Asamblea Nacional Televisión

Asamblea Nacional Televisión
Asamblea Nacional Televisión logo since April 2016.
Launched	February 17, 2005
Owned by	National assembly of Venezuela
Slogan	Canal a la Asamblea (Channel of the Assembly)
Country	Venezuela
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Caracas
Website	http://www.antv.gob.ve (Spanish)
Availability
Terrestrial
Caracas	62 (UHF)
Satellite
DirecTV	118
Cable
Supercable	77
Intercable	93
Net Uno	Channel varies by locality

For Indonesian terrestrial channel, see antv.

Asamblea Nacional Televisión (ANTV) is the television station of the National Assembly of Venezuela.

It was created in 2005 to cover the proceedings of Venezuela's National Assembly. Their goal is to increase the participation of Venezuelan citizens in the legislative debates. The signal is seen by those with a cable or satellite subscription in Venezuela, under the name Fundación Audiovisual Nacional de Televisión, that it's not the current National Assembly channel; therefore, the Assembly broadcasts their sessions in a YouTube channel also called ANTV.

The now ex-president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, claims that it was his idea to create ANTV since he was first elected to his position.

The Grupo de Boston, a company integrated by Venezuelan and American Congresspersons, proposed the creation of ANTV in 2003. Afterward, the topic was analyzed by a consensus between supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chávez. The United States Congress offered to support the proposal with equipment, but that never happened. Due to many debates and arguments in the Venezuelan National Assembly, the approval for the creation of ANTV took over a year. It began broadcasting February 17, 2005.

ANTV is a non-profit organization, whose resources come from the Legislative branch of Venezuela and national and international donations.

Maduro claims that the objectives of this channel are to develop the basic requirements of the Constitution. "It's at the service to promote new democratic values in Venezuela and to build a new era of participation by the citizens. Revolution is when people are well informed, come up with their own conclusions, and participate in the political life of the country".

The two goals of Nicolás Maduro for ANTV was to be an over-the-air television network and for people to interact with it. Since last quarter of 2006 it started broadcasting in Caracas on UHF channel 62.