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Canal 2 is a Nicaraguan free-to-air television network owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A., owned by the Mexican media mogul Remigio Ángel González.In theory, the channel's sister channels are those of Grupo Ratensa, but in practice, the channel is an independent operation with support from the Nicaraguan government.
Ángel González began his business career in Nicaragua in the late 1980s when he met Octavio Sacasa, the de facto owner of Televicentro. From 1979 to 1990, Televicentro was technically under the control of the state-owned Sistema Sandinista de Televisión, but Sacasa had significant influence over the station. González initially aimed to sell ...
When the Sandinistas overthrew the Somoza regime in Nicaragua in 1979, there were only two private television stations broadcasting in Nicaragua. Televicentro (Canal 2), founded in 1965 and owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. of the Sacasa family and Canal 6 owned by the Somoza family and founded in 1959. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Category: Television stations in Nicaragua. 1 language. ... Televicentro (Nicaraguan TV channel) TN8; V. Viva Nicaragua; Vos TV
Televicentro may refer to the following: Televicentro 4, former name of WAPA-TV, a television station in Puerto Rico; Televicentro (Honduras), a television station in Honduras; Televicentro (Canal 2), a television station in Nicaragua; Televicentro, a former name of Televisa Mexico
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Both Televicentro and the state channel of Nicaragua joined ATELCAP in 1992, in order to combat piracy of international television content, stemming from the rise of satellite dishes. [ 3 ] On December 1, 2006, ATELCAP and ASDER held a joint forum for the then-incoming arrival of digital terrestrial television in the region, and what should be ...
The first television channel in Nicaragua opened on VHF channel 8 on July 15, 1956 [2] as Televisión de Nicaragua, S.A., owned by the Novedades newspaper. [3] The government followed on January 11, 1957 with Canal 6. In 1962, the government merged channels 6 and 8, with the latter becoming a relayer of the former. [2]