Ávila TV is a

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based in the city of

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. It can be seen in the metropolitan area of Caracas on

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channel 47 or Inter channel 89, and in the rest of the country on Digital TV channel 25.3 or CANTV TV Satelital channel 15. Focusing on music and culture, it attracts young adults mainly between the ages of 14 and 30.''Venezuelanalysis'', 15 June 2009
Avila TV Venezuela: Revolutionizing Television
/ref> Avila TV grew out of the Metropolitan School of Audiovisual Production (Spanish acronym: EMPA) which, still hosted in the same building, provides Caracas youth access to a free one-year program on video techniques, both at Ávila's headquarters and at cultural centers.

History

The channel was inaugurated on July 6, 2006 by then

metropolitan mayor,

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. with an investment of about 11m bolívares fuertes ($5.1m

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). The channel was transferred to the

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, MINCI, as established in the Gaceta Official Nº 39.083 date 18 December 2008, 11 days after opposition politician

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assumed power as mayor of

. Controversial changes in management and dismissal of employees who volunteer much of their time has caused concern among some of the collective and its audience that functionaries from the national government are trying to stifle the wide-ranging critical voice the station has presented.Aporrea May 15, 2012
/ref> In December 2015, a decision was taken to re-politicize the channel and include pro-government news programs, movies and documentaries.

Programming

Ávila TV has a very urban-oriented programming, mostly made by young producers that don't come from the traditional media and have not been formally educated as broadcasters. Avila also holds a school of media producers called EMPA (Escuela Metropolitana de Producción Audiovisual) where they include youngsters and other members of the public who want to learn about media production, trying to attract people from the most populated areas of Caracas. Ávila also features foreign programs from other Hispanic American countries,

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and

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, as well as films and documentaries. The varied programming includes both short clips or common 30-minute/1 hour long programs. Ávila TV is also a radical television experiment, trying to make TV an instrument of social inclusion. Based on a radical narrative of the city of Caracas, its social discourse is built from a different perspective from traditional TV channels. As well as programs on gender issues which tackle the typical ''

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'' perspective, it hosts programs that talk openly about homosexuality and others that address Indigenous and Afro-Venezuelan rights. The channel tries to broadcast a closer or more approximate vision of the working class and particularly the world of young

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Current programming

Original programming

* ¿Dime qué escuchas? * Son de la zona * Sin pena ni culpa * El coroto * Recreándola * Vive con cancha * Arena presenta * Cápsulas espaciales * Recreo * Paisaje sonoro * Radio crema * Papaya * ¿Que hago yo aquí?

Former programming

* El Aguacate * Caracas en Directo * La Chatarra TV * El Cartel * Calle Caribe * El Matineé * Peluos con Curita * El Programa Mío * Rompe la Liga * Habitante o Ciudadano * KolectiVoz * Caracas Tribal * La Brujula Sexual * Point 47 * Donde Pisas * La Bolita del Mundo * Cara de Vidrio * Onda Nuestra * Wataca Saun * República del Oeste * Bipolar Idol * R.P.T. (Rodando, Pelando y Tripeando) * Guerra Nuestra * Sabor Bacano * Urbanautas * Metalmorfosis * El Mañanero * Lo que sea * El Entrompe de Falopio * Así mismo * La Cuadra

References

External links

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Comunicación e Información

Avila Pendiente's Blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avila TV Bolivarian Communication and Information System Television networks in Venezuela Commercial-free television networks Television channels and stations established in 2006