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Universidad de Los Andes Televisión, abbreviated ULA TV, was a television station in
Mérida, Mérida Mérida, officially known as ''Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida'', is the capital of the municipality of Libertador and the state of Mérida, and is one of the main cities of the Venezuelan Andes. It was founded in 1558 by Captain Juan R ...
, Venezuela, that was owned by the Universidad de Los Andes. The station began broadcasting in 1999 and was shuttered by the
National Commission of Telecommunications The National Commission of Telecommunications (Conatel) is an agency of the government of Venezuela that exercises the regulation, supervision and control over telecommunications in Venezuela. History The Telecommunications Act, enacted on June ...
(CONATEL) on June 15, 2017.


History

On September 10, 1993, ULA proposed the establishment of a UHF television station to serve the city of Mérida. Channel 22 was assigned by CONATEL in 1994, but it would be more than five years before the station began broadcasting. The station went on the air with a test pattern on October 2, 1999, and programs began on October 25. It was originally known as ("Classroom 22") before adopting the ULA TV moniker.


Closure

On June 15, 2017, CONATEL representatives presented the station with an order to shut down due to what it claimed were violations of Venezuelan telecommunications law, which came as a surprise to the service's 100 staff. Once news of the closure spread, students of the university began protests outside the studios, stating that the closure had been ordered by the state governor, Alexis Ramírez, because opposition figures appeared on ULA TV and had called for a national strike on a ULA TV program, statements which Ramírez declared "criminal acts".


See also

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List of Venezuelan television channels Television networks in Venezuela can be divided into three categories: * National broadcasting networks, such as Venevision * Regional broadcasting networks, such as Televisora Regional del Táchira * Community broadcasting networks, such as Catia ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ula Tv Television stations in Venezuela Mass media in Mérida, Mérida Defunct television channels and networks in Venezuela Television channels and stations established in 1999 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in Venezuela 1999 establishments in Venezuela Spanish-language television stations University of the Andes (Venezuela)