TVes

TVes ( Televisora ​​Venezolana Social, German: social Venezuelan television, whether Teves abbreviated ) is a public television in Venezuela. TVes is from 28 May 2007 to broadcast, as it took over the transmission channels of the private television station RCTV in terrestrial VHF band and its satellite channel 104 with DirecTV. The terrestrial broadcasting license of RCTV had expired the day before.

The name TVes is a pun: " Te ves " is called in German " do you see yourself ". The slogan of the transmitter is: " Te ves como eres de verdad " ( German: "You see yourself as you really are ").

Premises of the television station, the at the Ministry of Information ( Minci ) connected by the Venezuelan Social Television Foundation, in their operation but autonomous. TVes even developed any programs, but only transfers independently produced programs. The initial funding for the TV station comes from the Venezuelan state. It is envisaged that the transmitter after a period of transition, TV spots from private and public sponsors can pay for itself.

President of the television is the journalist Lil Rodríguez, who had previously directed the show Sones y Pasiones of Telesur.

In the management of the Venezuelan state-owned TV station Venezuelan Social Television ( TVES ) and two public representatives and two representatives of independent media producers are represented.

The sender wants to strengthen independent Venezuelan production companies to the cultural diversity of the country adequately reproduce and avoid broadcasting content is exclusively on the international market, especially the U.S., purchased.

The ratings of the new channel is very low. While the transmitter in the months of June and July 2007 could still benefit from the football match of the Copa América and rates of 8.9 % and 8.3 % reached, this decreased until September 2007 to 4.6%. RCTV reached via the same distribution channels about 30 % of the Venezuelan audience.