Globovision Tele C.A. | |
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Launched | December 1, 1994 |
Owned by | Juan Domingo Cordero |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
Slogan |
Información responsable y veraz (Responsible and truthful information) |
Country | Venezuela |
Language | Spanish |
Broadcast area | Latin America and Caribbean |
Affiliates | CNN en Español, RCN Television, Venezolana de Televisión |
Headquarters | Caracas, Venezuela |
Website | Globovision.com |
Availability
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Terrestrial | |
UHF | Channel 33 (Caracas) |
Satellite | |
DirecTV | Channel 110 (Venezuela) |
Channel 724 (Puerto Rico & South America) | |
Inter Satelital Channel 27 (Venezuela) | |
Cable | |
Inter | 12 |
Streaming media |
Globovisión is a 24-hour television news network in Venezuela and Latin America. It broadcasts over-the-air in Caracas, Aragua, Carabobo and Zulia on UHF channel 33. Globovisión is seen in the rest of Venezuela on cable or satellite (Globovisión has an alliance with DirecTV, where it can be seen on channel 110) and worldwide from their website. Some of Globovisión's programs can be seen in the United States on cable network Canal Sur and TV Venezuela, a channel offered in DirecTV's Para Todos package. In Latin America, Globovision can be seen in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and other territories as Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Curaçao in Directv's package (channel 724).
On December 1, 1994, Luis Teófilo Núñez Arismendi, Guillermo Zuloaga Núñez, Nelson Mezerhane Gosen, and Alberto Federico Ravell Arreaza, inaugurated Globovisión, channel 33, the first 24-hour news network in Venezuela to broadcast over-the-air. Currently, Globovisión is broadcast over the air in Caracas, Aragua, Carabobo and Zulia. Globovisión's programming is also carried by 95 percent of the nation's cable systems. In February 17, 2010,Ravell,general director of the channel, was dismissed from his post by board of directors of Globovision due to "differences with its partners". Ravell said he had to " sacrifice himself leaving office for the channel wasn't sold and falls into the hands of Government of Hugo Chavez".