In Venezuela the first law on telecommunications was approved in 1940. It identified the responsibility of the state in regard to telephone and other telecommunication systems, including radio and television services.
Venevisión is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros. It was founded in 1961 by Diego Cisneros. It is one of the major telenovela producers in the world, along with Televisa, TV Azteca, Telemundo, TV Globo, Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión, ABS-CBN, GMA Network and Channel 3.
Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was inaugurated on 15 November 1953 by William H. Phelps, Jr. Its radio counterpart was Radio Caracas Radio.
Televen is a private Venezuelan national television network headquartered on the Caracas neighborhood of Horizonte. For this reason it is also called 'Canal de Horizonte'. Televen was inaugurated on July 10, 1988, by Omar Camero Zamora and T Radioven, S.A. As an alternative for the two-leading-private television channels, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) and Venevision, Televen distanced itself from this trend and made a different oriented programming in some cases the middle classes who do not usually watch TV and it was open and being composed of talk shows, sports, movies, a full range of series, mainly American, and Brazilian, Colombian, Mexican, and U.S. Hispanic telenovelas, and in the 1990s, anime.
The Televisora Regional del Táchira (TRT) is a privately owned Venezuelan regional television network based in the city of San Cristóbal in Táchira. Including Táchira, TRT can be seen in the southern part of the Zulia, northeastern Barinas, and northern Apure in Venezuela. Its signal can also be seen in Colombia in the Norte de Santander Department and northern Arauca Department. It broadcasts on channel six.
VePlus is a subscription channel owned by Cisneros Media and serves as an updated version of their previous channel, Venevisión Continental. It was also known as Novelísima, Ve Plus TV and V Mas TV, a subsidiary of Grupo Cisneros. VePlus incorporates much of the programming from Venevisión Continental and Novelísima, while also producing its own content in Venezuela and Miami.
Galopando TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in August 2004 and can be seen in the community of Tucupido in the Jose Felix Ribas Municipality of the Guarico State of Venezuela on UHF channel 58. Jesus Vargas is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this channel.
Valdez TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in April 2005 and can be seen in the community of Güiria in the Valdez Municipality of the Sucre State of Venezuela on UHF channel 23. Marcos Vargas is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this channel.
Vida TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in August 2003 and can be seen in the community of Ureña in the Pedro Maria Ureña Municipality of the Táchira State of Venezuela on UHF channel 51. Fernando Londoño is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this channel.
Montaña TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in October 2004 and can be seen in the community of Cordero in the Andres Bello Municipality of the Tachira State of Venezuela on UHF channel 69. Jose G. Chacon is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this channel.
Siguaraya TV is a Venezuelan community television channel. It was created in March 2006 and can be seen in the community of Acarigua in the Páez Municipality of the Portuguesa State of Venezuela on UHF channel 53. Rafael Peña is the legal representative of the foundation that owns this channel.
Television in Venezuela began in 1952, when the president Marcos Pérez Jiménez launched the state channel Televisora Nacional, making Venezuela the ninth country in the world to have a public television network. 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 was President Hugo Chávez' weekly talk show Aló Presidente, which began in 1999 and ended in 2012. The government also makes regular use of cadenas.
La 8 is a Spanish television channel, launched in 2009. It was founded and started to broadcast in 2009. La 8 currently broadcasts in Spanish.
Telefe Internacional is the international signal of Argentine television channel Telefe. It broadcasts television programs produced by Telefe, mostly consisting of telenovelas, series, comedies, teen and children's series, etc. It is available in countries outside Argentina. In the US and some territories, the channel is distributed by Paramount Media Networks.
Esmeralda is a 1970 Venezuelan telenovela produced by José Enrique Crousillat and directed by Grazio D’Angelo for Venevisión. It is based on an original story written by the Cuban Writer Delia Fiallo. The telenovela it stars Lupita Ferrer and José Bardina as main characters.
Capitolio TV is a Venezuelan television channel established in 2016. It is headquartered at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas. The channel is owned and operated by the National Assembly of Venezuela. It was established after the old parliament decided to close Asamblea Nacional Televisión after the opposition led by Democratic Unity Roundtable managed to win the majority of the seats in the 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election; for that reason it was replaced by the National Audiovisual Television Foundation ANTV granting the concession to its workers.
