Directory
The Uruguayan channels worth following to track public money: the parliament that votes the budget, the agencies that buy, the outlets that report and the parties that argue. Every channel got in on an identity proof, not on its size.
What this is and what it is not
Parties are marked as governing or opposition, which is an institutional fact. Outlets get no ideological label: there is no way to measure one, and it would be our opinion dressed as data. Instead each channel profile publishes two numbers about its recent titles: how many touch public spending or politics, and which parties it names.
Each channel was measured on 2026-08-18, over its latest titles. It sits on the channel profile, with the sample size next to it.
The latest videos from the channels below, read from their public feeds. It is an automatic read: we neither pick nor review any video.
11 channels
The primary source. The session, the press conference and the announcement come out unedited, before any article exists.
@TVCiudad6.1
The Montevideo city government channel, streaming its full schedule.
It is television paid for by the city government. We already measured what it costs and through which contracts.
Spending and politics: 1 of its latest 30 titles.
@Canal5UY
The national public broadcaster, with its live newscasts.
It is both a newsroom and a purchasing agency. Its spending sits in this database like any other state buyer.
Spending and politics: 10 of its latest 30 titles.
@PresidenciaUruguay-b2s
Executive branch events, press conferences and announcements, uploaded the same day.
A public-works or programme announcement lands here before the tender reaches the procurement feed. It tells you what to search for next.
Spending and politics: 11 of its latest 30 titles.
@SenadoUY
Full Senate sessions, unedited and without commentary.
The budget and the annual accounts are voted here. It is the primary source behind the two-minute TV summary.
Spending and politics: 29 of its latest 30 titles.
@diputados_uy
Chamber of Deputies sessions and committees, including ministerial hearings.
Committees ask about specific contracts. It is where an agency explains a purchase before any article covers it.
Spending and politics: 5 of its latest 30 titles.
@IntendenciaMdeo
Public works, services and calls from the Montevideo departmental government.
It is the largest departmental buyer in the country. What it announces on video can be cross-checked against its awards.
Spending and politics: 0 of its latest 30 titles.
@BCUUy
Monetary policy presentations and technical explainers from the central bank.
The BCU indexed unit and exchange rates are what this site uses to compare prices across years.
Spending and politics: 14 of its latest 30 titles.
@ine_uruguay
Census, household survey and price index presentations.
The INE price index is what turns a 2014 price into a present-day one.
Spending and politics: 1 of its latest 30 titles.
@opp_uruguay
Fund calls, territorial programmes and OPP presentations.
OPP distributes funds to departments and programmes. Its video calls precede the spending in the record.
Spending and politics: 0 of its latest 30 titles.
@DGSUruguay
Finance ministry briefings, including the annual accounts hand-over.
It sets the spending frame every other agency works within.
Spending and politics: 21 of its latest 30 titles.
@auditoriainternadelanacion9617
Workshops and institutional material from the state internal audit body.
It audits the agencies that buy. It publishes little: four videos in total.
Spending and politics: 0 of its latest 1 titles.
12 channels
The ones who ask. Three of these channels receive state advertising, and we measured how much.
@Canal4uy
Monte Carlo TV full programming, including its Telenoche newscasts.
It receives state advertising. We measured how much, against the channel’s declared revenue.
Spending and politics: 1 of its latest 30 titles.
@Canal10UruguayOficial
SAETA TV Canal 10 programming, home of the Subrayado newscast.
It receives state advertising. Also: the `@subrayado` handle is NOT this newscast.
Spending and politics: 0 of its latest 30 titles.
@ObservaUY
The newspaper’s interviews and explainers, in video form.
It covers business with contract-level detail. Watch the namesake: “El Observador 107.9” is Argentine.
Spending and politics: 3 of its latest 30 titles.
@Teledocecom
Canal 12 programming, including its Telemundo newscasts.
It receives state advertising. Its holding company reported a 2025 loss, which is what the advertising is measured against.
Spending and politics: 3 of its latest 30 titles.
@EnPerspectiva
The Radiomundo current-affairs show, with its main interview on video.
The long interview with a minister or agency head usually airs here first.
Spending and politics: 6 of its latest 30 titles.
@ladiaria_
Reporting, panels and events from the co-operative newspaper.
It runs its own investigations into state contracts, the kind that later shows up in our case files.
Spending and politics: 5 of its latest 30 titles.
@VTVSitioOficial
Cable channel with its own newscast and daily political analysis.
It gives parliamentary sessions and labour disputes more airtime than broadcast television.
Spending and politics: 1 of its latest 30 titles.
@DelSolUy
The radio station’s shows on video, including current-affairs panels.
Its daily political panel is the cheapest way to know what is being argued about this week.
Spending and politics: 7 of its latest 30 titles.
@elpaisuy
The newspaper’s interviews and video pieces.
It covers the national political agenda every day.
Spending and politics: 9 of its latest 30 titles.
@sarandi690ok
The radio station on video, including its political interview show.
YouTube does not publish this channel’s country. It qualifies because the station’s own site embeds its live stream, with the channel id in the player URL.
Spending and politics: 4 of its latest 30 titles.
@busquedaonline
Video pieces from the weekly, including previews and interviews.
Several questioned purchases were first reported in its pages.
Spending and politics: 8 of its latest 30 titles.
@SemanarioBrecha
Interviews from the weekly. It publishes little: eighteen videos in total.
Its written coverage of politics and labour has no video equivalent.
Spending and politics: 1 of its latest 10 titles.
4 channels
The argument without an intermediary. Only the party's official channel: personal channels and faction channels are excluded by rule.
@frenteampliotv · Governing party
Rallies, caucus reports and statements from the governing party.
The unedited version of the official argument about each contested expense.
Spending and politics: 21 of its latest 30 titles.
@PartidoNacionalTV · Opposition
Party board press conferences and legislative activity.
The opposition explains here which spending it will challenge before taking it to committee.
Spending and politics: 14 of its latest 30 titles.
@PartidoColorado · Opposition
Party rallies and events.
It publishes in bursts, around each event.
Spending and politics: 15 of its latest 30 titles.
@PIndependienteUY · Opposition
Statements from its leaders on the economic agenda.
It publishes budget analysis in more detail than its parliamentary size suggests.
Spending and politics: 26 of its latest 30 titles.
3 channels
The ones arguing about the level of spending rather than a single contract.
@Vertice_uy
Long-form interviews on Uruguayan politics and current affairs, native to YouTube.
It qualifies by a size rule: the only digital-native political interview channel above 5,000 subscribers that publishes weekly.
Spending and politics: 4 of its latest 30 titles.
@ceduruguay
Public-policy presentations from the Centre for Development Studies.
It publishes evaluations of state programmes, which is the question that precedes what they cost.
Spending and politics: 12 of its latest 30 titles.
@ceresuruguay6980
Economic outlook briefings and breakfast events.
Its briefings argue about the level of public spending rather than any single contract.
Spending and politics: 0 of its latest 30 titles.
Channels that passed the identity proof and have posted nothing for over 90 days. They stay listed because their archive is still online, and because an abandoned official channel says something too.
| Channel | Category | Latest video |
|---|---|---|
| Agencia Reguladora de Compras Estatales | The state filming itself | 05 dic. 2025 |
| M24 | Outlets covering national politics | 24 nov. 2025 |
| Cabildo Abierto | Parties with seats | 21 nov. 2024 |
| Identidad Soberana | Parties with seats | 27 ago. 2022 |
Each one came up first in the search. None qualified, and here is the measured reason.
El Observador 107.9 @ElObservador107.9
It has 289,000 subscribers and YouTube publishes “Argentina” as its country. It is the sister radio station in Buenos Aires, not the Uruguayan newspaper.
Montevideo Portal @MvdPortal
YouTube does not publish its country, and the outlet’s site links a different channel, @RedesMvdPortal, which returns 404. With neither proof, it does not qualify.
ARCE Uruguay @ARCEUruguay
It posted eleven videos in 2026, but YouTube does not publish its country and the ARCE site links the old channel, @accegubuy. We list the linked one.
Congreso de Intendentes @cintendentesuy
YouTube does not publish its country and the body’s official page links no channel at all.
subrayado @subrayado
The handle exists and returns 200. It is nine subscribers and two videos from 2009, none of them the newscast. Guessing an outlet’s handle is not a method.
The same standard we use to compare transparency platforms: who else watches the Uruguayan state