 The creation of the channel arose in the 1980s with promulgation of the law 8/1984 of the autonomous region of Canaries relating to Broadcasting and Televisión Canaria.The first broadcast was made on the 21 August 1999 under the name "Televisión Autonómica de Canarias (TVAC)", in 2001 the company adopted the simpler name of "Televisión Canaria" and the slogan "la nuestra".The channel broadcasts on analogue and TDT throughout the Canary Islands, and on TDT in the rest of Spain.