Teletica

What is Teletica?

Teletica is the brand of Televisora de Costa Rica S.A., the company behind Canal 7. The terms of use of teletica.com open: “Bienvenido a la plataforma de Sitios Web de Televisora de Costa Rica S.A.”^[2] The site's footer reads “Copyright © 2026 Teletica. Todos los derechos reservados.”^[1]

On ownership, Teletica's own anniversary article of 9 May 2023 states: “Sirva esta fecha para reafirmar el profundo compromiso de la Familia Picado y quienes trabajan en Teletica de servir a los televidentes”; the sentence continues with the channel's aims.^[3] That is the company's own statement; no register entry naming its shareholders was retrieved.

Its sports news sits on a path of the parent site, teletica.com/deportes.^[1]

What does Teletica cover?

As retrieved on 26 September 2026, the sports path led with the men's national team, known as La Sele: items dated 25 and 26 September covered the home match against Curaçao, the federation's decision to keep the head coach, and the next match against Haiti. The page also carried international football and athletics.^[1]

World Cup 2026. The Kantar IBOPE Media tables published by Centro TV list Canal 7 Teletica programmes titled “FUT COPA MUNDIAL”, “ANTE COPA MUNDIAL”, “POST COPA MUNDIAL” and “REVISTA MUNDIALISTA” in June and July 2026. For June 2026 the same tables list a Costa Rica friendly, “PARTIDO AMISTOSO SELE”, on Canal 7.^[4] The tournament ended in July 2026.

Domestic football. The same tables list “FUTBOL NACIONAL” on Canal 7 Teletica in May 2026.^[4] No statement of the league rights held by Teletica for the 2026-2027 season was retrieved.

How large is Teletica's audience?

Television. Centro TV publishes monthly rankings of programmes on Canal 7 Teletica and Canal 6 Repretel from Kantar IBOPE Media data, with a household rating (“Hogares Total”) and a count of individuals. Each figure below is one month's reading.^[4]

For 1 to 31 July 2026 the table ranks first “FUT COPA MUNDIAL” on Canal 7 Teletica: 12 broadcasts, a household rating of 22.79 and 277,290 individuals. Its “POST COPA MUNDIAL” is second, at 18.90, and its 6 p.m. Telenoticias third, at 13.67. For June 2026 the friendly “PARTIDO AMISTOSO SELE” is second, at 17.99 and 228,190 individuals. For May 2026 “FUTBOL NACIONAL” on Canal 7 is 16th, at 7.88 and 88,460 individuals.^[4]

Web. La Nación reported on 31 July 2026, from Similarweb data presented at the Data Media Day Costa Rica 2026 organised by the Cámara de la Comunicación Comercial (Camco), that teletica.com had 3.79 million monthly visits and 1.96 million monthly unique users. Similarweb is a traffic estimator, not audited measurement.^[5]

Since when has Teletica existed?

Teletica's article of 9 May 2023, marking 63 years, states: “Un 9 de mayo de 1960, Teletica emitió la histórica primera transmisión en vivo gracias a la cual todo un país se conectó con el mundo.”^[3] That date is the company's own account; no independent source for it was retrieved.

El Financiero reported on 24 November 2025 that Televisora de Costa Rica took part in the frequency auction and “presentó la documentación requerida para competir por las frecuencias de Canal 7, Canal 33 y Teletica Radio.”^[6]

Why does Teletica matter in Costa Rica's sport?

In the Kantar IBOPE Media tables for July 2026, its World Cup match broadcasts rank first, with its post-match and pre-match World Cup programmes second and fourth; in June 2026 a national-team friendly on Canal 7 ranks second.^[4] Its sports path covered the national team daily in the week of the build date.^[1]

Broadcast frequencies. El Financiero reported on 24 November 2025 that the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Sutel) had closed on 21 November a public auction of radio and television frequencies instructed by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones (Micitt).^[6] Sutel's page on the auction states: “La Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia declaró con lugar un recurso de amparo y dejó sin efecto el proceso concursal público para el otorgamiento de concesiones del espectro radioeléctrico destinado a servicios de radiodifusión sonora en Amplitud Modulada (AM), Frecuencia Modulada (FM) y televisión abierta.” It gives the ruling as No. 2026-007626 of 27 February 2026, after a precautionary suspension on 26 November 2025, and states that Micitt is to start the procedure again taking account of the judgment.^[7] Teletica reported on 27 March 2026 that decreto 45671-Micitt, published in La Gaceta, extended the concessions of free-to-air radio and television services “hasta la firmeza de las decisiones que pongan término a los respectivos procedimientos concursales para dichos servicios.”^[8]

Reporters Without Borders, in its 2026 country entry, states that “The concentration of media ownership in the hands of a few conglomerates has limited media pluralism.” It names no outlet in that passage.^[9]