Corporative building of Canal 13, Television complex in Providencia, Santiago, Chile.
The Centro de Televisión de Canal 13, at Inés Matte Urrejola 0848 in Providencia, is a complex of buildings with 13 television studios and 4 radio studios, plus video, audio and graphics production and post-production areas, costume and set workshops, and the master control rooms for Canal 13, T13 En Vivo, 13C, Rec TV and 13i. Its first stage, by architects Eduardo San Martín, Patricio Wenborne and Enrique Browne, opened on 15 July 1983.
The building was constructed in 1982 and inaugurated in July 1983 as a major milestone in Chilean television history. The facility represented the beginning of a modern era for broadcast production in the country.
The address, Inés Matte Urrejola 0848, is used as the complex's nickname. Its first stage was inaugurated on 15 July 1983, and the telenovela Alguien por quien vivir had already been recorded there from 27 January 1982. The plaza in front, opened in 1995, was renamed Plaza Eleodoro Rodríguez Matte after the channel's former director.
The main access faces the intersection of Alcalde Dávalos, Inés Matte Urrejola and Monitor Araucano streets, where Plaza Eleodoro Rodríguez Matte has four underground parking levels with 182 spaces, the first tendered by a municipality in Chile. The complex is an active broadcast centre, so entry is not open to the general public.
A Spanish media company invested significantly in modernizing the facility's technical infrastructure in 2018. This acquisition brought international expertise and updated technology to the complex.
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