Cadena A
Cadena A is a Bolivian commercial television network owned by the Ricacruz mining company and operated by Empresa de Comunicaciones del Oriente, owner of Unitel. Based in La Paz with additional offices in the commercial capital Santa Cruz de la Sierra, its programming is mostly original, coming from both locations, as well as news bulletins, infomercials, pais programming and, occasionally, canned foreign output.
History
The network emerged in 1999 as Red Digital. In 2000, sports journalist Asbel Valenzuela joined the network; he got his own program El equipo deportivo in 2001 and was with the network until 2006, when he moved to Red Uno to present El Súper Deportivo. In 2003, the network adopted its current name.On February 1, 2010, the network fired De mañanita presenter and network news head Jorge Tejerina. Erbol also reported the exit of Juan Carlos Arana, which implied an ideological change at the network. By 2011, the network was facing a crisis, with a series of staff quitting and moving to other outlets, such as Roger Romay in July that year ; to an extent where there were only two presenters left. At an unknown point in the 2010s, the Monasterio family acquired an unknown amount of shares at the network.
On November 13, 2025, Cadena A moved from 2.2 in La Paz and El Alto and moved to virtual channel 3.1.
Programming
As of 2024, the network airs a variety of original productions: Levántate Bolivia, Tele A Noticias, Estudio Estadio and Deporte Total. The network also airs a handful of imports, which at the time included reruns of animes such as Pokémon, Robotech and Bleach, as well as feature films. The amount of foreign content increased in 2025, adding shows such as She-Hulk and Beverly Hills: 90210.In 2020, Canal 11 Paisaje in Riberalta relayed Cadena A's Tele A Noticias.