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
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

  1. ^ "La televisión en Nicaragua: génesis, desarrollo y actualidad | Mundo Nòmada". Roirobo.wordpress.com. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. ^ "The Ortega Murillo family's private business network: 22 companies at the expense of the State". Confidencial. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ "The Ortega Murillo family's private business network: 22 companies at the expense of the State". Confidencial. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Cinco décadas después... (Five decades later...)". La Prensa. 1 August 2001. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ "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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