Venezolana de Televisión
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Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (Spanish
for: Venezuelan Television Corporation) or VTV (beteˈβe) is a state-owned
television network based in Caracas
, Venezuela
, which can be seen throughout the country on channel eight. Programs that can be seen on VTV include Aló Presidente
and Noticias TeleSUR
.
VTV has produced a number of telenovela
s, including titles such as Infigenia, La Doña Perfecta, and La Dueña. 1984's La Dueña
was perhaps its most successful and popular production. In 2004, VTV produced another telenovela, Amores de Barrio Adentro, but it was only seen once a week and lasted only a few months. In August 2004, VTV celebrated its 40th anniversary.
television
station on August 1, 1964, at 7:30 p.m. President Raúl Leoni
was chosen to be the one to cut the ribbon. Despite its name, however, it was not a nationwide television network.
and Venevisión
, was purchased by the Venezuelan government and rebranded as Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). Between 1974 and 1980, VTV was funded in whole by the government, but due to an internal economic crisis, VTV was forced to air advertisements for extra revenue (this has no longer been occurring since Hugo Chávez
became president in 1999).
After June 1, 1980, VTV, as well as the other television networks in Venezuela, were allowed, by the government of President Luis Herrera Campins
, to transmit completely in color.
In 1989, VTV, after a government decision to close the Televisora Nacional
, the other state-owned television channel in Venezuela, began simulcast
ing on channel 5, system M, color NTSC. This simulcast lasted until December 4, 1998, when the government handed over the signal of channel five to the Archbishopric of Caracas
, which gave birth to Vale TV
.
In 1999, VTV used a logo identical to the nicknamed "Exploding Pizza" ident used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
.
, attacked the station, and ten station employees were killed. On the evening of the 11 April 2002 coup attempt
against Chávez, Enrique Mendoza
, then governor of Venezuela's Miranda State, while being interviewed by Venevisión
announced "a esa basura de canal la vamos a cerrar" ("We are going to shut down that trashy channel"), referring to VTV. Hours later, the Miranda state police occupied VTV and forced it off the air. It remained off the air until April 14, 2002, when Chávez was returned to power.
In 2005, the program Dossier was cancelled after its host and producer, Walter Martinez, accused the government of corruption
.
During the Presidency of Hugo Chávez
, it is alleged that VTV has been used by the government as an instrument to campaign against Venezuela's opposition and Venezuela's privately owned media (Venevisión
, Globovisión
, Televen
, and Radio Caracas Televisión
), which have been strongly opposed to Chávez and played a significant role in the 2002 coup. On January 25, 2010 university students from the opposition entered the Channel and had a meeting with VTV's president, to tell him to balance their information and to respect the opposition.
VTV's slogan
is "El Canal de todos los Venezolanos", or "The channel of all Venezuelans". It had changed temporarily to "Desde adentro", or "From inside" but it has since been changed back.
Spanish language
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for: Venezuelan Television Corporation) or VTV (beteˈβe) is a state-owned
State media
State media or state-owned media is media for mass communication which is ultimately controlled and/or funded by the state. These news outlets may be the sole media outlet or may exist in competition with privately-controlled media.-Overview:...
television network based in Caracas
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...
, 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...
, which can be seen throughout the country on channel eight. Programs that can be seen on VTV include Aló Presidente
Aló Presidente
Aló Presidente is a largely unscripted talk show hosted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez which is broadcast on Venezuelan state television and radio stations every Sunday at 11:00 AM...
and Noticias TeleSUR
TeleSUR
La Nueva Televisora del Sur is a pan-Latin American terrestrial and satellite television network headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela. TeleSUR was launched with the objective of providing information to promote the integration of Latin America....
.
VTV has produced a number of 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, including titles such as Infigenia, La Doña Perfecta, and La Dueña. 1984's La Dueña
La Dueña
La Dueña was a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Venezolana de Televisión. The original idea for this telenovela was by José Ignacio Cabrujas and Julio Cesar Mármol...
was perhaps its most successful and popular production. In 2004, VTV produced another telenovela, Amores de Barrio Adentro, but it was only seen once a week and lasted only a few months. In August 2004, VTV celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Private channel (1964 - 1974)
Cadena Venezolana de Televisión (CVTV) was inaugurated as a privately-ownedPrivately held company
A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
station on August 1, 1964, at 7:30 p.m. President Raúl Leoni
Raúl Leoni
Raúl Leoni Otero was President of Venezuela from 1964 until 1969. He fought against the dictators Juan Vicente Gómez and Marcos Pérez Jiménez, and was a charter member of the Acción Democrática party....
was chosen to be the one to cut the ribbon. Despite its name, however, it was not a nationwide television network.
State channel (1974 - present)
In September 1974, CVTV, after prolonged financial problems due to its competition with the better established privately-owned television networks in Venezuela, Radio Caracas TelevisiónRCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional is a Venezuelan cable television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, RCTV Internacional was inaugurated as Radio Caracas Televisión on 15 November...
and Venevisión
Venevisión
Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
, was purchased by the Venezuelan government and rebranded as Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). Between 1974 and 1980, VTV was funded in whole by the government, but due to an internal economic crisis, VTV was forced to air advertisements for extra revenue (this has no longer been occurring since Hugo Chávez
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 56th and current President of Venezuela, having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...
became president in 1999).
After June 1, 1980, VTV, as well as the other television networks in Venezuela, were allowed, by the government of President Luis Herrera Campins
Luis Herrera Campins
Luis Antonio Herrera Campins was President of Venezuela from 1979 to 1984. He was elected to one five-year term in 1978. He was a member of the COPEI party.- Early Life and career:...
, to transmit completely in color.
In 1989, VTV, after a government decision to close the Televisora Nacional
Televisora Nacional
Televisora Nacional was the first television station to begin operations in Venezuela. It broadcast from 1952 to 1989.-History:On 22 November 1952, the first television station in Venezuela was inaugurated: Televisora Nacional , channel five, was a state-owned television station which was...
, the other state-owned television channel in Venezuela, began simulcast
Simulcast
Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...
ing on channel 5, system M, color NTSC. This simulcast lasted until December 4, 1998, when the government handed over the signal of channel five to the Archbishopric of Caracas
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...
, which gave birth to Vale TV
Vale TV
Vale TV was formerly a state-owned educational channel in Venezuela called Televisora Nacional. It is currently run by Asociación Civil, a non-profit association that is owned by the Roman Catholic Archbishopric of Caracas and is supported by the leading private television networks Radio Caracas...
.
In 1999, VTV used a logo identical to the nicknamed "Exploding Pizza" ident used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
.
Politics
VTV has several times been targeted during coup attempts. VTV was a target in the 27 November 1992 coup attempt. Military officers, in rebellion against President Carlos Andrés PérezCarlos Andrés Pérez
Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez , also known as CAP and often referred to as El Gocho , was a Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1993. His first presidency was known as the Saudi Venezuela due to its economic and social prosperity thanks to...
, attacked the station, and ten station employees were killed. On the evening of the 11 April 2002 coup attempt
Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002
The Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 was a failed coup d'état on 11 April 2002 that saw President Hugo Chávez ousted from office for 47 hours, being restored by a combination of military force and mass demonstration of popular support...
against Chávez, Enrique Mendoza
Enrique Mendoza
Enrique Mendoza is a Venezuelan politician. From 1989 until 1996, Mendoza was the mayor of Sucre Municipality, Miranda of Caracas; he was governor of Miranda state from 1995 to 2004, being re-elected in 1998 and 2000. In 2004 Mendoza was chosen as head of the Coordinadora Democrática.The U.S...
, then governor of Venezuela's Miranda State, while being interviewed by Venevisión
Venevisión
Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
announced "a esa basura de canal la vamos a cerrar" ("We are going to shut down that trashy channel"), referring to VTV. Hours later, the Miranda state police occupied VTV and forced it off the air. It remained off the air until April 14, 2002, when Chávez was returned to power.
In 2005, the program Dossier was cancelled after its host and producer, Walter Martinez, accused the government of corruption
Political corruption
Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption. Neither are illegal acts by...
.
During the Presidency of Hugo Chávez
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 56th and current President of Venezuela, having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...
, it is alleged that VTV has been used by the government as an instrument to campaign against Venezuela's opposition and Venezuela's privately owned media (Venevisión
Venevisión
Venevisión is one of Venezuela's largest television networks and a Venezuelan cable and terrestrial television network, which is owned and presided over by Gustavo Cisneros...
, Globovisión
Globovisión
Globovisión is a 24-hour television news network in Venezuela. It broadcasts over-the-air in Caracas, Aragua, Carabobo and Zulia on UHF channel 33. Globovisión is seen in the rest of Venezuela on cable or satellite and worldwide from their website...
, Televen
Televen
Televen is a private Venezuelan national television network headquartered on the Caracas neighborhood of Horizonte. For this reason it's also called Canal de Horizonte. Televen was inaugurated as the ‘’TELEVEN Corporation’’ on July 3 1988 by Omar Camero and Radioven, S.A...
, and Radio Caracas Televisión
RCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional is a Venezuelan cable television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, RCTV Internacional was inaugurated as Radio Caracas Televisión on 15 November...
), which have been strongly opposed to Chávez and played a significant role in the 2002 coup. On January 25, 2010 university students from the opposition entered the Channel and had a meeting with VTV's president, to tell him to balance their information and to respect the opposition.
Slogan
Slogan
A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. The word slogan is derived from slogorn which was an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm . Slogans vary from the written and the...
is "El Canal de todos los Venezolanos", or "The channel of all Venezuelans". It had changed temporarily to "Desde adentro", or "From inside" but it has since been changed back.
Presidency
- VTV's current president is Jesús Romero Anselmi. Former VTV presidents include Vladimir Villegas (who is the brother of Ernesto Villegas), Andrés Izarra, Blanca Eeckout, Maripili Hernández, and back in the 1980s, journalist Marta Colomina.
- Jesús Romero Anselmi was the president of VTV before Vladimir Villegas became its president in 2002. In 2005, Romero Anselmi returned to the presidency of VTV.
- During Rafael Caldera's second term as president, there were plans to privatize VTV. It failed when it was realized that VTV would probably not be profitable.
See also
- List of Venezuelan television channels
- Media of VenezuelaMedia of VenezuelaMedia of Venezuela comprise the mass and niche news and information communications infrastructure of Venezuela. Thus, the media of Venezuela consists of several different types of communications media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, cinema, and Internet-based news outlets and websites...
- Television in VenezuelaTelevision in VenezuelaTelevision networks in Venezuela can be divided into three categories:* National broadcasting networks, such as Vendevision* Regional broadcasting networks, such as Televisora Regional del Táchira* Community broadcasting networks, such as Catia TVe...
- Avila TVAvila TVÁvila 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 . It can be seen in the metropolitan area of Caracas on UHF channel 47, 24 hours a...
- Buena TelevisiónBuena TelevisiónBuena Television is a newly created Venezuelan regional television station that can be seen by those who live in the Tachira State.-History:...
External links
- Official Site
- VTV's programming chart for the current week