Television in Nicaragua
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Television in Nicaragua has a history of more than fifty years. Canal 8, the first terrestrial television channel in the country, started broadcasting on July 15, 1956.[1] Currently there are more than 15 national terrestrial and cable TV channels.
The first television channel in Nicaragua opened on VHF channel 8 on July 15, 1956[2] as Televisión de Nicaragua, S.A., owned by the Novedades newspaper.[3] The government followed on January 11, 1957 with Canal 6. In 1962, the government merged channels 6 and 8, with the latter becoming a relayer of the former.[2]
Implementation of digital terrestrial television is relatively slow. In July 2022, TELCOR informed all over-the-air television operators to answer a survey for the implementation of the technology. The sanctioning of two of its employees by US officials is a possible cause for the lack of developments.[4]
Television channels
Terrestrial television channels
| Name | Launched | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Canal 2 | March 1966 | Televicentro de Nicaragua (Albavisión and Maurice Ortega) |
| Canal 4 | October 1992 | Informativos de Televisión y Radio, SA (Intrasa)[5] |
| Canal 6 | January 17, 1957 (first incarnation) September 14, 2011 (second incarnation) |
Negocios Publicitarios Internacionales, SA (NEPISA)[6] |
| TN8 | July 15, 1956 (first incarnation),[2] 1992 (second incarnation) |
Televisora Nicaraguense, SA (Juan Carlos Ortega) |
| Canal 9 | 2011 | Digital Media de Nicaragua (Grupo RATENSA/Albavisión) |
| Canal 10 | June 23, 1997 | Grupo RATENSA (Albavisión) |
| Canal 11 | 2010 | Grupo RATENSA (Albavisión) |
| Canal 12 | December 11, 1994 | Nicavisión |
| Viva Nicaragua | June 13, 2011 | Celeste, S.A. |
| Vos TV | July 27, 2010 | Grupo Pellas |
| Canal 15 | 2019[7] | NEPISA |
| La Rock 22 | 2020 | Televisora Nicaraguense, SA (Juan Carlos Ortega) |
| CDNN 23 |
Cable television channels
- Megabox (Channel 76 Claro TV)
- Atv98 (Channel 98 Claro TV)
- CDNN 23 (Channel 99 Claro TV)
Regional television channels
Defunct television channels
- ESTV (Canal 11) (rebranded as Vos TV (Canal 14) in 2010)
- Canal 15 (100% Noticias) (Channel 15 UHF, Channel 63 Claro TV)
- Magic Channel
- SSTV (defunct; 1979–1990)
- SNTV (defunct; 1990–1997)
- Canal 21 (closed 2021 due to political opposition)
- ExtraPlus TV 2024 ExtraPlus mysteriously ceased broadcasting without prior notice for unknown reasons.
References
- ↑ "La televisión en Nicaragua: génesis, desarrollo y actualidad | Mundo Nòmada". Roirobo.wordpress.com. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- 1 2 3 "Cinco décadas después... (Five decades later...)". La Prensa. 1 August 2001. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ "Primeros". La Prensa. 11 September 2006. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ "Telcor revive el tema de la implementación de la televisión digital". Nicaragua Investiga (in Spanish).
- ↑ "The Ortega Murillo family's private business network: 22 companies at the expense of the State". Confidencial. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ↑ "The Ortega Murillo family's private business network: 22 companies at the expense of the State". Confidencial. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ↑ "Gobierno empieza a usar la señal de canal 15 que pertenecía a 100% Noticias (Government starts using channel 15's signal that belonged to 100% Noticias)". 100% Noticias. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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