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| Country | Venezuela |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | SiBCI (Venezuelan Social Television Foundation) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 28 May 2007 |
| Replaced | RCTV |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog VHF | Channel 2 (Caracas, listings may vary) |
| Digital UHF | Channel 23.1 |
TVES is a Venezuelan public television channel. Its name is short for Televisora Venezolana Social (Venezuelan Social Television) and is pronounced "te ves" [ˈte ˈβes], meaning you see yourself. It replaced the signal of Radio Caracas Televisión on Channel 2 on 28 May 2007, and began broadcasting at 12:20 a.m. local time (04:20 UTC). The Venezuelan government had refused to renew RCTV's broadcasting license and instead determined to create a new channel from part of RCTV's infrastructure. The new channel, in contrast with RCTV, is public-owned. According to the government, TVes aims to portray the identity of Venezuelans, hence the pronunciation of the station's name meaning you see yourself.
