Televicentro (Nicaraguan TV channel)

Televicentro (channel 2) is a Nicaraguan free-to-air television network owned by Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A.

Televicentro Canal 2
Launched1966
Owned byTelevicentro de Nicaragua
SloganEl número uno en el dos es usted
(The number one on [channel] 2 is you)
CountryNicaragua
LanguageSpanish
Broadcast areaNicaragua
Websitecanal2tv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
VHFChannel 2
Satellite
Claro TVChannel 111
Cable
Claro TVChannel 2

History

Televicentro de Nicaragua, S.A. was founded in December 1965 by Octavio Sacasa Sarria and started broadcasting in March 1966. It was the second television channel in Nicaragua after Channel 6, owned by the Somoza family. Televicentro started broadcasting in colour in 1973.

With the triumph of the Sandinist revolution in July 1979, Channel 2 together with Channel 6 were expropriated by the communist government and turned into the Sistema Sandinista de Televisión (SSTV), the Sandinist Television System. Channel 2 returned to its original owners at the end of 1989.

In 1996, Channel 2 became the first Central American TV channel to have an official web site. Canal 2 also broadcasts from relay-transmitter channel 7 in some parts of the country.

In 2005, Televicentro signed an agreement with Channel 33 from Costa Rica to broadcast the evening transmissions of Noticiero 22-22 in that country.

In 2006, the channel started streaming broadcasts.

Programming

Newscasts
  • TVN Noticias – with editions at 1:00 p.m. noon and in prime-time (6:00 p.m.), both lasting one hour.
  • Nicaragua en directo – with editions on afternoon during Sundays

Foreign soap operas


Foreign TV Series

Kids
  • Patitomanía – Kids programming block

Original productions
  • La Mañana de la 2
  • Espetaculos Televicentro
  • NTD
  • Domingo Fantastico

Special Events
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