Television in Nicaragua has a history of more than fifty years. Canal 8, the first terrestrial television channel in the country, started broadcasting on July 15, 1956. Currently there are more than 15 national terrestrial and cable TV channels.
History The first television channel in Nicaragua opened on VHF channel 8 on July 15, 1956 as Televisión de Nicaragua, S.A., owned by the Novedades newspaper. The government followed on January 11, 1957 with Canal 6. In 1962, the government merged channels 6 and 8, with the latter becoming a relayer of the former. Implementation of digital terrestrial television is relatively slow. In July 2022, TELCOR informed all over-the-air television operators to answer a survey for the implementation of the technology. The sanctioning of two of its employees by US officials is a possible cause for the lack of developments.
Television channels
Terrestrial television channels
Cable television channels Megabox (Channel 76 Claro TV) Atv98 (Channel 98 Claro TV) CDNN 23 (Channel 99 Claro TV)
Regional television channels Telenorte Channel 48 ClaroTV Estelí) Canal 16 Ecovisión, Camoapa
Defunct television channels ESTV (Canal 11) (rebranded as Vos TV (Canal 14) in 2010) Canal 15 (100% Noticias) (Channel 15 UHF, Channel 63 Claro TV) Magic Channel SSTV (defunct; 1979–1990) SNTV (defunct; 1990–1997) Canal 21 (closed 2021 due to political opposition) ExtraPlus TV 2024 ExtraPlus mysteriously ceased broadcasting without prior notice for unknown reasons.
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