Editing Color television (section)

===South America===
Unlike most other countries in the Americas, which had adopted [[NTSC]], Brazil began broadcasting in color using [[PAL-M]], on 19 February 1972. Ecuador was the first South American country to broadcast in color using [[NTSC]], on 5 November 1974. In 1978, Argentina started international broadcasting in color using [[PAL-B]] in connection with the country's hosting of the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup]]. However domestic color broadcasting remained black & white with only some hours of color broadcasting per day, until 1 May 1980 when regular broadcasting started using [[PAL-N]], a variation of PAL-B specially suited for Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.

Also in April 1978, Chile adopted color television officially through the NTSC standard, This led to experimental broadcasts during the [[Viña del Mar International Song Festival|Viña del Mar Festival]] and the widespread use of color TV during the 1978 FIFA World Cup, followed by the charity event Teletón in December of the same year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Espectaculos |first1=Equipo |title=A 40 años de la TV a color en Chile, recuerda con qué programas debutó la nueva tecnología Fuente |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Espectaculos/2018/04/13/902335/A-40-anos-de-la-TV-a-color-en-Chile-recuerda-con-que-programas-debuto-la-nueva-tecnologia.html |website=EMOL |date=13 April 2018 |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref>

Some other countries in South America, including Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay [1981], did not broadcast full-time color television until the early 1980s.

Cor Dillen, director and later [[CEO]] of the South American branch of [[Philips]], was responsible for bringing color television to South America.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}