TV DX from South Florida 3: Cuba 2005-2016

These are TV DX recordings from Chris Dunne of South Florida. They are posted here for nonprofit educational purposes only.
Stations included: CMDH, CMDF, CMBR, CMJC, CMGR, CMFR, CMBL
Maps from Wikipedia, under Public Domain.
Opening music is "Rico's Underground" (CC BY 4.0) by TeknoAXE. www.teknoaxe.com/
Sound effect is from freesound.org user "Corsica_S"
Call letters and transmitter coordinates come from dxinfocentre.com. All distances (except CMJC) calculated from Geiger Key Marina or Islamorada, though some recordings were made at other sites. A few assumptions were made as to dates and channel numbers and the most likely stations on them, the graphics are as accurate as I could make them, but nothing is guaranteed. Call letters may not match other sources. They don't even match in my own logbook. :/
For more information on TV DXing, visit my website. www.egrabow.com/dx/
Chris's KZbin channel: / @christopherdunne7848

[@user-qo3ob8ks8o]

3:33 they used a old Disney Channel Bumper in their promo XD

[@SoyLuciano]

3:55 And besides the jingle, there's also the sound heard in _EarthBound_ in one of the fights against Giygas.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Those bootlegged Spanish dubbed cartoons were recorded off of a satellite feed of various Latin American cable TV channels onto a videocassette and then the host logo bug is edited out.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Anything could happen as a result of the "Cuban Thaw" in the future...

[@toposebi95]

Pretty sure that's how they do it on Multivisión: the masters come from American studios legitimately.

[@camaraco1234]

@@ChristopherSobieniak lol who the hell wants to come to an agreement with those stupid and greedy companies when you can actually record the shows and then watch them free without paying anything

[@ExtremeWreck]

I don't think these were bootleg dubs, more so official dubs that were recorded on VHS tapes that the channel got ahold of, & decided to broadcast these for no reason other than because they could.

[@RoshGMZ]

I used to watch Cubavision for some years ago and I still remember that they still showing bootlegged shows pre-recorded from channels like Disney Channel, Discovery Kids, ZAZ, Nickelodeon, and occasionally from Cartoon Network and others. I also remember that in some occasions they show bootlegged movies from premium channels like HBO They also have Weekend morning blocks with more bootlegged stuff, some from those blocks are Peque Soy, Mundo de Colores, El tren de las maravillas, etc

[@INTLAudiovisualArchive]

What a unique kind of Lost Media!! Cuba is the Latinamerican country with more Lost Media of the region, very interesing recordings of the old late 90s - early 2000s Cuban TV, i hope if Chris uploads more of this material, is very intriguing and interesing. Greetings from a DXer from Mexico.

[@kreuner11]

How is it lost media if it's right here

[@northcarolinaradio]

It would have been lost media if it weren't for egrabow and Christopher Dunne @@kreuner11

[@pinero9819]

wow many thanks man i remember watching most of this stuff in tv when i was a kid in cuba now i am 19 years old

[@parasatc8183]

pinero98 Why are you not in Cuba now?

[@Josephdapro08]

@@parasatc8183 he probably defected to the us.

[@yordangarridogonzalez6135]

About the bootleg transmission of content from children's television channels, here are some details about the channels where the recordings were obtained from. Many of these channels I was watch in his time, and I easily recognize them: 4:17 Disney Channel Latin America (is a recording from 2000-2003, at a time when the Disney Channel was a premium channel. The latter makes the origin of this TV rip even more obscure). 4:29 Boomerang Latin America (it shows, because it is the classic logo of this channel (the boomerang), and because at that time they still broadcast classic cartoons) 4:35 4:40 Cartoon Network Latin America. (both recordings are from late 2004 and early 2005. The first recording is from early 2005, as the channel had just transitioned from the Powerhouse age to the CN City age, and the change included their simpler logo from the 2000s. In Latin America, the Powerhouse age said goodbye with a gigantic version of the classic logo, hence the ridiculously large rectangle on the second recording) The Cartoon Network and Boomerang recordings were easily obtained from a satellite or Pay TV provider in a nearby country, but the Disney Channel case intrigues me. Possibly some premium DirecTV or Sky subscriber from a South American country was recording broadcasts and distributing them to Cuba illegally. In any case, the transmission of content without a license on Cuban TV, on state television channels, is something common to this day. The same happens with sporting events like the Champions League, where the DirecTV Sports signal has been hacked, for example.

[@RoshGMZ]

There are mostly from pirated satellite channels, in some third world countries, satellite piracy was a very common practice for no pay cable for watch exclusive channels, and Cuba is not the exception, but apparently these type of practices in Cuba are only for the local tv channels from the ICRT (the only television company in Cuba), probably because satellite dishes in Cuba are more expensive for the public

[@RoshGMZ]

And yeah, sometimes in Cubavision and other channels in Cuba they still air some old TV rips. I still remember that Cubavision used to air Bear in the Big Blue House, ripped from Disney Channel Latin America (when the was still a premium channel), that happened in about 6 years ago if i not wrong

[@friesareyummy]

2:12 Not even gonna lie......this music slaps lol

[@johannessanmiguel]

They had great jingles and intros back then because there was a great number of talented musicians and producers graduating from artschools. Today, they are all gone.

[@madden8021]

Sheesh, their bumpers are like from the 80s and 90s just by the Graphics and sounds alone.

[@JSSMVCJR2.1]

Welcome to what remains of the extinct Eastern Bloc. Outdated.

[@ExtremeWreck]

Some of these are bootlegged from actual 90s bumpers.

[@madden8021]

@@ExtremeWreck That is true since the Cubans do love to Bootleg things after all.

[@madden8021]

@@JSSMVCJR2.1 And yeeep, that is true.

[@GalaxyUnicorn]

4:17 If anyone (including the uploader/Chris) has a copy of that theme song in Spanish, they should upload it! It’s super rare!

[@ultimatevideomaster5062]

Hardly anyone has it. Disney Latin America has not aired it since 2004.

[@sbspfan2004]

Actually the ones that we have on YT are the Euro-Spanish dub of PB&J Otter.

[@RoshGMZ]

Actually Disney Channel LA existed in 1997 but was a premium channel on that years

[@christopherdunne7848]

This is Chris, and I'm sorry but I cannot help you.

[@LuxembourgishMapping]

And the location was in Havana.

[@Extremelybadpiggies]

4:17 GUYS ITS PB&J OTTER!

[@2ktan]

1:23 Zeus - Sometido 3:11 Raca - Raca Raca Chan

[@FRLAZone2018]

NHK programs we're my favorite. You know what it's on PTV4 in Philippines

[@edwardelric9649]

Wow...a time machine.

[@ТелекомпанияВид]

4:18 Despite the fact that this logo coverage looks very uncanny it's great that Cuba allows to air American cartoons on TV

[@johannessanmiguel]

More than 70% of Cuban tv shows are american tv shows. For instance, House of Cards, The Good Wife, Numbers, Six Feet Under, ER, Grey´s Anatomy, etc.

[@ChileImFromChileChile]

Please to upload the full opening of the adventures of P B and J Otter because it is a rare spanish dubbed cartoon :(

[@Robloxguyyes]

Mom can we have digital tv: mom: We already have digital tv at home digital tv at home:

[@erickpaolod.santos9774]

2:10 NHK have a Classical music

[@everettduncan7543]

1:00 wait, Cuban tv was mocking Hilton Perez?

[@madden8021]

No, it was mocking James Cason. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cason It's also on youtube like it said kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIKvZoOkfbp7sNE

[@erickpaolod.santos9774]

An early surprised for Fidel Castro for the cartoons in Cuba than ayatollah Khomeini

[@darelltorgamenendez4919]

Who Is Hilton Perez?

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Cuba will be upgrading to digital television soon, opting for the DTMB standard also used by China, rather than the more popular ATSC, ISDB-T or DVB-T standards. This means that all future DXing of Cuba's channels will have to be done with DTMB compatible DXing equipment in the 2020s.

[@christopherdunne7848]

DTMB, you mean.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Oops! My mistake. "DMB-T" has been changed to "DTMB."

[@checkerboy3469]

yesh cuba will have digital tv and its analog swithoff to digital only television before it is able to get cable satelite or even internet avaiable to all of the cubans.

[@retnavybrat]

So I'm guessing that Cubans wouldn't be able to receive DTV signals from the US (and vice versa) with this proposed system?

[@madden8021]

@@retnavybrat Seems likely so. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Terrestrial_Multimedia_Broadcast

[@Hogstuff]

4:17-4:47 They didn't even try

[@christopherdunne7848]

The last I checked, they try even less, and leave the host logo bug up. I haven't seen those blockers in years.

[@Hogstuff]

CHRISTOPHER DUNNE I also noticed they didn't block out the screenbug for VH1 Classic, but did for all the cartoons.

[@christopherdunne7848]

Likely because they gave up doing that, around 2010. Those cartoons were older video, 2006ish.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

They probably figured everyone knows where these channels come from, it's not a big secret, though perhaps if a cable/satellite industry ever gets off the launchpad in Cuba, they could be a regular thing depending how they iron out such details (assuming how they play ball with American companies). Again, it's all pipe dream-type what-ifs, but ones I like to see if more openess to Cuba occurs.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Herb Seberia II It wouldn't surprise me. Hopefully with the switch to digital and upgrading whatever quipment they have, they'll be able to run things off servers or whatever new media is used.

[@staticmunk7777]

that one small scene from the 47 ronin that is very memorable them signing their names to avenge their masters honor that si one epic Keanu reeves movie and one of his very best

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Nice Cuba gets to watch these films at all.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Not bad for a country whose only McDonald's restaurant is located on the Guantanamo Bay naval base.

[@Murilo_anima]

4:35 Tom and jerry

[@bbcnews24fan85]

I fond the ‘Cabo Cason episode: ‘La Vacuna’

[@parasatc8183]

Since when did Cuba have a metal scene?

[@madden8021]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_rock Nobody knows due to communism anyway.

[@conroads2626]

0:50 I recognize that as the opening to Canned Heat by Jamiroquai

[@alibcool1568]

Please upload these DX recordings onto Internet Archive (we need the Latin Spanish-dubbed PB&J Otter).

[@imrustyokay]

3:55 they just stole that soundbite from the Disney Channel... they stole the programs too...

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

They couldn't do anything else about it, because of the embargo between Cuba and the United States put in place since the 1950s. Intellectual property rights are nonexistent in Cuba because of this, plus the bootlegged movies and TV shows are viewed in the Cuban socialist ethos as a public good...

[@Inescapeium]

They even ironically aired them on national Cuban TV.

[@jakobisnameless]

All they do here is steal lol

[@k17800]

4:30 that station Shape Censored Boomerang & Cartoon Network Bug

[@Shortcarl]

5:46 "47 Ronin" movie

[@INTLAudiovisualArchive]

Possibly bootleged from a Blu-Ray or DVD source with pirate fan-made spanish subtitles.

[@tvcdb724]

0:52 Only in USSR(Cuba)

[@mulletboater]

Whats up with "CMxx"? there is not a channel number or perceived location........EDIT: sorry, i see you got it, i should wait till end of video before comment.. it feels like its less propaganda than the last era, other than still airing the cartoon shorts against the ambassador. we even see some U.S content in the form of cartoons, and, the VH1. it looks like they get all foreign programming from intercepting feeds, which is: interesting, sad, and, funny at the same time.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

"Canal Habana" seems to be a very new station and probably doesn't have call letter designations like the rest. In terms of digital TV, Cuba appears to be adopting China's "DTMB" system. I suppose it makes it easier to deter DX-ers in the country from tuning outside the island that way.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Unless the DXers could import DTMB tuners into the United States from China (along with a few voltage adapters) to use for the purpose of digital Cuban DXing in Florida...

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

I think the "CMxx" channel is actually "CMDF Tele Rebelde" showing a block of bootlegged childrens' cartoons from other parts of Latin America.

[@christopherdunne7848]

C. Habana has been around since at least 2006, I'd say. They are never recognized along with the other national networks, like national TV listings. C Habana was the last place I saw a promo for Ally McBeal, and THAT was around 2006-07.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Probably meant to be a local/regional station if it wasn't broadcast elsewhere on the island. Wonder if other cities in Cuba have a similar station to C. Habana?

[@robmclean4352]

A "leftist Venezuelan network"? is there any other *kind* of network in Venezuela?!

[@christopherdunne7848]

After the close of RCTV and subsequent debut of TVes, I would say "no," although commercial networks like Televen/Venevision still exist. However I am sure they skate on the thinnest ice. :)

[@elmixo5010]

Actually, Venezolana de Televisión (VTV) is the most leftist Venezuelan network.

[@imrustyokay]

When you put all your eggs in one basket, you get lefist television networks. As a Leftist (although, I'm okay with social democracy, like in the Nordic Countries) myself, my god is Venezuela a mess.

[@erickpaolod.santos9774]

The ownership is Hugo Chavez (President)

[@friesareyummy]

@@imrustyokay a very BIG mess for sure

Tom & Jerry and Popeye, wow!

[@desauhac8793]

3:49 What's that cartoon? Cubans aired Pera Detlić?

[@darelltorgamenendez4919]

Elpidio Valdés

[@Saygoodbyetonewaccount]

I love his intro tele rebelde which nice sound and like a green edit: also cuba flag in intro???

[@MixelsFan2015]

Who came here for PB&J?

[@midnight_styx]

Not me

[@friesareyummy]

As rare as it is, that was not the reason why lmao

[@Extremelybadpiggies]

Me

[@JSE2TPrevue]

4:17

[@reinaldoveitia4261]

Where can I find the P, B & J chapters in Spanish? I remember seeing them in Cuba but I can't find them here on KZbin

[@rayelgatubelo]

Now it's on Disney Plus

[@Extremelybadpiggies]

Yeah, the only thing is that not the old Spanish PB&J otter logo is used

[@JASFMXL]

2:36 I see some spanish influence

[@Inescapeium]

Cuba was literally a Spanish colony, so......

[@INTLAudiovisualArchive]

De todos los virreinatos que tuvo España, Cuba, después de Puerto Rico, es la que más herencia e influencia española tuvo. No es casualidad que los catalanes que comerciaban ahí fueran mayoría, y otro dato: Fidel Castro Ruz era hijo de un gallego. La sensación de una Cuba Española no sorprende.

[@1L6E6VHF]

Has anyone acquired a DTMB converter box and logged Cuban DTMB stations using it?

[@christopherdunne7848]

Where have you been?? Anyway, not me. I’m not anxious to get a box, seeing as the embargo is in place, + every purchase seems to go via China. Strangely I haven’t caught any Cuban TV, even analog, from home, for months. 106.9 FM Habana Radio is my beacon, but it’s been slim pickin’s.

[@1L6E6VHF]

@@christopherdunne7848 Thanks for the info!

[@1L6E6VHF]

@@christopherdunne7848 The last time I saw Cuban TV was about two years ago. They were showing Children's program called "La Colmena TV".

[@erickpaolod.santos9774]

Multivision cuba is better than the TV5 (Philippines DWET TV Channel 5 Manila)

[@Shortcarl]

Both Cuba and the Philippines still have NTSC before 2023.

[@dickjohnson5979]

So Cuba uses C callsigns juist like Canada?

[@christopherdunne7848]

Officially, their calls begin with CM, although CO is used by Cuban ham operators. CMBF is still called out on radio (a.k.a. Radio Musical Nacional, a classical music network). But never have call letters been shown on TV since the 1950’s when CMQ-TV was shown on air.

[@ExtremeWreck]

3:33 3:48 3:55 Does anyone know what that cartoon is?

[@christopherdunne7848]

Dunno the full official name, but the hero is Elpidio Valdes. Extremely violent cartoon; I have part of an episode taped in 1995 somewhere here at home-I think.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@christopherdunne7848 Oh, thanks for letting me know. I might look into it later.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@christopherdunne7848 Oh, so that IS the official name of the show!

[@OAMnez]

Elpidio Valdés you can watch the episodes on KZbin. It’s the only Cuban cartoon ever made not related the Cuban government propaganda.

[@darelltorgamenendez4919]

@@OAMnez In fact, there are other cubans cartoons that are not propaganda. Example: "Cecilin & Coti", "Matojo", "Coco Island Adventures", etc.And the Short Films of the ICAIC Animation Studios and the Cuban TV Animation Studios . The Problem Is That "Elpidio Valdés" Is The Most Famous Cuban Cartoon Outside Of Cuba

[@ernawulandari3969]

CMBR Canal Educativo Canal 4 0:40 CMDH Cubavision Canal 9 1:13 CMDF Tele Rebelde Canal 13 1:33 CMBx Canal Educativo 2 Canal 15 2:11 CMxx Canal Habana Canal 40 7:08

[@HarmonicVector]

"propaganda bonus" That was propaganda? I just thought they were being very very racist!

[@darelltorgamenendez4919]

The Character Who Was Picking The Children Is The Villain

[@midnight_styx]

Propaganda Bonus

[@talkingtomkinger]

0:53 this unironically looks fake, like someone applied an vhs/analog filter to some cr@ppy animation