satellite TV in Belize
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If
you stay out of town, too far to get cable 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 Belize with excellent signal quality.
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C-Band is widely
available as are Direct TV 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.
Fore those moving to Belize we strongly recommend that you bring your
own satellite TV receivers. It's cheaper to purchase them in the USA
and then just pay the local dealer to provide the dish and setup.
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| Guide to Belize, July 2010
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