History

Meridiano Televisión was created in 1996 as a privately owned television network in Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

, exclusively dedicated to national and international sports. Its owned by Bloque De Armas, a company that is also the owner the newspaper, Diario Meridiano, which also specializes in sports.

With many similarities to the sport network ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

, Meridiano Televisión transmits almost all sporting events, mainly baseball (the Major League of Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 and the Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball) because it is considered to be the Venezuelan national sport. Also, sporting events that are popular in Venezuela and that are widely seen on Meridiano Televisión are Venezuela First Division

Primera División Venezolana

The Primera División , or Liga Venezolana is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957...

 games, the League of Professional Football of Spain

La Liga

The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

, and the European League of Champions among others.

Programming

The most watched programs on Meridiano Televisión are:

• Noticiero Meridiano (3 broadcasts a day)
• La Voz del Fanatico (sport talk show
  Talk show
  A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
  
  )
• Solo Basket

External links

• Official Site