- Colorvision
Colorvision is a
television network from theDominican Republic . It is one of the largest television channels in that country. Colorvision is channel 9 in the Dominican Republic's television dial.History
Colorvision began regularly scheduled programming on
November 30 ,1969 , in the city ofSantiago de los Caballeros .Colorvision's first transmissions were from the Matun hotel, in Santiago.During 1970, Colorvision moved its daily transmissions to Santo Domingo, Overthere, Colorvision used the famous
Hotel Jaragua 's areas as television sets. One of the first show hosts wasManolo Quiroz .Later on, Dominican businessman
Poppy Bermudez , a millionaire, put a large amount of money to help Colorvision open its own studio.The 1970s were times of growth for the company, as many locally produced programs were shown, and people such as
Jack Veneno found work at the station, and a niche among Dominican television viewers.During the 1980s, Colorvision contracted such stars as
Freddy Beras Goico (cousin of Charytin Goico) andMiledys Cabral .For the next twenty years, the channel continued growing nationally. Colorvision became the first Dominican channel to have live
internet telecasts, and, in 2003, it began to be shown in theUnited States , through theDirecTV system.Colorvision offers variety and news shows, as well as
telenovela s, among other types of programming.External links
* [http://www.colorvision.com.do/ Colorvision's home page]
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