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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.
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]
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 ...
"Nicaragua: News". USA: University of Texas at Austin. "Nicaragua". Provisional Census of Current Latin American Newspaper Holdings in UK Libraries. UK: Advisory Council on Latin American and Iberian Information Resources. 14 April 2011.
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. There is no official state censorship of the media in Nicaragua. [2]
Canal 10 (Canal Diez), is a nationwide terrestrial television channel from Nicaragua owned by Radio y Televisión de Nicaragua, S.A. (RATENSA), a company founded by Mexican investors. RATENSA formerly owned Canal 4 and also owns a local network of four affiliated radio stations – Tropicálida , Alfa , Radio Galaxia La Picosa and Radio Joya .
In the early 1990s, the Nicaraguan television monopoly held by the dissolved Sistema Sandinista de Televisión, thereby split in two companies, one for each channel (Canal 2 and Canal 6), came to its end, and the license to operate channel 8 (reactivated, as the channel had operated before) was given to Telenica, which was founded by journalist ...
Canal 4 (Nueva Imagen, S.A.) is a state-run nationwide terrestrial television channel in Nicaragua owned by Informativos de Televisión y Radio S.A. (Intrasa), a company owned by two sons of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Carlos Enrique "Tino" Ortega and his brother Daniel Edmundo. [2]