TVes

TVES
CountryVenezuela
HeadquartersCaracas
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerSiBCI
(Venezuelan Social Television Foundation)
Sister channels
History
Launched28 May 2007
ReplacedRCTV
Links
Websitewww.tves.gob.ve
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHFChannel 2 (Caracas, listings may vary)
Digital UHFChannel 23.1

TVES is a Venezuelan public television channel. Its name is short for Televisora Venezolana Social (Venezuelan Social Television) and is pronounced "te ves" [ˈte ˈβes], meaning you see yourself. It replaced the signal of Radio Caracas Televisión on Channel 2 on 28 May 2007, and began broadcasting at 12:20 a.m. local time (04:20 UTC). The Venezuelan government had refused to renew RCTV's broadcasting license and instead determined to create a new channel from part of RCTV's infrastructure. The new channel, in contrast with RCTV, is public-owned. According to the government, TVes aims to portray the identity of Venezuelans, hence the pronunciation of the station's name meaning you see yourself.