Canal 11 Televisión
Encyclopedia
Canal 11 Televisión was a short-lived television channel based in Caracas
, Venezuela
. It first went on the air in December 1966 and ceased operations due to bankruptcy less than two years later.
). It was inaugurated in December of that same year.
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.
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...
. It first went on the air in December 1966 and ceased operations due to bankruptcy less than two years later.
History
On July 27, 1966, Canal 11 Televisión was installed in Caracas. The station's founders were brothers Ricardo and Amable Espina (Amable Espina was a director at Radio Caracas TelevisiónRCTV
Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional is a Venezuelan cable television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, RCTV Internacional was inaugurated as Radio Caracas Televisión on 15 November...
). It was inaugurated in December of that same year.
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.