Avila TV

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Avila Televisión
Type Broadcast Television network
Branding Avila TV
Country Flag of Venezuela Venezuela
Availability Caracas, channel 47 UHF
Founded by 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

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 (11 million bolívares fuertes or about 5,100,000 United States dollars). It now can be seen in the metropolitan area of Caracas on UHF channel 47, and on DirecTV, channel 133, 24-hours a day, seven days a week.

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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 officially 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.
  • Caracas en Directo
  • La Chatarra TV
  • Avila Salsa
  • Avila Cine
  • Detrás de mi Chemisse
  • El Cartel
  • El Programa Mío
  • Habitante o Ciudadano
  • KolectiVoz
  • Point 47
  • Onda Nuestra
  • Notinforma
  • República del Oeste
  • R.P.T.
  • Sabor Bacano
  • Sancocho
  • Urbanautas
  • Viart Tevé
  • Zape Gato
  • El Mañanero
  • Lo que sea
  • El Entrompe de Falopio
  • ¿Qué es lo que es?
  • Una Calle Una Historia
  • Dale Duro al Pot
  • Todos a Bordo

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