Television
Ecuador has five main national television stations, and several other regional channels . Of the nationals, Ecuavisa and Teleamazonas are the most highbrow, with the best news bulletins and the occasional quality imported documentary. At the other end of the spectrum, there's Gamavision, based in Quito, which has a penchant for screening soaps ( telenovelas ) of the big hair, shaking sets, rags-to-riches-and-back-to-rags variety; and Telesistema, from Guayaquil, which favours epic-length game shows, over-dubbed US imports and home-grown comedy. Telecentro holds the middle ground with a balance of popular programming interspersed with news and sport. Cable TV is making big inroads in Ecuador, and even some cheaper hotels are beginning to get it installed in their rooms. The number of channels you'll get depends on how much the hotel owner has paid in subscription, but if it's installed you'll almost always have an English-language film channel and MTV. Only the top-end places are likely to have TV Direct, a satellite set-up with dozens of familiar channels in English and Spanish.
Your Tip for Ecuador
Help other backpackers! Write your own guides and backpacking tips to Ecuador - they will appear instantly on this page - Please only write a tip/guide to Ecuador - visit the main Ecuador forum to ask a question!
Please do not post links to your site here (they won't work) - please use the Ecuador webguide section below! Thanks.
|
