Venezolana de Televisión
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Branding | VTV |
| Country | Venezuela |
| Availability | National |
| Founded | by Grupo Vollmer (an associate of Time-Life) |
| Slogan | All Venezuelan's Chanel (Spanish: El Canal de todos los Venezolanos) |
| Owner | State-Owned Enterprise (Public) |
| Key people | Willian Lara, Minister of Communication and Information of Venezuela Jesus Romero Anselmi, president VTV |
| Launch date | August 1, 1964 |
| Former names | Cadena de Venezolana de Televisión (1964) |
| Analog channel | 8 (in Caracas) |
| Website Venezolana de Televisión |
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Venezolana de Televisión (Spanish for: Venezuelan of television) or VTV is a state-owned television network based in Caracas, Venezuela, which can be seen throughout the country on channel eight.
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[edit] History
Cadena Venezolana de Televisión (CVTV) was inaugurated as a privately-owned television station on August 1, 1964, at 7:30pm. President Raúl Leoni was chosen to be the one to cut the ribbon.
In September 1974, CVTV, after prolonged financial problems due to its competition with the better established privately-owned television networks in Venezuela, Radio Caracas Televisión and Venevisión, was purchased by the Venezuelan government and rebranded as Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).
Between 1974 and 1980, VTV was funded in whole by the government, but due to an internal economic crisis, VTV was forced to air advertisements for extra revenue (this has no longer been occurring since Hugo Chávez became president in 1999).
After June 1, 1980, VTV, as well as the other television networks in Venezuela, were allowed, by the government of President Luis Herrera Campins, to transmit completely in color.
In 1989, VTV, after a government decision to close the Televisora Nacional, the other state-owned television channel in Venezuela, began simulcasting on channel five. This simulcast lasted until December 4, 1998, when the government handed over the signal of channel five to the Archbishopric of Caracas, which gave birth to Vale TV.
On November 27, 1992, VTV was targeted in a coup attempt. Military officers, in rebellion against President Carlos Andrés Pérez, attacked the station. Ten station employees were killed.
VTV has been known to produce a few telenovelas over the years. They included titles such as Infigenia, La Doña Perfecta, and La Dueña. 1984's La Dueña was perhaps its most successful and popular productions. In 2004, VTV produced another telenovela, Amores de Barrio Adentro, but it was only seen once a week and lasted only a few months. Programs that can be seen on VTV include Aló Presidente and Noticias TeleSUR.
[edit] Criticism
During the Presidency of Hugo Chávez, it is alleged[who?] that VTV has been used by the government as an instrument to campaign against Venezuela's opposition and Venezuela's privately owned media (Venevisión, Globovisión, Televen, and Radio Caracas Televisión). On the evening of the April 11 Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 against Chávez, Enrique Mendoza, then governor of Venezuela's Miranda State, while being interviewed by Venevisión announced "a esa basura de canal la vamos a cerrar" ("We are going to shut down that trashy channel"). He was obviously referring to VTV. Hours later, the Miranda state police occupied VTV and forced it off the air. It remained off the air until April 14, 2002, when Chávez was returned to power.
In 2005, the program Dossier was cancelled because its host and producer, Walter Martinez, criticized the government. Martínez mentioned that he was hunting some members of the government involved in corruption, indicating that he had proof. The government asked for an apology (which he didn't give) and forced Dossier off the air [1].
[edit] Slogan
VTV's slogan is "El Canal de todos los Venezolanos", or "The channel of all Venezuelans". It had changed temporarily to "Desde adentro", or "From inside" but it has since been changed back.
[edit] Trivia
- Venezuelan musician Simón Díaz (Tío Simón) once had a show on VTV back in the 1990s called Contesta por Tío Simón and he appeared in another program called Vacaciones con Tío Simón.
- VTV's current president is Jesús Romero Anselmi. Former VTV presidents include Vladimir Villegas (who is the brother of Ernesto Villegas), Andrés Izarra, Blanca Eeckout, Maripili Hernández, and back in the 1980's, journalist Marta Colomina.
- Jesús Romero Anselmi was the president of VTV before Vladimir Villegas became its president in 2002. In 2005, Romero Anselmi returned to the presidency of VTV.
- During Rafael Caldera's second term as president, there were plans to privatize VTV. It failed when it was realized that VTV would probably not be profitable.
- Venezolana de Televisión was the first TV station in Venezuela to broadcast a foreign made telenovela in 1969. It was called Mi Maestro and it was imported from Mexico.
- Porfirio Torres's voice can be heard during some of VTV's promos.
 CVTV logo from August 1, 1964 to September 1974 |
 VTV logo from September 1974 to 1979 |
 VTV logo from 1979 to 1984 |
 VTV logo from 1984 to 1986 |
 VTV logo from 1986 to 2003 |
 Logo used alongside the 1986 logo in 1992 |
 Logo used alongside the 1986 logo between 1998 and 1999. Similar to CBC's logo |
 VTV logo from 2003 to 2005 |
 VTV logo from 2005 to April 30, 2006 |
 VTV logo from April 30, 2006. This is the current logo. |
[edit] See also
- List of Venezuelan television channels
- Asamblea Nacional Televisión (ANTV)
- Avila TV
- Buena Televisión
- TeleSUR
- TVes
- ViVe
[edit] External links
- Official Site (Spanish)
- VTV's programming chart for the current week
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