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El 19 digital is a Nicaraguan newspaper, with close political ties to the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.The first printed edition circulated in the capital city of Managua on August 21, 2008, a couple of months before the 2008 municipal elections.
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.
Canal 4 (Nicaraguan TV channel) Canal 6 (Nicaraguan TV channel) Canal 9 (Nicaraguan TV channel) Canal 10 (Nicaraguan TV channel) Canal 11 (Nicaragua) Canal 12 (Nicaragua) Canal 15 (Nicaraguan TV channel) CDNN 23
Canal 12 is a nationwide terrestrial television channel in Nicaragua owned by Nicavisión, S.A., a company of the Valle Peters family. It broadcasts from a main transmitter atop Las Nubes, a major broadcast television site for the Managua area, and from repeaters at Estelí, Matagalpa and Jinotega.
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]
The mass media in Nicaragua consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Web sites. [ 1 ] Freedom of speech is a right guaranteed by the Constitution of Nicaragua .
The group launched Canal 11 (originally TV Red) in July 2010. The channel was created after González purchased the VHF allocation, which had initially been sought by ESTV , a channel owned by Grupo Pellas that wanted to use the frequency but was ultimately blocked, leading it to rebrand as Vos TV on UHF Channel 14. [ 6 ]
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]