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Venevisión(Spanish pronunciation:[beneβiˈsjon]) is a Venezuelanfree-to-airtelevision channel and one ofVenezuela's largest television networks, owned by theCisneros Mediadivision ofGrupo Cisneros.[1]It was founded in 1961 byDiego Cisneros.[2]It is one of the majortelenovelaproducers in the world, along withTelevisa,TV Azteca,Telemundo,TV Globo,Caracol Televisión,RCN Televisión,ABS-CBN,GMA NetworkandChannel 3.[3]
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| Type | Free-to-airtelevision network |
|---|---|
| Country | Venezuela |
| Headquarters | Caracas |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Picture format | HDTV1080i (downscaled to480ifor the SD feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Cisneros Media (Grupo Cisneros) |
| Key people | Jonathan Blum (President of Cisneros Media) Andrés Badra (Vice president and general manager of Venevisión Media) |
| History | |
| Founded | March 1, 1961 |
| Founder | Diego Cisneros |
| Replaced | TeleVisa(1953-1960) |
| Former names | Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (1961-1966) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog VHF | Channel 4 (Caracasand other states, listings may vary) |
| Digital UHF | Channel 23.4 |
History
editThe company's roots date back to June 1, 1953, with the establishment ofTelevisora Independiente S.A, (TeleVisa),which operated the channel 4 in Caracas and channel 5 in Maracaibo. When TeleVisa went bankrupt in 1959 and 1960,Diego Cisnerospurchased the remaining assets of the company. On February 27, 1961, Venevisión (aportmanteaubased on the wordsVelvet de VenezuelaandTelevisión) was officially inaugurated with a special inaugural on March 1, 1961, show in which thousands of people attended, and took place in the station'sparking lot.Venevisión began with a capital of 5,500,000bolívaresand 150 employees including artists, administrators, and technical personnel. Venevisión's original administrators were Diego Cisneros (president), Alfredo Torres (transmission manager), Héctor Beltrán (production manager), and Orlando Cuevas (general manager).
Initially, Venevisión broadcast live because they hadn't yet installed thevideotape system.Except for the news, the elaboration of their programs utilized the technical formats used in movies at that time. In a short period of time, Venevisión greatly expanded nationally, and was seen in most of Venezuela on manyVHFandUHFchannels.
In March 1961, the newly created Venevisión and the American television network,ABC,signed two agreements: one for technical support and the other for the rights to broadcast each other's programs. Because of these agreements, Venevisión later began using the videotape system. In their first year of existence, Venevisión made approximately 800,000 bolívares a month in advertisements. By 1971, it began to bring its then black and white programs to viewers internationally via videotape, with the drama programEsmeraldaas the first to do so. In the next year, the network officially took over the broadcasts of theMiss Venezuelabeauty pageant, and it has been its home ever since.
In 1976, Venevisión moved their transmitters, which were located on the top of a building in La Colina, a neighborhood inCaracaswhere Venevisión's studios can be found, to Los Mecedores, nearVenezolana de Televisión's studios andCANTV's installations. In Los Mecedores, a tower with an altitude of 100 meters was placed and a powerful new antenna was installed. With this new antenna, Venevisión's signal was able to reachPetare,Caricuao,andGuarenaswith better quality. In the 1970s, like other television stations in Venezuela, Venevisión began experimenting with color broadcasts. In 1978, the Ministry of Transport and Communications fined Venevisión 4,000 bolívares on two occasions in one week for violating the regulations for color broadcasting. It was only the next year when color broadcasts commenced, with full color transmissions commencing on June 1, 1980.
The first programme by Venevision shown in color was theeight editionof theOTI Festival,which was held inCaracasand broadcast live to all Latin-America, Spain and Portugal.
In 1982, Venevisión began preliminary work in the city ofEl Tigre(located in theAnzoátegui State) to install equipment that would expand and improve their coverage in that region.
On November 1, 1986, Venevisión was the first television station in Venezuela to have their very own satellite dish.
On May 27, 1987, presidentJaime Lusinchigave a 20-year broadcasting licence to the network.
On February 4, 1992,Carlos Andrés Pérezaddressed the nation from Venevisión's studios during acoup attemptagainst his government.
Beginning on March 22, 1992, Venevisión would broadcast for 24 hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. In April 1994, it started broadcasting for 24 hours seven days a week. Today, Venevisión is on the air 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In 1995, Venevisión was the first television station in South America to include news and movies withclosed captionand the movies inSecond audio programsound.
Venevisión held the broadcasting rights to Venezuelan baseball games during the 2004–2005 and the 2005–2006 baseball seasons.
Since Venevisión was inaugurated in 1961, theirmascothas been a tiger.
In 2007, it started simulcastingCopa AmericaandMiss Venezuela2007 inhigh-definitionformat.
Since September 2014, Venevisión currently became the oldest television network in Venezuela and surpassed the record of its former rivalRadio Caracas Televisiónbefore itsforced closurein May 2007, 53 years and 6 months after it was launched.
International broadcasts
editMany of Venevisión's programs can be seen in other countries onVe Plus TV,Venevisión Plusand ViendoMovies, a cable channel completely owned by Venevisión.[citation needed]Other channels, such asUnivisionin the United States andTelevisain Mexico, broadcast some of Venevisión's shows.[citation needed]
Political position
editOn April 11, 2002, the network along with most of the other private networks in Venezuela, simultaneously showed Chávez's address to the nation in split screen with the shooting of people in a demonstration prior to the2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt.The next day,Isaías Rodríguezannounced in anews conferencethat Chávez had not resigned and that there had been a coup.[4]
After thePresidential election in 2006,Venevision softened its opposition to Chávez. For the presidential election, Venevision devoted 84% of its coverage to Chavez's positions, and 16% to the opposition.[3]Critics saw the change, which created rifts in the Venezuelan elite, as a way of maintaining its broadcasting licence by avoiding a confrontation with Chávez. The criticism of Venevisión by the opposition increased during therefusal to renew the broadcasting license of RCTVby the Chávez government in 2007. Critics said Venevisión would benefit from the closure of RCTV, which was Venevisión's main rival. Cisneros however, said he expected only around a 5% increase in advertising revenue, after accounting for inflation.[3]
Programming
editVenevisión's programming includetelenovelas,series,news,current affairs,documentaries,talk shows,variety shows,reality shows,sportsand special events. It also include acquired programming fromTelevisa,Univision,Caracol TelevisiónandTV Globo.All of its programs are also available for streaming on Venevisión Play.[5]
Venevisión Play
editType of site | OTTvideo on demandstreaming platform |
|---|---|
| Available in | Spanish |
| Headquarters | Caracas,Venezuela |
| Owner | Venevisión |
| Parent | Cisneros Media (Grupo Cisneros) |
| URL | venevisionplay |
| Registration | Free |
| Launched | August 25, 2023 |
| Current status | Active |
Venevisión Playis a Venezuelanvideo on-demandover-the-topstreaming serviceowned by Venevisión, that was launched on August 25, 2023.[6]The service mainly distributes telenovelas produced by Venevisión and other programs including news, television series, documentaries, sports programming, talk shows, reality shows,Miss Venezuelaand other special events.[7]
Logos
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1961-1966 -
1966-1970 -
1970-present (with variations created over the decades)
References
edit- ^"Lo Mejor de Venevisión desde 1961".Flickr.November 21, 2018.RetrievedMarch 18,2024.
- ^"VENEVISIÓN EN SU 60 ANIVERSARIO: UNA HISTORIA QUE HABLA POR SÍ SOLA".La Movida Venezuela.March 1, 2021.RetrievedMay 9,2024.
- ^abc"Media Mogul Learns to Live With Chávez".The New York Times.July 5, 2007.RetrievedMarch 18,2024.
- ^Wilson, Scott (April 13, 2002)."Leader of Venezuela Is Forced to Resign".The Washington Post.RetrievedDecember 1,2019.
- ^"VV | Programación".venevision(in Spanish).RetrievedMay 21,2024.
- ^"Venevisión Play: la nueva app de streaming de Venevisión".tavilatam(in Spanish). October 5, 2023.RetrievedMay 22,2024.
- ^"Cisneros Media le da luz verde a Venevisión Play, con señales en vivo y contenidos VOD".tavilatam(in Spanish). August 30, 2023.RetrievedMay 22,2024.
External links
edit- Official website(in Spanish)