ViVe
CountryVenezuela
Broadcast areaVenezuela
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Programming
Picture format480i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerSiBCI/COVETEL
(State-owned enterprise under administration of the Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information)
Sister channelsANTV Avila TV, teleSUR,
TVes, VTV
History
LaunchedNovember 11, 2003
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog UHFChannel 43 (Caracas, listings may vary)
Digital UHFChannel 25.1

ViVe (Visión Venezuela) is a Venezuelan national public television channel[1] funded by the government. It was inaugurated in 2003.[2] As of 2015, the channel operated six regional offices across the country, in addition to its headquarters in Caracas.[3]

History

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On November 11, 2003, former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez inaugurated ViVe TV at the National Library in Caracas. Following its launch on ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 24, Chávez described the event as significant and referred to it as part of a broader struggle over media influence in Venezuela, criticizing what he called "media dictatorship" at the national and international level.[1]

In 2018, Jorge Amorín was appointed president of ViVe TV by the Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information.[4]

In 2020, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro announced that ViVe TV would be transferred to the Ministry of Education for use as the central television channel supporting the completion of the school year during the COVID-19 quarantine.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "VIVE TV: 18 años de revolución educativa y comunicacional al servicio del Pueblo". Alba Ciudad 96.3 FM (in Spanish). 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  2. ^ Wynter, Coral (2010-05-22). "Venezuela: Creating a new, radical media". www.greenleft.org.au. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  3. ^ "Vive TV, una ventana a la producción nacional — Venezolana de Televisión". Venezolana de Televisión. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  4. ^ "Jorge Amorín será el nuevo presidente de Vive TV - La Prensa de Lara" (in Spanish). 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  5. ^ Sequeda, Abraham (2020-04-21). "Vive TV pasa a MinEducación y Maducei dice: "Quiero ir a la inauguración" - Noticiero Digital". Noticiero Digital (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-20.