Television in Alexonia

Alexonian TV started operations in 1957.

History
In 1956 some former Alexonian Broadcasting Company (now ABR) brought the television to Alexonia, with imported cameras from Japan and the United Kingdom, making tests. In 1957 ATS (now ATS One) was launched, during the first 3 years they began at 10 AM and ended at 9 PM.

Alexonia Hoso Terebi was launched in 1960, as the first Japanese-speaking channel in Alexonia.

Color broadcasts started in 1968, and also ATS Second Program (now ATS TWO) was launched as the third channel, the rest of channels started color broadcasting in 1970.

In the 70s TV3 broke the ATS/AHT monopoly, being the first commercial channel, and also Capital TV started transmissions in 1981.

Digital Television was launched in 2001 with ADB-T instead of DVB-T or ATSC and launching 5 digital-only channels

In 2010 the Government decided to complete the digital switchover, after that switchover, all the Alexonian channels changed their aspect ratio to 16:9.