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| Type | State media |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Americas Europe Africa |
| Affiliates | Venezolana de Televisión Bolivia TV Cubavision International Canal 4 (Nicaragua) |
| Headquarters | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | SiBCI (Governments of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua) |
| History | |
| Launched | 24 July 2005 |
| Links | |
| Website |
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| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog UHF Venezuela | Channel 51 (Caracas, listings may vary) |
| Digital UHF Venezuela | Channel 22.2 |
| StarSat (South Africa) | Channel 461 (Telesur English) |
Telesur (stylized as teleSUR) is a Latin American terrestrial and satellite news television network headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela, and sponsored by the governments of Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.[1]
First proposed in 2005 and subsidized by Venezuela, Telesur was launched under the government of Hugo Chávez, and promoted as "a Latin socialist answer to CNN".[2] It has been described as a network showcasing the diversity of Latin America and a propaganda outlet for state views under chavismo.
In Latin America, teleSUR can be seen in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and other territories as Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Curaçao in DirecTV's package (channels 292 and 722). In 2020, Uruguay removed its sponsorship.
In 2020, the company received the Order of Francisco de Miranda.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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