Canal 11 Televisión
Country | Venezuela |
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Headquarters | Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Ownership | |
Owner | Amable Espina (Screen Gems) |
Key people | Ricardo Espina Amable Espina |
History | |
Launched | 27 July 1966; 58 years ago (27 July 1966) 1 December 1966; 57 years ago (1 December 1966) (officially) |
Closed | 22 May 1968; 56 years ago (22 May 1968) |
Canal 11 Televisión was a short-lived television channel based in Caracas, Venezuela. It first went on the air in July 1966 and ceased operations due to bankruptcy less than two years later.
History
Much like every other major television station in Venezuela in the 1950s and 60s, Canal 11 was set up with aid from American companies.
Canal 11 was set up with assistance from Gilette, MGM and technical support from American production company Screen Gems[1] (the latter having, alongside Amable Espina, partial ownership of the channel).[2] The station's founders were brothers Ricardo and Amable Espina (Amable Espina was a director at Radio Caracas Televisión). Amable built Canal 11 with a team of first-class actors and professionals.[3]
At 5pm on July 27, 1966, Canal 11 started broadcasting, with the presence of American model and actress Jayne Mansfield. Programming included television series, live programming, comedy shows and sports, Canal 11's mascot was a rabbit, depicted in its launch advertisement in the press entering a rocket. It was formally inaugurated on December 1 that same year. The inauguration ceremony happened at the former Bolívar Films building, where the channel broadcast from.
The promise of bringing first-class celebrities gave Américo Montero the opportunity to join the group of exclusive artists of this new channel, among whom were: Gina Alvaner, Daniel Farías, Enrique Faillace, Hugo Pimentel, José Poveda, Bárbara Teyde, Jorge Palacios, Luis Gerardo Tovar, Ulises Brenner and Pedro Marthan, among others. Ricardo and Amable Espina aimed for a new concept in television and its opening week announced the reappearance of actress Zoe Ducós through the channel with the production "Orgullo De Casta"; as well as the debut roles of Espartaco Santoni with Liliana Durán and María Luisa Lamata in the telenovela "Mi Secreto Me Condena" in 1967.[4]
The channel was failing due to the fact that it was available only in Caracas, on May 22, 1968, the Second Tribunal in the Mercantile Jurisdiction of Venezuela decreed the bankruptcy of Canal 11 Televisión, which, by mid 1967, ran into financial problems. At the end of that year, the employees of the station had taken over control of the company. The channel was later taken off the air.[5]
The channel 11 frequency was never given to another player since then. Neighboring frequencies 10 and 12 were given to Televen and Omnivisión respectively in the late 1980s.
Programming
Canal 11 broadcast American television series, among them:
- Bonanza
- I Love Lucy
- Whirlybirds
National programs included:
- Gran Programa del Millón
- Uge y Juanito (children's program hosted by the titular clowns)
The channel also produced four telenovelas:
- Amargo Silencio (1967)
- El Bastardo (1966)
- Mi Secreto Me Condena (1967)
- Secretos de Alcoba (1966, starring Enrique Faillace)[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1966. p. 871-b. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "The U.S. Media Empire in Latin America (with four pages of charts and tables)". NACLA. 25 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "AMABLE ESPINA". CIVR. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "LA CARACAS INOLVIDABLE !!!! | Caracas, 1 de Diciembre de 1966 - Canal 11 Televisión". Facebook. 26 December 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "Momentos Inolvidables" (in Spanish). El Nacional. 2002-08-03. Archived from the original on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ "Haciendo menoria, recordando a Elvira Mayo, Aurora Mendoza,Luis Salazar, Enrique Faillace". Tapatalk. 26 December 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
External links
- Detailed history of television in Venezuela (in Spanish)
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public networks
- Venezolana de Televisión (Since 1964)
- TVes (Since 2007)
private networks
- Venevisión (Since 1961)
- Televen (Since 1988)
regional networks
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- TV FANB (Since 2013)
- ANTV (Since 2005)
- teleSUR (Since 2005)
- Sun Channel (Since 2007)
- Ve Plus TV (Since 2012)
- Vale TV (Since 1998)
- Meridiano Televisión (Since 1997)
- TV ConCiencia (Since 2013)
- Globovisión (Since 1994)
- Televisora Nacional (Venezuela) (1952-1992)
- Televisa (Venezuela) (1953-1960)
- RCTV (1953-2007)
- Canal 11 Televisión (1966-1968)
- La Tele (2002-2015)
- Flamingo Televisión (1990-2000)
- ATEL (2003-2013)