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Cable television in the Dominican Republic is provided by a variety of companies.

These companies offer both English-and Spanish-language television, plus a range of channels in other languages, high definition channels, pay-per-view movies and events, sports packages and premium movie channels such as HBO, Playboy TV, Cinecanal, etc.

Also, the channels are from not only the Dominican Republic, but also the United States and Europe.

In the Dominican Republic television spectrum, there are 46 VHF, UHF, and free-to-air ( FTA ) channels.

The free of charge channels programming consists mainly of locally produced entertainment shows, news, and comedy shows ; and foreign sit-coms, soap operas, movies, cartoons, and sports programs.