Costa TV in Ecuador · channel ID and TV guide

Look for CostaTV.ec when you match Costa TV in Ecuador. The directory lists Intercable Costateve S.A. in the owner field.

Station details

Canal 6 in Honduras can turn up in the same search. Compare its ID (Canal6.hn) with CostaTV.ec before switching the listing.

Compare the source IDs before changing the feed
Name	Market	Catalogue ID	Catalogue group or site
Canal 6	Honduras	Canal6.hn	Compañía Broadcasting Centroamericana S.A. de C.V.
Canal 6	Nicaragua	Canal6.ni	Gobierno de Nicaragua
Canal 6	El Salvador	Canal6.sv	Telecorporación Salvadoreña
Canal 6	Costa Rica	Canal6.cr	repretel.com
Canal 6	Spain	Canal6.es	totanaweb.es

Compare one local bulletin or other known programme before accepting a same-name entry.

<channel id="CostaTV.ec">…</channel>
<programme channel="CostaTV.ec" start="20250715200000 -0500">…</programme>

Compare the two ID strings in your guide export. The directory key above is the reference for this feed.

Historical time conversions for the example XMLTV entry. Match the date and location of your actual feed.
Example zone	Local time	The same time in UTC
America/Guayaquil	15 Jul 2025 20:00 -0500	16 Jul 01:00 UTC
Pacific/Galapagos	15 Jul 2025 20:00 -0600	16 Jul 02:00 UTC

The linked fixture uses a historical date and an illustrative title. It can verify whether your player joins records by ID.

Another directory entry can look similar. Check the identity fields for Canal 6 before changing the mapping.

Reading the result for this station
Check	What to look for
Import result	Look for “Costa TV \| guide alignment test” against CostaTV.ec in the historic guide data.
Blank guide for this station	Compare the exported channel identifier with CostaTV.ec exactly, including punctuation and letter case.
Alternate name	The catalogue includes “Canal 6”. Check the identifier even if the on-screen name looks right.