Canal i
Encyclopedia
Canal i is a privately owned 24-news channel
based in Caracas
, Venezuela
which can be seen over-the-air in the cities of Caracas
, Maracaibo
, and Barquisimeto
on channels 57, 53, and 63 respectively. It was officially inaugurated on October 5, 2007.
. Canal i is a 24-hour news channel; its the fourth Venezuelan 24-hour news channel to be founded after Globovisión
, Canal de Noticias, and TeleSUR
. The president of Canal i, Wilmer Ruperti
, invested $
21 million in order to establish the network.
The idea to create Canal i dates back to 2004 when Ruperti purchased Puma TV, however, the project was delayed until 2006. Canal i aims to provide a fair and balanced news programming that does not have any political affiliations. Some of Canal i's presenters include Carlos Escarrá
, a pro-Chávez congressperson and member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela
, and Julio Borges
, the leader of Justice First
, the second largest opposition party.
News broadcasting
News broadcasting is the broadcasting of various news events and other information via television, radio or internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or television studio newsroom, or by a broadcast network...
based in Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
which can be seen over-the-air in the cities of Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Maracaibo
Maracaibo
Maracaibo is a city and municipality located in northwestern Venezuela off the western coast of the Lake Maracaibo. It is the second-largest city in the country after the national capital Caracas and the capital of Zulia state...
, and Barquisimeto
Barquisimeto
Barquisimeto is the capital city of the State of Lara located in west central Venezuela, halfway between Caracas and Maracaibo on the Turbio River.-Overview:...
on channels 57, 53, and 63 respectively. It was officially inaugurated on October 5, 2007.
History
Canal i was officially inaugurated on October 5, 2007, taking over the signal of the now defunct music channel, Puma TVPuma TV
Puma TV was a privately owned over-the-air television network based in Caracas, Venezuela that featured music videos by artists from all over the world and entertainment related news...
. Canal i is a 24-hour news channel; its the fourth Venezuelan 24-hour news channel to be founded after Globovisión
Globovisión
Globovisión is a 24-hour television news network in Venezuela. It broadcasts over-the-air in Caracas, Aragua, Carabobo and Zulia on UHF channel 33. Globovisión is seen in the rest of Venezuela on cable or satellite and worldwide from their website...
, Canal de Noticias, and TeleSUR
TeleSUR
La Nueva Televisora del Sur is a pan-Latin American terrestrial and satellite television network headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela. TeleSUR was launched with the objective of providing information to promote the integration of Latin America....
. The president of Canal i, Wilmer Ruperti
Wilmer Ruperti
Wilmer Ruperti is a Venezuelan-born shipping business magnate. Since 2003, he has captured a major share of the market in physically exporting oil from Venezuela to the rest of Latin America, and has become one of Venezuela’s ric...
, invested $
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
21 million in order to establish the network.
The idea to create Canal i dates back to 2004 when Ruperti purchased Puma TV, however, the project was delayed until 2006. Canal i aims to provide a fair and balanced news programming that does not have any political affiliations. Some of Canal i's presenters include Carlos Escarrá
Carlos Escarrá
Carlos Escarrá is a Venezuelan politician. A member of the National Assembly of Venezuela for Aragua State, he is a member of the board of directors of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. He is a constitutional lawyer and a former Supreme Court of Venezuela judge. He is a presenter on Canal...
, a pro-Chávez congressperson and member of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela
United Socialist Party of Venezuela
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela is the name of a democratic socialist political party in Venezuela which resulted from the fusion of some of the political and social forces that support the Bolivarian Revolution led by incumbent President Hugo Chávez...
, and Julio Borges
Julio Borges
Julio Andrés Borges Junyent , is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer. In the late 1990s had a TV court show called "Justicia Para Todos" on Radio Caracas Televisión...
, the leader of Justice First
Justice First
Justice First Movement is a centrist political party in Venezuela.-History:Primero Justicia was created in 1992 as a Civil Association by a group of university students who were concerned about what they saw as a deterioration of judicial power in the country and joined their efforts to...
, the second largest opposition party.