On 12 January 1957, the Communications General Regulation was issued by the government, which consisted of updated sections around television broadcasting, reserving VHF channels 5 and 7 to the Peruvian state.

In April of that same year, the Industrial Promotion Law was declared to be applicable to television, allowing it the tax exempt import of broadcasting equipment, as most shops in Lima were already selling TV sets of different brands.

Color television began via test airings in 1974 and it was adopted as official using the United States NTSC standard beginning as in 1977.

In 1996, RTP renamed to its current corporate name Television Nacional del Perú during Alberto Fujimori's regime.

On 30 March 2010, TV Perú launched its high-definition signal on digital terrestrial television (using ISDB-TB) with the collaboration of the government of Japan who provided the proper equipment.