Perubólica

Perubólica (portmanteau of Peru with "parabólica", term used to refer to satellite dishes in Spanish) is a colloquial term referred to Colombian community cable television networks (some illegal) which relay free-to-air satellite television signals from other countries. Although channels from other countries such as Mexico and Brazil were available in its heyday, during the 1990s and early 2000s, Peruvian networks were a staple and became popular among Colombian audiences.

Perubólicas were cheaper alternatives to the then costly cable TV systems, as well as the limitations of the then "mixed system" of the Colombian television and the Inravisión state monopoly which would end in 1998. The foreign channels (Peruvian, Mexican, Brazilian, American) helped Colombians to deal with the limited entertainment options via television they had access to. In 2001, television critic Germán Yances wrote, regarding the Vladivideos scandal during the late Alberto Fujimori administration, that "whatever happens with Peruvian television is a national concern in Colombia, because these channels are a staple of the daily footage millions of Colombian homes receive through satellite dishes". Several Peruvian personalities would become household names in Colombia during the late 20th century and early 21st century and are still fondly remembered more than three decades later.