Rodven Records was a Venezuelan record label that belonged to the Cisneros family owned ODC Group, then proprietors of one of the largest TV networks in the country, Venevision. They also owned a nationwide AM radio network and a record stores chain (DiscoCenter), thus serving as a channel for those artists who belonged to the roster of either of those companies.
RCTV International is subsidiary of Radio Caracas Television RCTV, C.A., the company that owns Radio Caracas Television (RCTV). Coral was formed in Miami, Florida in 1982 as the international distributor of RCTV's programs. It is known around the world in more than 48 countries from telenovelas like Cristal, Topacio, Leonela, La Fiera, Estefanía, La Dama de Rosa, Señora, El Desprecio, Kassandra, Dulce Ilusión, and Juana la virgen, and the adventure travel series Expedition. In 2005 it changed its name to RCTV International to honor its parent company.
Alejandro Otero Lárez is a Venezuelan model and actor who won the title of Mister Venezuela on 1999.
Primer Plano is a Venezuelan television talk show, aired on Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) and hosted by Marcel Granier, the current general director of RCTV and president of Empresas 1BC, the parent company of RCTV. The show debuted on 10 November 1976 with an interview of Diego Arria Salicetti, then governor of Caracas and has aired on-and-off since then. Primer Plano's most famous guest was Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez in 1998. Other important guest included Arturo Uslar Pietri, Henrique Salas Römer, Henrique Salas Feo, Irene Sáez, Valentina Quintero, and Andres Velázquez to name a few. The latest episode of Primer Plano took place on 30 November 2006 with an interview of Manuel Rosales, the current governor of Zulia and the then-opposition presidential candidate for the 2006 Venezuelan presidential elections.
El Observador was the Spanish language newscast of Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV). It is one of the first television news programs in Venezuela.
Renaldo José Ottolina Pinto was a Venezuelan producer and entertainer. Born in Valencia, Carabobo, he performed professionally under the name Renny Ottolina.
Radio Caracas Televisión RCTV, C.A. is a media and entertainment company in Venezuela. It is a subsidiary of Empresas 1BC.
Radio Rochela was a Venezuelan late-night television sketch comedy and variety show, created by Argentine producer Tito Martinez Del Box.
Tu Tienda RCTV is a gift shop located inside the Recordland at the Sambil Mall in Caracas, Venezuela. It was inaugurated on December 15, 2006, and offers items such as hats, pens, coffee mugs, and key chains, to name a few. All items contain the logo of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), ¿Quien Quiere Ser Millonario?, or RCTV's new telenovela, Te Tengo en Salsa.
The RCTV protests were a series of protests in Venezuela that began in the middle of May 2007. The cause of the protests was the refusal by the government to renew the broadcasting license of Venezuela's oldest private television network, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), instead creating a new public service channel called TVes which began operations on 28 May, the same day RCTV's license expired. RCTV had Venezuela's largest viewing audience, with 10 million of the country's 26 million people viewing its shows and soap operas.
Marcel Granier Haydon is a Venezuelan businessperson. He is the President and CEO of Empresas 1BC and the General Director of Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), which until becoming a cable TV-channel on May 27, 2007, was the most watched television channel in Venezuela.
Sonográfica is a record label based in Caracas, Venezuela. It has links with the Empresas 1BC, which also owns Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) and Radio Caracas Radio, among other business.
Mónica Pasqualotto, or La Pasqualotto, is a TV host, Radio host, actress, and model. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela on October 15, 1974. She has been the image of several products on television and for the Venezuelan press. She is part of the Board of Olimpiadas Especiales Venezuela and she has worked since 2005 as a spokeswoman for the Dividendo Voluntario para la Comunidad organization affiliated with United Way.
Television in Venezuela began in 1952 when the dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez launched the state channel Televisora Nacional, making Venezuela the ninth country in the world to have television. By 1963 a quarter of Venezuelan households had television; a figure rising to 45% by 1969 and 85% by 1982. Telenovelas are popular in Venezuela, and some Venezuelan productions are distributed internationally. Perhaps the best known television show internationally is however President Hugo Chávez' weekly talk show Aló Presidente, which began in 1999 and ended in 2012. The government also makes regular use of cadenas.
El Diario de Caracas, was one of the best known newspapers of Venezuela. The paper was founded in 1979 by a group of investors who had the concern to launch a tabloid newspaper with a critical orientation both socio-culturally and politically. It was co-founded in 1979 by Diego Arria and the writer Tomás Eloy Martínez. Argentine exile, Rodolfo Terragno, was at one time its editor-in-chief. The Group 1BC, owner of RCTV, would subsequently obtain a majority shareholder stake in El Diario de Caracas taking its lead.
Peter Bottome Deery was a Venezuelan businessman. He was shareholder and the General Director of Venezuelan corporation Empresas 1BC.
Jorge Granier is a Venezuelan producer, director and entrepreneur who is currently known for his role as Executive Producer of the television series Jane the Virgin, aired by The CW and nominated for the Golden Globe. Among other productions are titles such as "Pablo Escobar, Angel o Demonio?", "Mi Gorda Bella" and "Isla Presidencial".
