The National Television System (Sistema Nacional de Televisión - SNTV) was a television network in

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the coun ...

, owned and operated by the government from 1990 to 1997. With

Violeta Chamorro Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (; 18 October 1929) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was the first and, as of 2022, only woman to hold the position of president of Nicaragua. Born into ...

's triumph in the 1990 elections, Canal 6 (then part of the Sandinista Television System) became the new National Television System. In 1997 it was legally declared in bankruptcy under

Arnoldo Alemán José Arnoldo Alemán Lacayo (born 23 January 1946) is a Nicaraguan politician who served as the 81st president of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002. In 2003, he was convicted of corruption and sentenced to a 20-year prison term; ...

's government. Channel 6 continued operations until 2002 and resumed its formal operations in 2011, this time under a private company run by members of the Ortega family, NEPISA.

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