Venezuela replaces opposition TV with state network
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Venezuela shut down an opposition television channel on Monday and replaced it with one promoting President Hugo Chavez's self-proclaimed socialist revolution in a move widely criticized as a threat to democracy.
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By Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan pro-governmentlawmakers began a final drive on Thursday to push through amedia content bill that international watchdogs and oppositionleaders warn could gag the press.
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The countdown has begun for Venezuela's oldest private television station. At midnight Sunday, Radio Caracas Television &#151; the most widely watched channel &#151; will be forced off the air after President Hugo Chavez's government decided not to renew its license.
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The Venezuelan government has opened an investigation into news broadcasters for allegedly inciting the Venezuelan public to violence over the government's decision not to renew the broadcast license of an opposition television station.
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By FRAZIER MOORE  NEW YORK - With a ceremonial pressing of a button Monday, the new Spanish-language network V-me hit the air.
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Officials identifying themselves as members of a state regulatory agency forced the U.S.-based Spanish-language TV network Telemundo to halt transmission Sunday of its presidential election coverage.
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President Hugo ChÃ¡vezâs decision not to renew the license of RCTV, Venezuelaâs oldest broadcaster and a vocal critic, effectively shut it down.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan pro-government  lawmakers began a final drive on Thursday to push through a  media content bill that international watchdogs and opposition  leaders warn could gag the press.
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Venezuelan police on Sunday used water cannons and what appeared to be tear gas to break up thousands of demonstrators protesting the government's decision to close the country's most-watched television station.
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MyNetworkTV has ditched  its low-rated English-language telenovelas in favor of a  reality-heavy lineup.
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Venezuelan troops have seized an anti-government television channel's broadcast equipment, the station said on Sunday, ahead of a controversial midnight EDT/0400 GMT takeover by President Hugo Chavez that will take the broadcaster off the air.
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Venezuela passes a strict media law condemned by the opposition and human rights groups.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday called opposition news channel Globovision an enemy of the state and said, days after he closed another opposition broadcaster, that he would do what was needed to stop it from inciting violence.
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From December 2006, VOA TV has been carried by cable television company Estesa in Nicaragua. Programmes are in English and Spanish. VOA TV contains a mix of news, current affairs, educational and social issues programming.
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Venezuela's top court allows the state to seize transmitters belonging to a private opposition TV station.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez exercises broad power over Venezuela. His allies sit on every seat in the National Assembly. His supporters stack the Supreme Court. And every futile opposition effort to oust him, from a coup to a national oil strike to a recall referendum two years ago,...
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CARACAS -- Arturo Sarmiento speaks English polished at Sandhurst, Britain's military school. He made fortunes trading oil and importing whiskey. Now Sarmiento, just 35 and a staunch supporter of President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez owns an expanding television network.