Color Visión is a television network

Television network

A television network is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, whereby a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay TV providers. Until the mid-1980s, television programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small...

 based in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

. It is one of the largest television channels in that country. Color Visión is channel 9 in the Dominican Republic's television dial.

History

Color Visión began regularly scheduled programming on November 30, 1969, in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros

Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1495 during the first wave of European colonization of the New World, today Santiago is the second largest metropolis in the Dominican Republic, located in the north-central region of the Republic known as Cibao valley...

. The first transmissions were from the Matun hotel, in Santiago.

In 1970, Color Visión moved its daily transmissions to Santo Domingo. There, Color Visión used the famous Hotel Jaragua's areas as television sets. One of the first show hosts was Manolo Quiroz.

Later on, Dominican businessman Poppy Bermudez put a large amount of money into helping Color Visión open its own studio.

The 1970s were times of growth for the company, as many locally produced programs were shown, and people such as Jack Veneno

Jack Veneno

Jack Veneno was a Dominican wrestler also known as "El hijo de Doña Tatica" who worked for many years on Colorvision channel 9 during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, on a wrestling show called Lucha Libre Internacional...

 found work at the station, and a niche among Dominican television viewers.

During the 1980s, Color Visión contracted such stars as Freddy Beras-Goyco (cousin of Charytín Goico

Charytin

Charytín Goyco , better known in the show business plainly as Charytín, is a singer, television presenter and actress from the Dominican Republic...

) and Miledys Cabral.

For the next twenty years, the channel continued growing nationally. Color Visión became the first Dominican channel to have live internet

Internet

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 telecasts, and, in 2003, it began to be shown in the United States, through the DirecTV

DirecTV

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 system.

Color Visión offers variety and news shows, as well as telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

s, among other types of programming.

Programs

Monday And Friday

• Hoy Mismo (2000–Present)
• Hablando De Salud (20??-Present)
• ENTRANDO POR LA COCINA (2007–Present)
• El Show Del Mediodia (1977–Present)
• Mundo Vision (1969–Present)
• Con Los Famosos (1998–Present)
• Noti Espetaculos (2005–Present)
• ACERCATE A LOS ASTROS (2005–Present)
• La Super Revista (1990–Present)
• Piedra,Papel & Tijera (2001–Present)
• Happy Team (2009-Prsent)
• Con Freddy Y Punto (2003–Present)
• Perdone La Hora (2000–Present)
• Te Estan Facturando (1993–Present)

Saturdays

• LA POLICIA T.V (2004–Present)
• Sentido Comun (19??-Present)
• Sabado Chiquito (1989–Present)
• Sabado De Corporan (1988–Present)
• La Vida Misma (2000–Present)
• Nuria (1991–Present)
• De La Semana (2004–Present)
• Encuentro (2008–Present)
• Gerardo De Fiesta (2009–Present)

Sundays

• El Mundo De La Fauna
• Entrevista Mundo Vision (19??-Present)
• Punto De Vista
• Lideres (2003–Present)
• Aeromundo (19??-Present)
• 9 X 9 Roberto (1999–Present)
• Formula One
  Formula One
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  Racing (2009–Present)
• Fashion TV (19??-Presente)
• Sabrina De Fin De Semana (19??-Present)
• Estaciones Sociales (2002–Present)
• Con Jatnna (2000–Present)
• Mi Pueblo Por Dentro (2008-Pesent)
• Foro Legislativo
• Diario Del Domingo (2006–Present)

External links

• Color Visión home page