Avila TV
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Ávila TV is a regional television channel created by the Venezuelan government and the Caracas
metropolitan mayor, Juan Barreto
. It was inaugurated on July 6, 2006 with an investment of about 11m bolívares fuertes
($5.1m United States dollars). It can be seen in the metropolitan area of Caracas on UHF channel 47, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Focussing on music and culture, it attracts young adults mainly between the ages of 14 and 30.
Ávila TV is also a radical television experiment, trying to make of TV an instrument of social inclusion. Based on a radical narrative of Caracas city, its social discourse is built from another perspective as the traditional TV channels. As well as programs on gender issues which tackle the typical machismo
perspective, it hosts programs that talk openly about homosexuality and others that address Indigenous and Afro-Venezuelan rights.
Many of the music and lifestyles shown by Ávila TV were neglected by other media, for this reason many are considered underground or quite rare in the city. It some extend it attempts to broadcast a closer or more approximate vision of the working class and particularly the youth world of caraqueños.
The channel was transferred to the Venezuelan Ministry of Communications and Information
, MINCI, as established in the Gaceta Official Nº 39.083 date 18th of December 2008.
Avila TV grew out of the Metropolitan School of Audiovisual Production (Spanish acronym: EMPA), which, still hosted in the same building, provides Caracas youth access to a free one-year program on video techniques, both at Avila headquarters and at cultural centers.
On October 21, 2006, Avila TV was inaugurated, then officially broadcasting its signal in full-time, 24×7 programming, showing a mixed-up format programming which includes both short clips or common 30-minute / 1 hour length programs. Some of them are:
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
metropolitan mayor, Juan Barreto
Juan Barreto
Juan Alejandro Barreto Cipriani is a politician in Venezuela. He was mayor of Caracas from 2004 until 2008. Juan Barreto belongs to the United Socialist Party of Venezuela .-Congressperson:...
. It was inaugurated on July 6, 2006 with an investment of about 11m bolívares fuertes
Venezuelan bolívar
The bolívar fuerte is the currency of Venezuela since 1 January 2008. It is subdivided into 100 céntimos and replaced the bolívar at the rate of Bs.F. 1 = Bs...
($5.1m United States dollars). It can be seen in the metropolitan area of Caracas on UHF channel 47, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Focussing on music and culture, it attracts young adults mainly between the ages of 14 and 30.
Ávila TV is also a radical television experiment, trying to make of TV an instrument of social inclusion. Based on a radical narrative of Caracas city, its social discourse is built from another perspective as the traditional TV channels. As well as programs on gender issues which tackle the typical machismo
Machismo
Machismo, or machoism, is a word of Spanish and Portuguese origin that describes prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity. As an attitude, machismo ranges from a personal sense of virility to a more extreme male chauvinism...
perspective, it hosts programs that talk openly about homosexuality and others that address Indigenous and Afro-Venezuelan rights.
Many of the music and lifestyles shown by Ávila TV were neglected by other media, for this reason many are considered underground or quite rare in the city. It some extend it attempts to broadcast a closer or more approximate vision of the working class and particularly the youth world of caraqueños.
The channel was transferred to the Venezuelan Ministry of Communications and Information
Venezuelan Ministry of Communications and Information
The Venezuelan Ministry of Communications & Information is a ministry in the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela...
, MINCI, as established in the Gaceta Official Nº 39.083 date 18th of December 2008.
Avila TV grew out of the Metropolitan School of Audiovisual Production (Spanish acronym: EMPA), which, still hosted in the same building, provides Caracas youth access to a free one-year program on video techniques, both at Avila headquarters and at cultural centers.
Programming
Avila TV has a very urban-oriented programming, which are mostly made by young producers with a very fresh view, since they don't come from the traditional media and neither of them were formally educated as broadcasters. Avila also holds a school of media producers called EMPA (Escuela Metropolitana de Producción Audiovisual) where they include youngsters and other members of the public who want to learn about media production, always trying to attract people from the most populated areas of Caracas. Avila also features foreign programs from other Latin American countries, as well as non commercial films and documentaries.On October 21, 2006, Avila TV was inaugurated, then officially broadcasting its signal in full-time, 24×7 programming, showing a mixed-up format programming which includes both short clips or common 30-minute / 1 hour length programs. Some of them are:
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- La Chatarra TV
- El Cartel
- Calle Caribe
- El Matineé
- Peluos con Curita
- El Programa Mío
- Rompe la Liga
- Habitante o Ciudadano
- KolectiVoz
- Caracas Tribal
- La Brujula Sexual
- ¿Que hago yo aquí?
- Point 47
- Donde Pisas
- La Bolita del Mundo
- Cara de Vidrio
- Onda Nuestra
- Wataca Saun
- República del Oeste
- Bipolar Idol
- R.P.T. (Rodando, Pelando y Tripeando)
- Guerra Nuestra
- Sabor Bacano
- Urbanautas
- Metalmorfosis
- El Mañanero
- Lo que sea
- El Entrompe de Falopio
- Así mismo
- La Cuadra
See also
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