Avila TV
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| Type | Broadcast Television network |
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| Branding | Avila TV |
| Country |  Venezuela |
| Availability | Caracas, channel 47 UHF |
| Founder | Juan Barreto |
| Slogan | No has visto nada |
| Owner | Caracas Metropolitan District Mayor of Caracas State-Owned Enterprise |
| Key people | Willian Lara, Minister of Communication and Information Juan Barreto, Mayor of Caracas/President of Avila TV |
| Launch date | July 6, 2006 |
| Analog channel | 47 |
| Website | Avila TV Site (Spanish) |
Avila 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 11,000,000,000 bolívares (or about 5,100,000 United States dollars). It now can be seen in the metropolitan area of Caracas on UHF channel 47 and is seen 24-hours a day.
[edit] Programming
Avila TV has a very urban-oriented programming, which are mostly independently made by contemporary young producers with a very fresh view on art, culture, and counterculture in general. They also features foreign programs from other Latin American countries, as well as old movies.
On October 21, 2006, Avila TV is inaugurated, then oficially broadcasting its signal in full-time, 24x7 programming, showing a mixed-up format programming which includes both short clips or common 30 min. / 1 hour length programs. Some of them are:
- El Aguacate is a program about life in Caracas and it´s people, specially Caracas's youth.
- Avila Cine
- Avila Pendiente
- Avila Salsa
- República del Oeste
- Viart Tevé
- ¿Qué es lo que es?
[edit] See also
- List of Venezuelan television channels
- Asamblea Nacional Televisión (ANTV)
- Buena Televisión
- TeleSUR
- Televisión Educativa
- Venezolana de Televisión (VTV)
- ViVe
[edit] External links
- Official Site (Spanish)
- Mayor of Caracas
