Medios Públicos Uruguay

Medios Publicos Uruguay, also known as Secan, is the national public broadcasting service of Uruguay, operating as a state-owned public service media agency headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay. Founded in 2014 and operating with approximately 40 employees, the organization reported $8.4M in revenue as of 2024. Functioning as a tier 2 media tech buyer, the company's core services encompass the production, broadcasting, and digital distribution of informative, cultural, and educational programming. Its mission is aimed at safeguarding freedom of expression and promoting national artistic, historic, and scientific output. Medios Públicos directly oversees the state television network Canal 5, the regional station Canal 8, and the national public radio network—which includes specialised stations such as Radio Uruguay, Radio Cultura, Babel, and Radio Clásica—alongside maintaining its unified central digital information portal.