Overview
- The city government, which opened bids Tuesday, received two offers to run Canal de la Ciudad while the tenders for AM 1110 and FM 92.7 drew no proposals and will be reissued.
- Cale Group offered 50 million pesos per month for the TV channel and Argentinos Media bid 15 million, putting Cale ahead based on a 10.75 million peso monthly floor price reported by Clarín.
- A judge in the administrative court rejected a workers’ request for an injunction earlier Tuesday, and the employees said they will appeal the decision.
- ENACOM, the national regulator, has warned the tender collides with the audiovisual law’s indelegability rule and signaled possible sanctions that could include license revocation.
- City officials say they will keep ownership and outsource technical, operational and commercial management for five years, a plan workers argue threatens the outlets’ public and cultural mission.