Meridiano Televisión is a 24-hour sports network in

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History

Meridiano Televisión was created in 1996 as a privately owned television network in

, exclusively dedicated to national and international sports. Its owned by

Bloque De Armas Bloque De Armas is a Venezuelan media company. Among other properties it owns the newspapers ''Diario 2001'' and '' Diario Meridiano'' and the sports network Meridiano Televisión. The company was created in 1969 as a holding company for the vario ...

, a company that is also the owner the newspaper, ''

Diario Meridiano ''Meridiano'' (''Diario Meridiano'') is a Venezuelan national daily sports newspaper owned by Bloque De Armas, which also owns the sports network Meridiano Televisión. References See also * List of newspapers in Venezuela This is a list of ...

'', which also specializes in sports. With many similarities to the sport network

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, Meridiano Televisión transmits almost all sporting events, mainly baseball (the Major League of Baseball and the Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball) because it is considered to be the Venezuelan national sport. Also, sporting events that are popular in Venezuela and that are widely seen on Meridiano Televisión are Venezuela First Division games, the Spanish

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, the

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, the

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and the

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and

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among others.

Programming

The most watched programs on Meridiano Televisión are: *Noticiero Meridiano (3 broadcasts a day) *Solo Basket

External links

Official website
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