Marcelo Fleitas, president of SNT, claimed that the two stations were unable to expand their coverage due to technical considerations.

Moreover, SNT decided not to have affiliates outside of Asunción, unifying the capital's feed with the rest of the country, under the grounds that when the decision was taken, only Ciudad del Este was still considered a strategic location for Paraguay's economy.

[4] On August 6, 2013, SNT Televisora del Este pronounced itself about the conversion to a national channel, confirming industry rumors.

The issue lied in the relays the three stations wanted to build in each other's coverage areas, which did not appear in the 2011 regulations, whose primary intention was to give incentives for the installation of digital terrestrial television signals in the country.

[9][10] Speaking at the 2017 edition of the La TV Que se Viene conference on March 20, 2017, Marcelo Fleitas announced the conversion of PTV into an all-news channel, C9N.