Televen

Televen is a broadcast television network in Venezuela.

Televen began a test broadcast on February 12^th 1988 on VHF Channel 10 in in Venezuela's capital Caracas.

During the test broadcast they aired music videos which were accompanied by a red sphere that symbolized the number ten, which is the broadcast channel like mentioned in the previous paragraph.

Televen officially went on the air commercially and now known as Televen on July 3^rd 1988 with the movie Mandela, during the movies first commercial break, 25 commercials were broadcast, making it the longest commercial break in Venezuelan television history.

Televen was one of the first television stations in Venezuela to broadcast American shows and soap operas / telenovelas from other Latin American countries.

Televen can be seen nationally on a I believe either VHF Channel 3 or UHF Channel 15 depending on the location outside of Caracas, as well as on cable and satellite platforms.

Televen is celebrating its 20th anniversary on air this year, and the stylised 20 is featured in a lot of its idents and promos.

The Video

The video is fantastic and has many references to Venezuela's history which I guess is to detailed to go into here.

First is an introduction to the video which I think its totally classy.

Featured through out is the National Anthem of Venezuela signed and subtitled and the Flag Venezuela waving in various scenes.

I hope you all enjoy...