Editing Colombia (section)

=== Popular culture ===
{{Main|Theater of Colombia|Cinema of Colombia|Media of Colombia}}
[[File:Statue India Catalina FICCI.JPG|thumb|The [[Cartagena Film Festival]] is the oldest cinema event in Latin America. The central focus is on films from Ibero-America.<ref name="fiapf" />]]

Theater was introduced in Colombia during the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish colonization]] in 1550 through [[zarzuela]] companies. Colombian theater is supported by the Ministry of Culture and a number of private and state owned organizations. The [[Theater of Colombia|Ibero-American Theater Festival of Bogotá]] is the cultural event of the highest importance in Colombia and one of the biggest theater festivals in the world.<ref name="Theater Festival">{{cite web|url=http://www.colombia.co/en/this-is-colombia/culture/art/six-surprising-facts-bogotas-ibero-american-theater-festival/|title=Six surprising facts about Bogota's Ibero-American Theater Festival|date=2 March 2016|publisher=colombia.co|access-date=17 November 2017|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117141147/http://www.colombia.co/en/this-is-colombia/culture/art/six-surprising-facts-bogotas-ibero-american-theater-festival/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other important theater events are: The Festival of Puppet The Fanfare (Medellín), The Manizales Theater Festival, The Caribbean Theatre Festival (Santa Marta) and The Art Festival of Popular Culture "Cultural Invasion" (Bogotá).<ref name="Theatre in Colombia">{{cite web| url=http://www.iti-worldwide.org/amt/countries/p_COLOMBIA.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821123228/http://www.iti-worldwide.org/amt/countries/p_COLOMBIA.html |archive-date=21 August 2008 |publisher=iti-worldwide.org |title=Main performing arts festivals – Theatre History|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="theatrical production">{{cite web|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/colhoy/colo11.htm|publisher=banrepcultural.org|title=Theater of Colombia|language=es|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020050211/http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/colhoy/colo11.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="teatro siglo XX">{{cite web|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/revista-80|publisher=Revista Credencial Historia|author=Reyes, Carlos José|title=El teatro en Colombia en el siglo XX|language=es|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522220735/http://www.banrepcultural.org/revista-80|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Although the [[Cinema of Colombia|Colombian cinema]] is young as an industry, more recently the film industry was growing with support from the Film Act passed in 2003.<ref name="the Film Act passed in 2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/ley_0814_2003.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092726/http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/ley_0814_2003.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2015|publisher=secretariasenado.gov.co|title=the Film Act passed in 2003|language=es|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> Many film festivals take place in Colombia, but the two most important are the [[Cartagena Film Festival]], which is the oldest film festival in Latin America, and the [[Bogotá Film Festival]].<ref name="fiapf">{{cite web |url=http://www.fiapf.org/intfilmfestivals_2016_sites02.asp |publisher=fiapf.org |title=Competitive specialised film festivals |access-date=23 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161111113646/http://www.fiapf.org/intfilmfestivals_2016_sites02.asp |archive-date=11 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="film festivals">{{cite web|url=http://www.colombia.co/cultura/ocho-festivales-de-cine-imperdibles-en-colombia.html|publisher=colombia.co|title=Ocho festivales de cine imperdibles en Colombia|language=es|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522201326/http://www.colombia.co/cultura/ocho-festivales-de-cine-imperdibles-en-colombia.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ficcifestival.com/internas.php?cod=1$$-1$$-qm4nNEHfJmY0tyUjxz05wAXG3C6fwm|publisher=ficcifestival.com|title=La Corporación Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena|language=es|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522201249/http://www.ficcifestival.com/internas.php?cod=1$$-1$$-qm4nNEHfJmY0tyUjxz05wAXG3C6fwm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Some important national circulation newspapers are ''[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]'' and ''[[El Espectador]]''. [[Television in Colombia]] has two privately owned TV networks and three state-owned TV networks with national coverage, as well as six regional TV networks and dozens of local TV stations. Private channels, [[RCN TV|RCN]] and [[Caracol Televisión|Caracol]] are the highest-rated. The regional channels and regional newspapers cover a department or more and its content is made in these particular areas.<ref name="Television in Colombia">{{cite web|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/exhibiciones/historia_tv/television_colombia.htm |publisher=banrepcultural.org |title=Television in Colombia |language=es |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413231621/http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/exhibiciones/historia_tv/television_colombia.htm |archive-date=13 April 2015 }}</ref><ref name="press">{{cite web |url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/un-papel-a-toda-prueba |publisher=banrepcultural.org |title=Un papel a toda prueba. 223 años de prensa diaria en Colombia |language=es |access-date=22 May 2016 |archive-date=22 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522183614/http://www.banrepcultural.org/un-papel-a-toda-prueba |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="The press in Colombia">{{cite web|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/ayudadetareas/comunicacion/la_prensa|publisher=banrepcultural.org|title=La prensa en Colombia|language=es|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522183517/http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/ayudadetareas/comunicacion/la_prensa|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Colombia has three major national [[Radio in Colombia|radio networks]]: [[Radiodifusora Nacional de Colombia]], a state-run national radio; [[Caracol Radio]] and [[RCN Radio]], privately owned networks with hundreds of affiliates. There are other national networks, including [[Cadena Super]], [[Todelar]], and Colmundo. Many hundreds of radio stations are registered with the [[Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Colombia)|Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications]].<ref name="Radio in Colombia">{{cite web|url=http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/ayudadetareas/comunicacion/la_radio_en_colombia|publisher=banrepcultural.org|title=Radio in Colombia|language=es|access-date=22 May 2016|archive-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522190902/http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/ayudadetareas/comunicacion/la_radio_en_colombia|url-status=dead}}</ref>