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Venevisión
Venezuelan private television channel founded in 1961 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Venevisión (Spanish pronunciation: [beneβiˈsjon]) is a Venezuelan free-to-air television channel and one of Venezuela's largest television networks, owned by the Cisneros Media division of Grupo Cisneros.[1] It was founded in 1961 by Diego Cisneros.[2] It is one of the major telenovela producers in the world, along with Televisa, TV Azteca, Telemundo, TV Globo, Caracol Televisión, RCN Televisión, ABS-CBN, GMA Network and Channel 3.[3]
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Type | Free-to-air television network |
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Country | Venezuela |
Headquarters | Caracas |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Picture format | HDTV 1080i (downscaled to 480i for the SD feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cisneros Media (Grupo Cisneros) |
Key people | Jonathan Blum (President of Cisneros Media) Andrés Badra (Vice president and general manager of Venevisión Media) |
History | |
Founded | March 1, 1961; 63 years ago (1961-03-01) |
Founder | Diego Cisneros |
Replaced | TeleVisa (1953-1960) |
Former names | Corporación Venezolana de Televisión (1961-1966) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Analog VHF | Channel 4 (Caracas and other states, listings may vary) |
Digital UHF | Channel 23.4 |
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