It was one of the members of the Televisión Federal, S.A., consortium, that acquired the license for channel 11 Buenos Aires when it was privatized in 1989.

[2] Within a few months of beginning transmission, Canal 8 aired its first newscast, called 12 Minutos (12 Minutes).

It has produced series for children and teens such as El Jardín de Florencia Flor (Florencia Flor's Garden), El Payaso Tapalín (The Tapalín Clown), and Tevematch.

In the early 1990s the station showed a miniseries set in the Tucumán of the 17th Century called 100 Años Después (After 100 Years).

Canal 8 was the first channel in the area to rebroadcast news programs from Buenos Aires such as 28 Millones (later called 30 millones), Realidad 84 (Reality 84), Redacción Abierta (Open Drafting), and Buenas Noches Argentina (Good Night Argentina).