UDL TV

UDL TV (Luciani: Universitad da Luciania Televisión, Spanish: Universidad de Luciania Televisión) is a free-to-air Lucianian TV channel owned by the University of Luciania. It launched on September 9, 1945, a week after globally ended; during that time period, Luciania entered a 77-year communist dictatorship and the University of Luciania made the channel as a result of them complaining about the state-owned Tele Felipe being unreliable. It's notably the second national channel, as well as one of the most viewed, in Luciania, receiving over 8 million weekly viewers.

The channel is part of the Lucianian TV Association, the Dischian Telecommunications Organization, and the first Lucianian channel to be part of the, joining it in 1981. Besides the main channel, UDL TV also has a second signal, named UDL TV 2, alongside an international channel named UDL TV Internacional, the latter available through the LNsat satellite and on international cable providers.

The network has gained popularity for its entertainment programs, as well as the news program UDL Noticias, its children's block Teleniños, notable for airing ' and ', the 1983-86  short series and most notably, having the rights to air Chikn Nuggit, leading to its huge Lucianian popularity, with exclusive merchandise and the character appearing in commercials.

1945-1979: Humble beginnings
On September 2, 1945, ended worldwide. The ended their occupation of Luciania and as a result went back to being an independent country, with a communist dictatorship that would last for 77 years. As a result, the then-Russian-language channel Lusianiyskoye Televideniye was rebranded to Tele Felipe, broadcasting contents in both Spanish and Luciani. After said event, the University of Luciania started to notice some problems with Tele Felipe, stating that the channel was unreliable, especially with its news program Telenoticias, which tends to air misconstrued news about the society at the time, as well as even promoting the Lucianian Communist Party. Eventually, the university obtained a license from the Lucianian TV Association, approving the broadcasts of a new channel.

Due to the lack of satellite television at the time, the university offered a task to expand the channel through new antennas. The first antenna was put on the UTC -9 area, later following quickly with the other timezone-based areas. Eventually, on September 9, 1945, UDL TV broadcast for the first time in two languages: Luciani, in the even frequencies, and Spanish, in the odd frequencies. Its first broadcast featured the logo of the channel, followed by a person introducing the channel to viewers. After that is a report from UDL Noticias, followed by a schedule featuring programmes, and the programmes from the aforementioned schedule airing, being short and long films, until the channel signs off. The broadcast time back then was from 6:00 AM to 12:00 AM. By 1953, the sign off was extended to 1:00 AM.

In 1956, was introduced, allowing the university to record live programmes and re-air them in case the audience misses it. This also allowed for more fluid animation in channel bumpers, idents, promos and live-action programmes, as in contrast to film which had a 24hz refresh rate, the TV standard used, being, used a 60hz refresh rate, giving over twice the frame rate. In November 1957, UDL TV aired a report about the start of TV broadcasts in, with discussion regarding said country's first TV channel,.

During the 1960s, UDL TV started exporting Japanese programmes, stating that they were much cheaper to export than American programmes. It mainly included anime such as Donkikko, ' and ', which therefore introducded the Teleniños block. They proved to be major successes for the channel, receiving decent ratings and even leading to the channel's growth in viewership.

On September 11, 1973, the channel started reporting about the, and after the book The Life of Salvador Allende was published in Luciania (which wouldn't come to Chile until its transition to democracy in 1990 due to censorship), a one-hour TV adaptation was aired, which besides being recorded on videotape, would also later be re-recorded on a to turn it into a film reel, making it viewable on movie theaters across the country, marking the first time a TV production also premiered on cinema.

In 1977, the channel made its first Scanimate ident, which although was produced in color, was originally aired in black and white. As a result of the color transition, the ident from 1979 and onwards would later air in color, albeit with a different logo.

On December 6, 1978, UDL TV became the first international TV channel to air the, and also the only one to air it in black and white, as by that point color TV had yet to be introduced in Luciania.

1979-1981: Color era
On February 1, 1979, almost a month after Tele Felipe started color broadcasts, UDL TV would start its own color broadcasts as well. This led to the aforementioned Chilean telethon reairing in color, with donations being open again, albeit with the new money now going to Lucianian charity hospitals. Also reran in color are already-aired programmes, including those that left the channel years ago.

On May 5, 1979, the channel became the new network for , airing its then-new second anime. This is because the dubbing studio found the 1979 anime to have more "wild" humor, the most recent example at the time being in episode 23, which featured the infamous scene of "Nobita hiding under Shizuka's dress", and therefore feared that Tele Felipe, who aired the 1973 anime, could potentially censor the 1979 anime, so as a result, Tele Felipe's final broadcast of Doraemon '73, airing on April 29, 1979, was a marathon of all its 26 episodes; the saturday after that, Doraemon '79 debuted on UDL TV with barely any censorship, yet still aimed at children and aired through the Teleniños block, making Luciania the first country outside of Japan to air the anime, although the pilot episode, which would eventually air in Japan on October, ended up airing instead as the first episode in Luciania, making it the first country to air the pilot. Similar to more modern dubs, due to TV Asahi premiering new individual segments from Monday to Saturday, UDL TV took advantage and instead aired it with a "3 segments per episode" (2 segments for the first episode) format, with the episodes premiering on Saturdays and Sundays. This therefore led to the  franchise as a whole gaining even more popularity in Luciania, with exported and exclusive merchandise, as well as in 1987, a McDonald's Happy Meal promotion that was quickly sold out.

1981-1988: "TV screen" era
On October 11, 1981, the channel rebranded with a logo resembling a TV screen, which would become a staple in its 7-year period. That same year, the Doraemon anime on TV Asahi was changed to only air on Fridays with a "2 segments per episode" format, so UDL TV decided to similarly change the format of the series by airing one new segment, followed by a rerun of a previous segment, while still keeping the Saturday and Sunday premiere format. In 1982, TV Asahi changed the format again by having one new episode, followed by two reruns, so UDL TV once again changed the formar so that new episodes would air on Saturday, followed by a rerun in Sunday in case children forget to watch the previous one.

On September 3, 1982, to celebrate Doraemon 's -130th birthday, a one-week marathon aired, with weekdays airing it in the evening at a run time of 5 hours, whereas weekends air it in the morning at a run time of 11 hours. Another marathon was aired on May 5, 1984, this time to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the 1979 anime's premiere in Luciania, although the run times were cut by one hour to make space for the 1983-86  short series, which on UDL TV, premiered on December 3, 1983. On October 27, 1984, the channel started its stereo broadcasts as a result of VHS-based VCRs from that point onwards offering Hi-Fi audio recording.

On September 9, 1985, the channel celebrated its 40th anniversary with a one-week marathon of its older programmes, as well as a documentary regarding the history of the channel.

In 1987, when the aforementioned Doraemon McDonald's Happy Meal promotion sold out, a special news report was made, which discussed the huge demand, as well as the franchise apologizing by rewarding miscellaneous toys and gadgets to children who couldn't get the toys in time. On October 3, 1987,

1988-1996: Post-"TV screen" era
By October 16, 1988, the channel updated its TV-screen-like logo to a simpler one, featuring the channel's name, with "UDL" having a shadow casting underneath, whereas "TV" is located inside a blue circle. A new identity package was also introduced, being the first one to use CGI. That same day, besides the Teleniños block that aired on weekend mornings, a new preschool block, named UDL Pre-Kinder, was added, airing on weekday mornings and featuring educational non-violent programs.

On March 11, 1990 after the, a documentary regarding the history of Chile aired on UDL TV, with critical acclaim, alongside a special news report after the documentary which details more of the transition of democracy, as well as the exportation of the Lucianian book The Life of Salvador Allende whose Chilean publication took over 15 years to get done as a result of censorship during the military dictatorship.

During the, some of the news the channels had been airing started to be related with the Middle East, with the most reported country being Iraq, which is where the war began. This also led to the channel airing a campaign named "Peace for All" (Luciani: "Paza paros tudos", Spanish: "Paz para todos"), which involves someone sending territories to peace by prohibiting war and other related crimes.

In 1992, age ratings from the LRA were starting to be used. This also led to Doraemon '79 being rated ages 7+ and moved to be the final daily program of the Teleniños block, due to its unusual-for-a-kids-program humor, such as Shizuka's love for bathing and Gian's cartoon violence. That same year, on September 3, to celebrate Doraemon's -120th birthday, another one-week marathon was aired, this time with the latest episodes as of the marathon's air date.

In 1993, the UDL Pre-Kinder block added Nontan to Issho to its list of programs, and gained popularity with preschoolers, being on par with Doraemon.

1996-2002: Aquatic era
On December 21, 1996, to celebrate the start of summer in the (which is where Luciania is located in), the channel updated is logo and adopted a new identity package, with a style based on water, sea, and tropical areas. Even after summer was over, it was still used due to its popularity and praise from viewers.

Notably, on May 27, 1999, Twipsy premiered on the channel through a full marathon. Afterwards, the series started airing regularly on the Teleniños block, with much success.