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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.
One of the first shows broadcast on Union TV was live coverage of Cuban League baseball games beginning with the 1950-51 season. This was the first of many memorable seasons that would tie television to the Cuban baseball scene and would establish the game as Cuba's national pastime.
The Cuban media are tightly controlled by the Cuban government led by the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the past five decades. The PCC strictly censors news, information and commentary, and restricts dissemination of foreign publications to tourist hotels. Journalists must operate within the confines of laws against anti-government ...
Cubans access global entertainment through an offline system of media distribution called the "paquete." New rules could threaten that. How Recent Legislation Threatens Entertainment in Cuba
International figures show 88% of Cubans live at the poverty level, a jump of 13% from the previous figures. “The Cuban Revolution is the greatest fraud ever committed against the Cuban people.
Cuba first descended into darkness on Friday, when one of the country’s major power plants failed, according to the Energy Ministry. Since then, most people in the 10 million-strong country have ...
This combined with Cuban jamming of the signal has led to low viewership of TV Martí in Cuba, where, according to a U.S. official who was stationed in Havana in the station ' s early days, it is known as La TV que no se ve ("The TV that can't be seen"). U.S. Government telephone surveys in 1990, 2003, 2006, and 2008 reported Cuban viewership ...
Similarly, the Cuban News Agency, a state media outlet, reported last year about rising crime in Matanzas, a province near Havana and a tourist hot spot famous for its Varadero beaches.