Sociedad Integral de Televisión, better known as Sitel, is a Bolivian semi-national over-the-air commercial television network.
History Sitel was created on June 18, 1999 at the initiative of Enrique Roda Busch, and broadcast on a network led by a UHF station in La Paz. One of its staff members, Yara Abastoflor Barberich, was assassinated in 2000.Homicidio de secretaria de SITEL, retrieved 4 March 2000 On March 14, 2005, its staff entered a hunger strike due to a lack of pay.Dirigentes de la Federación de la Prensa declaran huelga de hambre., retrieved 4 March 2025
On March 5, 2007, the network started airing a sports news program presented by Roberto “Quico” Birbuet Alarcón.Deportivo de Sitel está de aniversario, retrieved 4 March 2025
The station in 2011 spent 212,000 bolivianos in the carriage of advertising from the governments of several municipalities of Santa Cruz Department.SANTACRUZ, retrieved 4 March 2025
For the Carnaval season of 2013, it aired Y que viva el carnaval, in the month leading up to the event.Estrena su programa carnavalero, retrieved 4 March 2025
The network's staff was unable to film footage during the coup attempt on June 26, 2024.ANP sobre cobertura del asalto militar fallido: "Empujones y gases lacrimógenos dificultaron trabajo de periodistas", retrieved 4 March 2025
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