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TV guide Costa Rica

Costa Rica on TV, at a glance.

216 channels with what is on now, the sport worth knowing about this week, and the endpoints that give you every slot. Times are America/Costa_Rica.

216channels
128with a schedule today
2 daysahead
2025history from
14:38local time
On now in Costa RicaNext starts, CST
EnlaceViviendo Sin Límites15:00
FUTVFUTV18:00
Agrotendencia TVTierra fertil15:00
Tigo SportsNo Data15:00
Canal 8Telediario en directo15:00
Canal 6Amor de familia15:00
Canal 4Canal 4 Costa Rica16:00
Canal 11El Gordo y la Flaca15:00
RTTVRT Programming15:30
AMC (Costa Rica)Operación Valquiria16:20
Canal 11 de Costa RicaEl Chapulín Colorado15:00
Canal 13Dominio documental15:00
SummaryCosta Rica in our data

Counted from our own listings every hour. The detail behind each figure is one API call away.

Channels216128 with a schedule today
Registry ids9
Guide only207
With a logo9
Schedule depth2 daysahead, on most of its main channels
Today58%
Tomorrow58%
Day 70%
Field fill63%of today's programmes carry a description
Category6%
Episode no.0%
Series link0%
Sport this week0events on TV in Costa Rica, next 7 days
Live0
Football0
Other sport0
EndpointsThe API for Costa Rica listings

Every call below answers for Costa Rica as shown. The Free key reads yesterday; the plans add today, the days ahead, changes and the archive.

EndpointWhat it returnsPlan
GET /v1/countries/CR/channelsEvery TV channel in one country, ordered the way its own guides list them, with ids, names, logos and categories.Free keyDocs
GET /v1/countries/CR/nowWhat is on now on every TV channel in a country, with what comes next, in one call.Live and aboveDocs
GET /v1/countries/CR/tonightPrime time tonight on every TV channel in a country, from the local hour you choose, in one grid.Live and aboveDocs
GET /v1/countries/CR/coverageHow full the TV data is for a country on a day: the share of programmes with a description, category, episode number and more.Free keyDocs
GET /v1/guideA TV guide grid for up to 50 channels over a window you choose, every slot with its times in UTC, ready to draw.Free keyDocs
GET /v1/channels/{id}/scheduleA TV channel's day slot by slot: start and stop in UTC, title, description, category, and the series and episode where we matched it.Free keyDocs
GET /v1/events?country=CRSports events on TV by sport, league and day, in every country or only those on air where you are.Live and aboveDocs
GET /v1/changes?country=CREvery TV listing that moved, appeared or disappeared since a time you give, to keep your own copy of the guide in step.Live and aboveDocs
GET /v1/channels/{id}/historyPast schedules for a TV channel from the archive, slot by slot over any window of up to 31 days, with the same fields as today.ArchiveDocs
GET /v1/xmltv?country=CRA country or a set of channels as a standard XMLTV file, up to 14 days ahead, for media centres and IPTV players.Live and aboveDocs
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/countries/CR/now"
What is on now on every channel in Costa Rica, in one call
// GET /v1/countries/CR/now, one channel, in short
{
    "data": [
        {
            "channel": "ch_qnkq5rj8",
            "now": {
                "start": "2026-11-02T20:30:00Z",
                "stop": "2026-11-02T21:00:00Z",
                "title": "Viviendo Sin Límites",
                "progress": 0.18
            },
            "next": {
                "start": "2026-11-02T21:00:00Z",
                "title": "Ministración con Joe Ferreyra"
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 128,
        "at": "2026-11-02T20:38:48Z"
    }
}
Real titles, kept 10 minutesEvery field
SportSport on TV in Costa Rica this week

The key competitions first, then the rest with a named competition. Every event and every channel is GET /v1/events?country=CR.

Kick-offEventCompetitionChannelsShowing
No sport listed for Costa Rica this week yet.
Channel mixWhat Costa Rica's channels carry

By category and by owner, from the channel registry.

By category

General4
Sport2
Outdoors1
Religious1

Biggest owners

Enlace Internacional1
Teletica1

The Costa Rica TV guide, in brief

The TV guide for Costa Rica covers 216 channels, 128 of them with a schedule today, and most of its main channels run 2 days ahead. Every time on this page is America/Costa_Rica, and its listings history reaches back to 2025.

Most of Costa Rica's channels are general, sport and outdoors channels, and the biggest owners are Enlace Internacional and Teletica.

Developers get the same data from the TV Guide API: every channel in Costa Rica with GET /v1/countries/CR/channels, what is on now with GET /v1/countries/CR/now, and a full day with GET /v1/guide?country=CR.

Who uses it

Apps and set-top boxesThe full Costa Rica line-up and schedule.
Bars and hotelsLive sport on Costa Rica's channels tonight.
TravellersWhat is on in Costa Rica, in local time.
ResearchWhat aired in Costa Rica, and when.

Questions

How many TV channels does Costa Rica have?

We list 216 channels in Costa Rica, 128 of them with a schedule today.

How far ahead does the Costa Rica TV guide go?

Most of its main channels have listings 2 days ahead; some go further.

What time zone are Costa Rica TV times in?

This page shows America/Costa_Rica. The API returns UTC and converts to any time zone you pass.

How do I get Costa Rica's TV listings in my app?

With a TV Guide API key: GET /v1/countries/CR/now for what is on now, or GET /v1/guide?country=CR for a whole day. The free key reads yesterday.

More countriesMost listed countries

Every country has one page like this one. Channel by channel detail lives in the API: every country.

Every Costa Rica channel, in one API call