TeleTicino (styled in lower case as teleticino) is an Italian-language television channel based in Melide, Switzerland. It was established in 1987. The channel provides local news and entertainment programming for the Ticino canton, which has a mostly Italian-speaking population. Its programming includes talk shows, political debates, comedies in the local Ticinese dialect, entertainment, and sports. The channel is majority-owned by Timedia Holding SA, which also owns Corriere del Ticino, a local newspaper. Though it is privately owned, it receives public subsidies from television licence fees.