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Cubavisión International (Spanish: Cubavisión Internacional) is a Cuban free-to-air television channel run by Cuba's national broadcaster, Cuban Institute of Radio and Television. It serves as the worldwide arm of the domestic Cubavisión network.
Cuba was the first Latin American country to begin television testing in December 1946 when station CM-21P conducted an experimental multi-point live broadcast. The first regular commercial broadcasting began in October 1950 by the small radio station Union Radio, soon followed by other stations.
In 1959, with the conclusion of the Cuban Revolution, CMQ-TV, like the other means of communication in the country, ended up under the control of the government. Subsequently, on February 27, 1961, with the disappearance of commercial advertising in Cuban media, the Cuban Government assumed the financing of the television channels.
Canal Habana is a Cuban public television channel founded in 2006, [1] [2] at the Mazón and San Miguel studios, where television was broadcast for the first time in Cuba, [1] from the old channel CHTV that was broadcast in the City of Havana. [3]
Cuba was one of the first countries in the Americas to have television service. The popularity of radio led to the development and launch of television stations. The first years of television in Cuba were marked by a climate of competitiveness between two Cuban businessmen backed by US companies, Gaspar Pumarejo and Goar Mestre.
In 1990, the U.S. Government created TV Martí to broadcast television programming to Cuba. It began broadcasting on March 27, 1990, beaming daily programs in Spanish via a transmitter affixed to an aerostat balloon – nicknamed "Fat Albert" by people in the area – tethered 10,000 feet (3,048 m) above Cudjoe Key, Florida. [6]
Canal 4 TNH; Canal 4 Télé Caramel – Les Cayes, Sud; Canal 6 TV Nord'Ouest; Canal 6 Radio Tele 6 Univers – Les Cayes, Sud (); Canal 7 Tele 7 Cap-Haïtien; Canal 7 Tele Yaguana - Leogane
The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (Spanish: Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión; ICRT) was the government agency responsible for the control of radio and television broadcasters in Cuba. On August 24, 2021, the institute ceased to operate and was replaced by the Institute of Information and Social Communication. [1]