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| Country | Bolivia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Bolivia |
| Affiliates | teleSUR |
| Headquarters | La Paz, Bolivia |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Empresa Nacional de Televisión de Bolivia, public company of the Bolivian government[1] |
| History | |
| Launched | August 30, 1969 |
| Former names | Televisión Boliviana (1969-2009) Televisión Nacional de Bolivia (1984-1995) |
| Links | |
| Website | TV Boliviana |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog VHF/UHF | Channel 7 (La Paz, for the rest see the table below) |
| Digital VHF | Channel 7.1 (La Paz) |
Televisión Boliviana (Bolivia TV) is the first television channel of Bolivia and serves the only means of television communication from the government. The channel was established in August 1969 under the government of Luis Adolfo Siles after years of planning by the government of then-recently deceased René Barrientos.[2] It is a state-owned broadcasting network.
Created to replace the previous public station Televisión Boliviana or TVB, it was the audience leader as it was the only legal television station in the country until 1984, when private television stations were legalized in Bolivian territory. The station claims to be plural and the only media outlet reaches out to the whole population.[3]
Bolivia TV has been accused by society and opposition politicians of being a means of propaganda for the government in power. Most of the channel's content belonged to social organizations and figures affiliated with the ruling party.[4][5][6]
- ^ "Budget information about Empresa Nacional de Televisión de Bolivia" – Bolivian Ministry of Finances Archived September 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish) (Retrieved on September 27, 2008)
- ^ "Época Republicana (1900–2000)" – Gobierno de Bolivia Archived September 19, 2005, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish) (Retrieved on September 27, 2008)
- ^ ""El Canal 7 es completamente plural", según ministra López". EJU.TV. July 21, 2017. Archived from the original on July 21, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Bolivia TV difundió 206 noticias sin contraparte de un total de 241 en una semana, según monitoreo". EjuTV. April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ^ Yañez, Arturo. "En 32 días Bolivia TV realizó 95 horas de transmisión de 136 eventos, 78 fueron actos de Evo". Noticias Fides. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
- ^ "Análisis de la Agenda Setting del Campo Político Periodístico de la Televisión Privada Vs. el Canal Oficial del Estado Boliviano. Estudio de Caso: Red Unitel, Canal 2 y Televisión Boliviana, Canal 7" (PDF). Higher University of San Andrés. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2024.