The case of Chilevisión: Negotiating Difficult Discourses on Chilean Television

Resumen

This essay looks at television in the context of contemporary Chile and the case of one of the five major broadcast networks in Chile-Chilevisión. Despite the constraints that we would expect to find on any commercial network, as well as the nuanced restrictions imposed on Chilean television that are unique to Chile´s recent history, this network got some truly revolutionary "reality" TV programming on the air in the beginning of the new millennium. In the earlier part of the decate, it was the boldest of the big five networks, offering the largest amount of controversial, sensitive subject matter. This no longer appears to be the case