Venezolana de Televisión

Venezolana de Televisión ( VTV ) is a nationwide radiating, state television station in Venezuela. It was founded on 1 August 1964 as a private television station Cadena under the name Venezolana de Televisión ( CVTV ). In September 1974, the station was purchased by the Venezuelan government and received on April 8, 1976 its current name. His motto is " El Canal de Todos los Venezolanos ' " ( German: the transmitters of all Venezuelans ).

Program content of the transmitter are older cultural programs, documentaries and news and opinion programs. The latter two transmission formats take today (2012 ) the majority of transmission time.

Since Hugo Chávez in December 1998 for the first time won the presidential election in Venezuela and then with a new constitution consolidated his power, the transmitter is said, used by the government as an instrument of struggle against the opposition and private media ( Venevisión, Globovision, Televen and RCTV) be. When coup attempt against Hugo Chavez on 11 April 2002 the station was shut down by the coup and remained there until April 14, when Chávez returned to power again.