What is Red Uno?
Red Uno is a Bolivian private television network. Its own institutional page describes it as a “Unión Nacional de Organizaciones Televisivas” made up of stations in Oruro (Canal 11), Santa Cruz (Canal 13) and Cochabamba (Canal 6), and states its purpose as being a medium that reaches “todos los rincones del país”. Those are the network's own statements.[1] Its front page gives its location as Santa Cruz de la Sierra and lists a streaming service, Red Uno Play.[2]
The network's own page does not state its current shareholding or parent company, and no ownership statement for it could be retrieved for this page.[1] Reporters Without Borders' 2026 Bolivia country page states that ownership of privately owned media in Bolivia “is highly concentrated, which jeopardises pluralism” and that “Canal Sur is the most popular TV channel”; RSF does not name Red Uno.[3]
What does Red Uno cover?
Its published sections are Nacionales, UNO Decide, Deportes, Internacional, Policial, Comunidad, Política, Economía, Tendencias, Tecnología, Farándula, Educación e innovación and Espacio Empresarial.[2] Sport runs both as a section and as a strand called Super Deportivo.[4]
Two examples date its sports output. On 12 July 2026, under Super Deportivo, it previewed a clásico paceño between The Strongest and Bolívar at the Estadio Hernando Siles, gave the standings and the appointed officials, and published a head-to-head series of 303 meetings — 129 won by Bolívar, 76 by The Strongest, 98 drawn — without attributing those figures to a source.[4] On 4 September 2025, in its programme “Que no me pierda”, it reported that tickets for a Bolivia World Cup qualifier at Villa Ingenio in El Alto had sold out, quoting the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol's marketing manager on logistics coordinated with the police and the municipality; that report names neither the opponent nor a ticket figure.[5]
How large is Red Uno's audience?
No audited audience measurement for Red Uno could be retrieved. Its institutional page gives no ratings, reach or share figure, and no Bolivian television audience currency could be found for this page.[1] The network describes itself as among “las principales protagonistas del fenómeno de la televisión privada en Bolivia”; that is a claim it makes about itself and is not a measurement.[1]
What can be given is structural: three named stations in three departmental capitals — Oruro, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba — a headquarters in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, and a streaming service, Red Uno Play.[1][2] At country level, RSF placed Bolivia 91st of 180 in its 2026 World Press Freedom Index with a score of 54.25.[3]
Since when has Red Uno existed?
The network's own account gives two dates and keeps them apart. It states that its original proprietors bought a VHF frequency in 1985 and began experimental transmissions on 1 July 1985, and that regular transmissions began on 24 November 1988. It dates a further consolidation to 1991, when a new administration took over.[1]
All three dates are the network's own claims about itself and no independent source for them could be retrieved for this page. Bought, first transmitting experimentally and first transmitting regularly are three different events, and the network distinguishes them.[1] The dated output that can be checked against them is recent rather than historical: the items retrieved here run from 4 September 2025 to 12 July 2026.[5][4]
Why does Red Uno matter in Bolivia's sport?
It publishes head-to-head series for the country's named domestic fixture, and its series does not match the one another Bolivian outlet publishes. Red Uno's figures of 12 July 2026 give 303 clásico paceño meetings, 129-76-98; DIEZ's of 20 July 2023 give 227 meetings since the creation of the professional league, 92-60-75. Neither attributes its figures, the two cover different sets of matches, and both are reported as published on the Bolivia page.[4][6]
Its second role is coverage of the national team's home matches at El Alto, which it reported as sold out in September 2025, quoting the federation's marketing manager on coordination with the police and the municipality but giving neither the opponent nor a ticket figure.[5] Where a broadcaster's report omits the countable detail, this site takes the figure from whichever source published one and says which. On the market the network operates in, RSF's 2026 statements are quoted above in RSF's own words, and no ownership statement for the network itself could be retrieved.[3][1] See Bolivian sports media and Bolivia.
References
- Red Uno de Bolivia — Quiénes somos: experimental transmissions 1 July 1985, regular transmissions 24 November 1988, consolidation 1991, “Unión Nacional de Organizaciones Televisivas”, Canal 11 Oruro, Canal 13 Santa Cruz, Canal 6 Cochabamba. Accessed 2026-09-23.
- Red Uno de Bolivia — front page: section list including Deportes, Red Uno Play streaming service, location Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Accessed 2026-09-23.
- Reporters Without Borders — Bolivia country page, 2026 World Press Freedom Index (rank 91 of 180, score 54.25): media landscape, political and economic context. Accessed 2026-09-23.
- Red Uno (Super Deportivo) — Clásico Paceño de alta intensidad y clave en la tabla (12 July 2026): The Strongest v Bolívar at the Hernando Siles; 303 meetings, 129-76-98, no source attributed. Accessed 2026-09-23.
- Red Uno (“Que no me pierda”) — Villa Ingenio lista para una fiesta futbolera: entradas agotadas para el partido de la selección (4 September 2025). Accessed 2026-09-23.
- DIEZ — Historial: Bolívar es el más ganador en el Clásico Paceño ante The Strongest (20 July 2023): 227 matches, 92-60-75, no source attributed. Accessed 2026-09-23.