Avila TV

Avila TV
Broadcast area	Venezuela
Headquarters	Caracas, Venezuela
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Ownership
Owner	SiBCI ; (State-owned enterprise under administration of the Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information)
Sister channels	ANTV, teleSUR, VTV, ViVe, TVes
History
Launched	July 6, 2006
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog UHF Venezuela	Channel 47 (Caracas)
Digital UHF	25.3

Ávila TV is a public regional television channel based in the city of Caracas. It can be seen in the metropolitan area of Caracas on UHF channel 47 or Inter channel 89, and in the rest of the country on Digital TV channel 25.3 or CANTV TV Satelital channel 15.

History[edit]

The channel was inaugurated on July 6, 2006 by then Caracas metropolitan mayor, Juan Barreto. with an investment of about 11m bolívares fuertes ($5.1m United States dollars).

The channel was transferred to the Venezuelan Ministry of Communications and Information, MINCI, as established in the Gaceta Official Nº 39.083 date 18 December 2008, 11 days after opposition politician Antonio Ledezma assumed power as mayor of Caracas. Controversial changes in management and dismissal of employees who volunteer much of their time has caused concern among some of the collective and its audience that functionaries from the national government are trying to stifle the wide-ranging critical voice the station has presented.^[1]

In December 2015, a decision was taken to re-politicize the channel and include pro-government news programs, movies and documentaries.^{[citation needed]}

Programming[edit]

Ávila TV has a very urban-oriented programming, mostly made by young producers that don't come from the traditional media and have not been formally educated as broadcasters. Avila also holds a school of media producers called EMPA (Escuela Metropolitana de Producción Audiovisual) where they include youngsters and other members of the public who want to learn about media production, trying to attract people from the most populated areas of Caracas. Ávila also features foreign programs from other Hispanic American countries, Spain and Japan, as well as films and documentaries. The varied programming includes both short clips or common 30-minute/1 hour long programs.

Current programming[edit]

Original programming[edit]

¿Dime qué escuchas?
Son de la zona
Sin pena ni culpa
El coroto
Recreándola
Vive con cancha
Arena presenta
Cápsulas espaciales
Recreo
Paisaje sonoro
Radio crema
Papaya
¿Que hago yo aquí?

Former programming[edit]

El Aguacate
Caracas en Directo
La Chatarra TV
El Cartel
Calle Caribe
El Matineé
Peluos con Curita
El Programa Mío
Rompe la Liga
Habitante o Ciudadano
KolectiVoz
Caracas Tribal
La Brujula Sexual
Point 47
Donde Pisas
La Bolita del Mundo
Cara de Vidrio
Onda Nuestra
Wataca Saun
República del Oeste
Bipolar Idol
R.P.T. (Rodando, Pelando y Tripeando)
Guerra Nuestra
Sabor Bacano
Urbanautas
Metalmorfosis
El Mañanero
Lo que sea
El Entrompe de Falopio
Así mismo
La Cuadra

References[edit]

^ Aporrea May 15, 2012

External links[edit]

[aporrea-1] Aporrea May 15, 2012

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