RCTV
RCTV (acronym for Radio Caracas Televisión) was a Venezuelan open television channel founded on November 15, 1953 by businessman and explorer William Phelps Tucker, owned by of Companies 1BC. Its air signal was closed by the government of Hugo Chávez in 2006, thus ending its transmissions on May 27, 2007.
It was the third oldest channel in the country, and at the time of its closure in 2007 it was the television station with the longest track record after the disappearances of Televisora Nacional (founded in 1952 and closed in 1991) and TeleVisa (founded in June 1953 and closed in 1960, although its rival Venevisión claims to be its continuation).
History
Background and the inauguration of the plant
RCTV was sponsored by the Venezuelan Radiophonic Corporation (Coraven), a company owned by William H. Phelps Jr., the Phelps Group and the American RCA. This was the second cooperation between Phelps and RCA after introducing radio in Venezuela in 1930 through the station 1 Broadcasting Caracas or 1BC, today known as RCR.
On August 12, 1952, the company sent a letter to Eduardo Arriaga Barreto, then Director of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, requesting permission to install the television station.
On September 20, 1952, the aforementioned official responded by approving the request and establishing its coverage in the metropolitan area of Caracas, on channel 7, with images of 625 lines and 25 images/second corresponding to what today is called System N of the ITU.
Once the permit was obtained, on August 18, 1953, the company was established under the name of Radio Caracas Televisión, S.A. during the government of General Marcos Pérez Jiménez. In the month of September, the transmission trials begin and it is officially inaugurated on November 15.
For the premiere of the plant, the match between the ninths of Cuba and Venezuela for the XIV World Amateur Baseball Championship held on October 8 at the newly founded Ciudad Universitaria Stadium in Caracas is broadcast.
On November 16, the ballet Las Sílfides is broadcast, with the Nena Coronil Ballet. The first program that is launched on the air is the musical "Fiesta". The second was a television version of the Venezuelan magazine El Farol that bears the same name; and later, a space directed by the actress and presenter Peggy Walker in which a performance by the singer, tenor and composer Alfredo Sadel is presented.
The first directors of the television station were businessmen José Marcano Coello, Peter Bottome, Armando Enrique Guía, Guillermo Tucker Arismendi, William H. Phelps and Antonio Ortol.
1950s
On November 16, 1953, the first regular newscast on Venezuelan television aired. It was called El Observador Creole which absorbed "El noticiero Lara" and it was on the screen for almost 20 years, under the leadership of the Venezuelan announcer Francisco Amado Pernía. This newscast is called "creole", along with other programs, due to the sponsorship of the Creole Petroleum Corporation. The television plant begins to present teletheater spaces such as Kaleidoscope, Teatro del lunes, Gran teatro, Ciclorama, Tales of the Camino and Candilejas.
In 1954, the plant's first cultural program was created, called Anecdotario, with the aim of theatrically representing great works of universal literature. Shortly before completing one year on the air, RCTV did live coverage of the inauguration of the Hotel Tamanaco. The channel increased the number of hours it aired, starting its programming at noon and later in the morning, while the rest of the existing channels only broadcast at night. Internally, the number of studios, equipment, and personnel trained to work both in the technical and administrative parts, as well as in the artistic part, increased.
The Show at Twelve, hosted by Víctor "El Tío" Saume, under the patronage of Lucky Strike, became not only the first variety magazine in the country, but also a rage in tuners at noon, a time for audiovisual consumption until then unusual for viewers.
In this same phase, The perfect housewife with Ana Teresa Cifuentes is also registered, the pioneering program of all kitchen spaces, tips for the home and crafts that have been broadcast in Venezuela since 1954 to today. That year the station presents its first telenovela under the auspices of the soap brand Camay, also bearing that name, lasting 15 minutes, performed live. It was followed by Palmolive (1956), La Única (1957) and La novela LM (1957).One of the most important orchestra programs famous was "La Media Jarra Musical", presented by Luis Alfonzo Larrain in front of his band. In the month of December 1954, RCTV began to broadcast simultaneously through channels 2 and 7 in Caracas and its surroundings.
In 1955, the plant hosted a morning newscast presented by broadcaster and television producer Renny Ottolina, called Lo de hoy. That year, RCTV began broadcasting exclusively for Caracas on channel 2, from a plant located in the La Colina urbanization. In the month of July, the first regular RCTV services are provided to the interior of the country. A repeater antenna was installed in Altamira, south of Lake Valencia in order to cover, through channel 7, Valencia, Maracay and neighboring towns. Later, RCTV puts into operation the repeater antenna of Curimagua, Falcón state, so that the signal reaches the entire state and the Netherlands Antilles of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, through channel 10. It is the first international coverage of the station.
In March 1956, the Isla de Toas repeater station began operations, through which the RCTV signal reached Zulia state on channel 2. In September, RCTV installed an antenna in the town of Pariata to provide its services to the Central Coast. In 1957, RCTV expanded its coverage nationwide.
In January 1957, RCTV improved the facilities in Curimagua and managed to offer an uninterrupted signal to Falcón and the Netherlands Antilles, in addition to providing its services from Isla de Toas to the state of Zulia and the oil fields. The channel does the same with the state of Lara through channel 3, transmitting from El Manzano hill, in Barquisimeto. On October 31, RCTV provides its first services from the Vidoño sector in Puerto La Cruz to cover the northeastern region on channel 3.
In 1958 the first program of El Show de Renny aired, in which Renny Ottolina incorporated various novel elements for the time, such as a dance troupe, identification jingles and advertisements broadcast on alive. In a period of political and economic instability marked by the fall of Pérez Jiménez, the opinion space La Voz de la Revolución is presented, thus giving birth to this format on national TV. Also in 1958, the company ventured into humorous programs, hiring Tito Martínez del Box, Argentine screenwriter and producer, who started The Great Crusade of Good Humor, within the 12 o'clock Show and that, the following year, changed its name to Radio Rochela and was presented as an independent space.
Artists such as Pedro Infante, Libertad Lamarque, Pedro Vargas, Nat King Cole, Benny More, Celia Cruz, Kiko Mendive, Adilia Castillo, Alfredo Sadel, Conny Mendez, Magdalena Sánchez, Héctor Cabrera, Néstor Zavarce performed in variety shows, Héctor Monteverde, Héctor Murga, Lia Toussaint, Carlos Almenar Otero, Mario Suárez, Juan Vicente Torrealba, Aldemaro Romero, Lila Morillo, Mirla Castellanos and Cherry Navarro, among many others.
1960s
Following the bankruptcy of Televisa (in 1960) its repurchase and subsequent renaming by the Cisneros Group as Venevisión took place, a framework of competition in Venezuelan television was established in the country. Given these circumstances, RCTV established advertising policies, offering television as an attractive advertising medium. Without abandoning the concept of Radio Rochela, in 1960 La craneoteca de los genios was broadcast, his second humorous program created by Tito Martínez del Box and the script writer Menéndez Bardón. In 1961, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) carried out the first stereophonic sound transmission experience on television with a variety program jointly with the Radio Caracas Radio station.
That year, the television plant suffered a fire that partially destroyed the studios. This fire affected almost 80% of the plant's operating facilities, but despite what happened, the day of the incident it went on the air with an emergency programming. Later, the channel offered the first services to the city of Puerto Cabello through an antenna at the Naval Base. The channel incorporated Video Tape technology into its technologies on September 17, 1961.
In 1962, RCTV demonstrates the advances in electronics that exist in Venezuela, putting into operation the first image selector manufactured entirely in the country. In this same year, it provided its first services to the state of Táchira and the north of Santander in the Republic of Colombia from the antenna in the El Zumbador páramo.
On August 24, 1963, the first microwave transmission was made, from the Curimagua and Maracaibo antennas. The use of the electronic prompter was incorporated. In 1963, for seven years, El ocaso de un sol was broadcast every December 17, a unit that recreates the life of the Liberator. It was written by Alfredo Cortina, starring the Peruvian actor Luis Muñoz Lecaro, directed by José Antonio Ferrara and presented by Rubén Darío Villasmil.
In 1964, RCTV inaugurated new transmitters in the mountains to the southeast of Puerto La Cruz and Barcelona to offer a high quality service covering, through channel 3 of the Isla de Margarita, Cumaná, Barcelona, Puerto La Cruz, Puerto Píritu and surrounding areas of Sucre and Anzoátegui states. Later, it inaugurates the transmitters of Pico Terepaima, south of Barquisimeto, to provide quality services in the states of Lara, Yaracuy and Portuguesa through channel 3; and the one from Maracaibo covering Zulia state with better image and sound quality. In November, from Pico Zamuro, Trujillo, RCTV transmits its signal to the towns of Trujillo, Valera, Biscucuy, Boconó, Guanare, and surrounding areas.
The Story of Three Sisters, broadcast weekly and starring Eva Blanco, Eva Moreno and Doris Wells, along with Oscar Martínez, Raúl Amundaray, Tomás Henríquez, América Barrio, Guillermo González and Luis Calderón. In 1965 El Derecho de Nacer, an original telenovela by Félix B. Caignet with Raúl Amundaray, Conchita Obach and Amalia Pérez Díaz, among others, aired. It lasted 600 chapters.
On May 16, 1965, RCTV commissioned the Mérida cable car transmitter to cover the state. Thanks to this team, Radio Caracas Televisión covers the Andean region. The singer Mirla Castellanos, the actor Miguel Ángel Landa and the comedian Gloria Miros set the tone in the humorous musical program entitled He and She. In the 1960s, despite the current Radio Communications Regulations, some channels accepted partial acquisitions by US television networks. CBS buys 20% of RCTV's stake.
On July 17, 1969, the National Telecommunications Committee was created, the governing body for telecommunications in Venezuela, and that day, Radio Caracas Televisión, through its newly installed satellite tracking antenna in Maracaibo, sent the Venezuelan audience the first international television broadcast in Venezuela: a press conference of the American astronauts who would travel to the Moon the next day. Three days later, Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) broadcast, live and direct and exclusively, the first visit from man to the moon.
1970s
In the 1970s, on Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) telenovelas stopped being half an hour long to reach a full hour. The most outstanding classics at that time were El Derecho de nacer by Félix B. Caignet, which lasted two years and starred Conchita Obach and Raúl Amundaray; and the Historia de Tres Hermanas, broadcast weekly and starring Eva Blanco, Eva Moreno and Doris Wells, along with Oscar Martínez, Raúl Amundaray, Tomás Henríquez, América Barrio, Guillermo González and Luis Calderón. Other telenovelas that made an impact in those years were El Engaño, La Tirana, Cristina, La Usurpadora, La Indomable, Chinita, my love, Raquel and La Italianita.
On May 31, 1970, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) broadcast the Soccer World Cup live and exclusively from Mexico, being the first World Cup to be seen live on Venezuelan television, being able to see the goal number 1000 and the consecration of King Pelé thanks to the satellite. It is also the first time that color signals are used on national TV. However, by requirement of the federal government, the channel is forced to use electronic filters. as well as some baseball and national basketball games with clandestine polychrome, which led to numerous reprimands by the authorities.
On May 31, 1970, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) broadcast the Soccer World Cup live and exclusively from Mexico, being the first World Cup to be seen live on Venezuelan television, being able to see the goal number 1000 and the consecration of King Pelé thanks to the satellite. It is also the first time that color signals are used on national TV. However, by requirement of the federal government, the channel is forced to use electronic filters. as well as some baseball and national basketball games with clandestine polychrome, which led to numerous reprimands by the authorities.
In 1972, the Venezuelan subsidiary of the oil company Creole Petroleum Corporation undid the partnership it had had with RCTV since its inception and signed a new contract with the Cadena Venezolana de Televisión channel, moving El Observador Creole to this company. As a result, RCTV founded its Information Division and its own news program El Observador Venezolano, later known only as El Observador, emerged. On August 30, 1973, RCTV inaugurated a transmitting station in Punta de Mulatos, between La Guaira and Macuto, to offer improved reception to the public in the Litoral area.
On June 23, 1974, RCTV took its first signals to Ciudad Bolívar, through channel 3, and in July to Puerto Ordaz, through channel 2. In 1974, the channel ventured into the production of color television, when he presents the adaptation by the playwright José Ignacio Cabrujas of the novel Doña Bárbara, by the Venezuelan writer Rómulo Gallegos. This production was the first Venezuelan telenovela to be broadcast in Europe. Canaima and Cantaclaro would complete the so-called "Gallegos trilogy".
In 1975, RCTV began the international marketing of its programs, creating Proyecciones Orinoco, which would later become Coral Pictures. Some of these programs have been translated into more than 15 languages and broadcast in more than 40 countries. On March 31, 1976, RCTV was closed for 72 hours by the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez, due to the disclosure of exclusive information about the kidnapping of the American industrialist, William Niehous.
In 1977, RCTV continued to adapt novels by Rómulo Gallegos and other Venezuelan writers such as Guillermo Meneses, with titles such as La Climber, Poor Negro, Canaima, Sobre la misma tierra and La Balandra Isabel arrived this afternoon. During that year, the television station also developed stories related to the social changes that were taking place at that time, under the label of "cultural soap opera" with La hija de Juana Crespo and later La Señora de Cárdenas, whose plots dealt both with the desire for economic and professional improvement as well as with infidelity and turbulence in the marriage After the success of La Hija de Juana Crespo, RCTV put aside adaptations for television to concentrate on this new format. However, in 1978, RCTV presented La Fiera, a telenovela that was an adaptation to the Venezuelan environment of the novel The Karamazov Brothers, by the Russian writer Fiodor Dostoyevsky and that was also recorded in color.
On January 5, 1978, the facilities of Radio Caracas Televisión caught fire for the second time, leaving material losses, especially archive tapes of historical programs, such as those hosted by Renny Ottolina ("El Show de Renny" and "Renny presenta"), as well as the first broadcasts of Radio Rochela from 1959 to 1978. Also that year, in alliance with Telemundo and later with Telecadena Pérez Perry, both from Puerto Rico began the joint production of soap operas. On November 15, 1978, the National Academy of Sciences and Arts of Cinema and Television Foundation was born, created by William H. Phelps in which RCTV had extensive participation.
In 1979 Estefanía aired, another production recorded in color, starring, among other artists, such as José Luis Rodríguez and Pierina España. Before the end of the year, and after almost a decade of clandestine broadcasts and warnings, on December 1, 1979, Radio Caracas Televisión received authorization to broadcast its programming in color, under the NTSC standard adopted by the government at the time. A week later, it produces and broadcasts a musical show with this new technology: The 8th OTI Festival, which it does together with Venevisión to achieve greater coverage in Venezuelan territory.
1980s
In this decade, the Ciclo de Oro by Rómulo Gallegos was produced, based on short stories by this writer and telenovelas such as Leonela, Topacio, Cristal and La Dama de Rosa. RCTV also presented the series Gómez I and Gómez II, by the playwright José Ignacio Cabrujas who narrated the story of the dictator Juan Vicente Gómez played by the leading actor Rafael Briceño. The presentation of these series led to a lawsuit for 15 million bolivars of the time against José Ignacio Cabrujas and RCTV, introduced by the children and wife of the late dictator, alleging that the production was riddled with historical errors and "injures the moral patrimony of the family and (the) descendants of General Gómez."
New suspensions of RCTV broadcasts were ordered by the government of Luis Herrera Campins: in 1980, for 36 hours, for broadcasting "sensationalist narratives, gloomy pictures, and unedifying accounts of events", as established in the sanction; Marcel Granier explained in 2009 before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that said information was not sensationalist, because an investigative team from El Observador Venezolano, the main news program of Radio Caracas, had discovered that in the Hospital de Niños Exceptionales de Catia La Mar had a group of children tied to their beds and cribs, with chains and who were not allowed to leave, were not fed or received affection. Granier goes on to explain that Radio Caracas Televisión informed the authorities, who refused to take action on the matter and tried to prevent the transmission of the case. Taking the risk, RCTV and Eladio Lárez decided to transmit the information through the Alerta program. In 1981 they were suspended for 24 hours for broadcasting "a pornographic tape"; After a commercial for a soft drink, three seconds of a pornographic scene were broadcast in the middle of a children's program. The person responsible for the incident could never be determined, but the hypothesis of internal sabotage was handled.
In 1981 the broadcasts of Human Dimension and Sunday Classics began. The first was a set of programs hosted by the presenter Napoleón Bravo that reflected the situation in the country, while Clásicos Dominicales was a space dedicated to universal academic music initially hosted by Eladio Lárez, then by María Cristina Newman and finally by the musician Isabel Palacios.
In 1983, RCTV started the participatory television space Behind closed doors, initially hosted by journalist Nelson Bocaranda and later by journalist Marietta Santana, which was on the air for 14 years. At the beginning it was a segment of the morning marathon Lo De Hoy (for which it bore the name Lo De Hoy A Puerta Cerrada ) and since 1987 it has become an independent space. That same year, the news space changed its name to El Observador, which was maintained until the end of its broadcasts in 2012.
In 1984 the channel was reprimanded for "ridiculing in a humiliating manner" on the Radio Rochela space the then president and his wife. In 1986 Expedición aired, the first ecological series and conservationist produced in Venezuela and which made RCTV the pioneer channel in this genre. This space was sold in the United States, Spain and Japan.
In 1987, Radio Caracas Televisión changed its headquarters, moving to the Los Cortijos de Lourdes urbanization, east of Caracas, where it remained until 1996, when it returned to Quinta Crespo.
In 1989, RCTV and all private channels (including Venevisión and Televen) were sanctioned with a 24-hour shutdown by order of the government of Carlos Andrés Pérez for broadcasting veiled advertising for cigarette brands such as Fortuna, Belmont and Ideal, in contravention of Resolution 1029 that strictly prohibited it.
1990s
During the first years of the 1990s, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) developed unitary programs, some of them based on the recreation of real events, others constituted the putting on the screen of short stories and novels by well-known authors. In 1991, RCTV became the first channel to use the Offline or Offline editing system.
On June 3, 1992, in the midst of a strong political and social situation, RCTV presented the telenovela Por estas calles, by the writer Ibsen Martínez, which was on the air until August 30, 1994, making it the only telenovela with 1,342 transmissions (2 years, 2 months, and 27 days). The scripts were fed by daily events. It was starred by Marialejandra Martín, Franklin Virgüez, Gledys Ibarra, Aroldo Betancourt, Héctor Mayerston, Carlota Sosa, Carlos Villamizar, Roberto Lamarca and Roberto Moll. LVBP in January 1993 meant the loss of its transmission rights, which motivated the league to sign a contract with Venevisión and Televen that same year.
In 1993, for the first time, RCTV presented a telenovela that combined cartoons with real actors, entitled Sweet Illusion, based on an adaptation of the story Cinderella. In 1995, with the aim of obtaining greater sharpness and color resolution, RCTV inaugurated the first studio that used Component Video technology and replaced the use of an analog signal for the production of programming by a digital signal.
On November 9, 1996, the company undergoes a change in its corporate identity, replacing the traditional logo of the two black and white squares with the lion and the coat of arms of Santiago de León de Caracas for a new one similar to the previous one made with three strokes with the colors of the Venezuelan national flag and four blue spheres, with the initials RCTV. Before this logo change, he had for a few weeks one with only the initials of the channel, with two variants in the fonts. Previously, it had been glimpsed between July and August of that same year in the middle of the broadcast of the Atlanta Olympic Games.
In 1997, RCTV became the first Latin American channel to automate news services, from content writing to airing, for which it adopted the DVC Pro format. In 1999 Digital Betacam was adopted and the cinematographic technique in exterior lighting.
2000s
During the 2000s, the channel would make successful soap operas such as My 3 Sisters, Juana, the Virgin, Judas's Woman, My Gorda Bella, Trapos Intimates, Estrambótica Anastasia, My Cousin Ciela, Pura Pinta, All a Lady and La Creeper.
In the second half of 2000, the channel acquired the English companies ITV, and obtained the right to broadcast its first franchise game show: Who wants to be a millionaire?, which begins its transmissions on August 23, 2000.
RCTV inaugurated on July 18, 2005, its National News Center at its headquarters in Quinta Crespo, in Caracas, which included studios equipped with advanced technology, a Press Room with 35 workstations, 10 editing booths, 10 viewing stations, a Digitization department, a graphics room, a room for satellite reception and microwaves. This study was in part for the use of the news program El Observador.
On December 15, 2006, Radio Caracas Televisión ventured into a new commercial activity by inaugurating the store Tu Tienda RCTV in the facilities of the recording distributor Recordland of Caracas for the public to purchase various products related to the brand of the television station.
2010s
On October 20, 2013, RCTV created its official blog in which series, programs, and soap operas broadcast by the channel between 1953 and 2010 are published, such as: Mi gorda bella, My 3 sisters, La Inolvidable, Intimate rags, María de los Ángeles or Amor a palos, programs such as Archivos del Más Allá, the humorous program Radio Rochela and the hidden camera program Loco video loco are part of the content of the blog, apart from that, related news is published. with RCTV, to the world of entertainment and events in Venezuela and the world.
On September 7, 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) condemned the Venezuelan State and ordered it to reestablish the frequency of Radio Caracas Televisión, alleging that "In the present case, a indirect restriction on the exercise of the right to freedom of expression produced by the use of means aimed at preventing the communication and circulation of ideas and opinions". On the other hand, they rule that " the State must take the necessary measures in order to guarantee that all future processes of assignment and renewal of radio and television frequencies that are carried out, are conducted in an open, independent, transparent manner and can venture into digital television terrestrial".
On January 23, 2019, the partially recognized president in charge of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, after talking about the humanitarian aid that would soon enter the country, took the opportunity to promise the return of RCTV, saying: «It's like it's going to reopen RCTV very soon. Not only is a channel that everyone is so fond of going to reopen, but the dramatic productions that generated jobs, entertainment, the family, La Rochela will also return...". Days after this announcement, at a press conference called by the Voluntad Popular party, one of the yellow forums with the RCTV logo could be seen, which were used by journalists from El Observador.[citation required] However, the reopening of the channel did not materialize and from the beginning of 2020 to the end of 2021 it was only available on digital platforms under its own application and website RCTV Play.
2020s
In December 2021, rumors circulated on social networks and web pages that Radio Caracas Televisión would go on the air with a new headquarters in Miami, United States. However, the rumors were denied days later by executives close to the channel. In February 2022, a rumor arose about the possible purchase of RCTV from Winston Vallenilla, a cable person for TVES, a state channel that replaced the private channel after its cessation of operation. broadcasts in 2007.
Channel Closing
On December 28, 2006, President Hugo Chávez announced that he would not renew the RCTV concession, which would end on May 27, 2007. The president maintained that the refusal to renew was due to the alleged position taken by RCTV during the coup d'état in Venezuela in 2002. To all this, RCTV responds "They will not silence us!"
When the government notified the channel that the concession for its open broadcast signal expired in 2007 and would not be renewed, RCTV and the Venezuelan news channel Globovisión accused the government of shutting down the channel. To support this assertion, the managers claimed that the concession did not expire until 2021, but this interpretation was not shared by the Venezuelan government, which stated that the concession expired in 2007. The Venezuelan opposition echoed the first point of sight, and they carried out street movements to reject the measure taken by the Chávez government, with the cry "A heart that screams", "A friend is forever" and the acclaimed "Freedom of expression"
At 11:55 pm on Sunday, May 27, 2007, they showed a video in which its employees, actors and other figures sang the Venezuelan National Anthem to say goodbye to the channel after 53 years on the air. At 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, May 27, 2007, RCTV ended its broadcasts. Immediately after the channel's signal was extinguished, the government expropriated the station's transmission equipment to start transmitting, a few minutes later, the signal of a new state public service channel called TVES. After this fact, RCTV resumed operations through subscription television systems in July 2007, under the name of RCTV Internacional.
RCTV International
Since its concession to broadcast in open signal was not renewed, the channel adopted the name of RCTV Internacional and returned through the Venezuelan subscription television systems on July 16, 2007 to continue with the production and broadcasting of spaces dramatic.
In November 2009, RCTV Internacional was awarded the Television Channel of the Year award by the Caracas radio station 99.1 FM Frecuencia MágicaThe broadcast of RCTV Internacional It ended on January 24, 2010 by order of CONATEL, since according to this organization, the company did not comply with the Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television by not transmitting official messages from the Venezuelan government.
On February 22, 2010, the president of 1BC Companies, Marcel Granier, assured that RCTV Internacional was registered, "under protest", as a "national producer" and with its identity changed to RCTV Nacional. On March 5, CONATEL issued an Administrative Ruling, which rejected the company's application for registration in the Registry of National Audiovisual Production Services Providers of Venezuela.
On November 25, 2010, the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) declared inadmissible an appeal requested by RCTV Internacional to be considered as a national channel or Television Production Company and resume its signal on the air. The signal did not return to the companies subscription television.
Currently, RCTV works as a production house, where programs are produced for other networks such as Televen and Meridiano Televisión, as well as partnering with R.T.I. Productions from Colombia, Telemundo from the United States and the Mexican-American TelevisaUnivision. In 2015 he would produce a novel independently in his studios, it is titled Savage Skin, an adaptation of La fiera. While for 2016 he produces Corazón betrayed .
RCTV World
On February 22, 2010, the president of Empresas 1BC, Marcel Granier, announced the launch of a new subscription channel called RCTV Mundo. CONATEL to RCTV Internacional as National Audiovisual Producer, as required by law.
According to Granier, the objective is to maintain the Venezuelan production through RCTV Internacional, which accepted "under protest" the qualification of national production as established by CONATEL. Meanwhile, through RCTV Mundo they seek to establish themselves on the international platform. RCTV Mundo would broadcast 71% international production and 29% national production.
History of RCTV International Corporation
RCTV Internacional Corporation is a company belonging to the 1BC group that was founded in 1982 in the United States of America as headquarters, in order to export soap operas abroad. Its work continues to be merged with RCTV.
Streaming
On July 5, 2020, RCTV announced that its programming would return, but in the form of an application and under the streaming mode, with the RCTV Play application being launched. The president of RCTV, Marcel Granier, indicated that this proposal was born because they know that the content that RCTV has produced throughout its history represents an "extraordinary" value. Granier said that "we have decided to bring it back digitally and accompanied by new original content. Together with our partners at Streann Media, we are confident that we will provide our Hispanic users with a unique experience." The content of the RCTV application is made up of more than 22,000 hours of soap operas, 13,000 hours of entertainment and variety programs, along with 7,000 hours of news and opinion programs.
The application was free, financed by advertisements, and it worked from its launch until December 2021, when the executive president of RCTV, Eladio Lárez announced that RCTV Producciones partners with various streaming platforms to broadcast its programming. Following that announcement, RCTV's streaming website went down along with its Apple App Store and Google Play Store apps. The streaming platforms that partnered with RCTV vary in availability by region, with:
For the United States
- Vix
- Prende TV
- Tubi
- Canela TV
For Latin America
- Vix
- Pluto TV (from several months ago before the announcement).
- Tubi
- Amazon Prime Video
- HBO Max
Associated producers
- RCTV Productions
- Sony Pictures Television
- RTI Productions
- Televen
- Caracol Television
- RCN Televisión
- TV Azteca
- Antenna 3
- Nova
- Amazon Prime Video
- Rede Globo
Logos
1953-1970
1996-Updated
Slogans
RCTV has changed its slogan on different occasions during its history. Some of them include
- 1956-1981: "There are no two like 2"
- 1981-1983: "RCTV Number 1"
- 1984-1987: "In RCTV there are more stars than in the sky"
- 1988-1989: "Inseparable" Δ "Supremacía total"
- 1990-1991: "La Televisión" Δ "La Televisión... Because for us the number one is you" Δ "El canal del 90" Δ "The channel that feels more"
- 1991-1992: "La Televisión... Forever Radio Caracas"
- 1992-1993: "The TV... proud of ours"
- 1993-1994: "Continue with Radio Caracas... La Televisión" 日本語 "You feel the difference".
- 1994-1995: "La Televisión, Radio Caracas"
- 1995-1996: "We are Television... as it should be."
- 1996-1997: "We are your best choice"
- 1997: "The TV you want"
- 1998: "Where you look" Δ "The channel of those who know football"
- 1999: " Joy and Optimism... RCTV"
- 2000: "We are RCTV."
- 2000-2001: "Puro Corazón que se ve" 日本語 "We are what you want to see"
- 2002: "Everything for you"
- 2003: "It feels, it sees you."
- 2004-2005: "As you want" Δ "This is how it is" Δ "Pa' 'lante es pa' over there"
- 2006: "We have to" Δ "53 Anniversary"
- 2007: "A friend is forever"
- 2007: "High pana, 'ta with you"
- 2008: "Where we stand, we hit it."
- 2009: "R.C.T.V."
- 2010: "RCTV Internacional: "Marca el Paso"