- Ecuador TV
Infobox TV channel
name = Ecuador TV
logofile = EcuadorTV_logo.jpg
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launch =July 24 2005
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owner = Televisión Nacional del Ecuador,
a joint venture between
Ecuador's Ministry of Culture
and privately-owned telecommunications
companyAndinatel [http://archivo.eluniverso.com/2007/10/15/0001/8/CE309E2FAF3A447FB29C15C873DEF91D.aspx "Los equipos para el canal del Estado llegarán esta semana" – El Universo] ,October 15 2007 (Retrieved onSeptember 15 2008 )]
slogan = A partir de ahora la televisión ya es de todos [ [http://www.presidencia.gov.ec/modulos.asp?id=226 "Presidencia de la República – Ecuador TV" – Presidencia de Ecuador] (Retrieved onSeptember 15 2008 )]
country =Ecuador
broadcast area =Ecuador
sister names =teleSUR
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web = [http://www.ecuadortv.ec EcuadorTV.ec]
terr serv 1 = Local UHFEcuador
terr chan 1 = Channels 48, 49
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online serv 1 = EcuadorTV.ec
online chan 1 = [http://www.ecuadortv.ec EcuadorTV] (free stream)Ecuador TV is the public service channel of
Ecuador established by inOctober 2007 thanks to a provision of non-reimbursable funds of $ 5 million of the Economic and Social Development Bank of Venezuela (BANDES by its Spanishacronym ).This channel was established at the same time as the installation of the Constituent Assembly so that they the sessions could be transmitted live to all the country.
Programming
The channel transmits content by independent national and international producers and documentaries and news programs from several international producing properties such as Discovery,
TVE ,Deutsche Welle ,Voice of America ,ViVe andteleSUR . [ [http://www.ecuadortv.ec/ecu.php?c=1239 "Programación" – Ecuador TV] (Retrieved onSeptember 28 2008 )]Criticism
Despite the fact that the channel operates as a
public service company, and the fact that it broadcasts news and opinion content from several countries, including theUnited States the channel has been perceived by opponents of the government of leftist residentRafael Correa as apropaganda tool considering that the source of funds for acquisition of equipment and studies of transmission, the process of acquiring these and the staff training needed to use them was made with the advice of staff of the multi-state pan-Latin American networkteleSUR , considered by critics as a vehicle forpropaganda of the governments of the countries that funds it, particularilyCuba andVenezuela . [ [http://www.cre.com.ec/Desktop.aspx?Id=143&e=92970 "Ecuador contará con canal de televisión Estatal" – CRE Satelital Ecuador] ,February 22 2007 (Retrieved onSeptember 15 2008 )] The Venezuelan government defended its monetary contribution to the creation of the channel saying it was "a caring and selfless contribution ofVenezuela as part of the policy of international cooperation in the region that drives the government of PresidentHugo Chávez ". [ [http://www.unionradio.net/Noticias/Noticia.aspx?NoticiaId=216978 "Venezuela entrega 5 millones de dólares a Ecuador para compra de equipos de TV pública" – CRE Satelital Ecuador] ,September 27 2007 (Retrieved onSeptember 15 2008 )]References
External links
* [http://www.ecuadortv.ec Official site]
* [http://www.presidencia.gov.ec Presidency of Ecuador official site]
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