Television in Nicaragua
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.
Television channels
Terrestrial television channels
Name of channel | Date of launch | Owner |
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Canal 2 | March 1966 | Televicentro de Nicaragua (Albavisión and Maurice Ortega) |
Canal 4 | October 1992 | Informativos de Televisión y Radio, SA (Intrasa)[2] |
Canal 6 | January 17, 1957 (first incarnation), September 14, 2011 (second incarnation) | Negocios Publicitarios Internacionales, SA (NEPISA)[3] |
TN8 | July 15, 1956 (first incarnation),[4] 1992 (second incarnation) | Televisora Nicaraguense, SA (Juan Carlos Ortega) |
Canal 9 | 2011 | Digital Media de Nicaragua (Grupo RATENSA/Albavisión) |
Canal 10 | 2011 | 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[5] | NEPISA |
La Rock 22 | 2020 | Televisora Nicaraguense, SA (Juan Carlos Ortega) |
CDNN 23 | ||
ExtraPlus 37 |
Cable television channels
- Megabox (Channel 76 Claro TV)
- Atv98 (Channel 98 Claro TV)
- CDNN 23 (Channel 99 Claro TV)
Regional television channels
- Telenorte Channel 48 ClaroTV Estelí)
- Canal 55 El Lider (Channel 55 UHF, Channel 48 Claro TV León and Chinandega, Nicaragua, Channel 110 Telecable León and Chinandega, Nicaragua)
- Canal 16 Ecovisión, Camoapa
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)
Online TV
- Nicaragua Entertainment
References
- ^ "La televisión en Nicaragua: génesis, desarrollo y actualidad | Mundo Nòmada". Roirobo.wordpress.com. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Cinco décadas después... (Five decades later...)". La Prensa. 1 August 2001. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "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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