Canal 10 (Nicaraguan TV channel)

Canal 10 is a nationwide terrestrial television channel from Nicaragua owned by Radio y Televisión de Nicaragua, S.A. (RATENSA), a company founded by Mexican investors.

Canal 10
CountryNicaragua
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format480i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerRadio y Televisión de Nicaragua, S.A. (Grupo RATENSA/Albavisión)
Sister channelsCanal 9
Canal 11
History
Launched1997
Links
Websitehttp://www.canal10.com.ni/
Availability
Terrestrial
Analog VHFChannel 10

RATENSA formerly owned Canal 4 and also owns a local network of four affiliated radio stations – Tropicálida, Alfa, Radio Galaxia La Picosa and Radio Joya.

Strictly speaking, the channel only has two sister channels (Canal 9 and Canal 11). Albavisión also operates Canal 2 as an independent operation in a condominium with Maurice Ortega.[1][2]

History

The frequency was given to Carlos Reynaldo and César Augusto Lacayo, but was quickly bought by Ángel González.[3] The channel's frequency was assigned in 1990, and upon Ángel González's control, he assigned Chicho Silva for the post.[4] Broadcasts started on June 23, 1997, under the slogans "Sobresaliente!" (Outstanding!) and "El canal de nuestra gente" (our peoples' channel).[5]

The station initially carried exclusively foreign programming; a local newscast was added in August 2001.[6]

On January 7, 2005, the channel fired its existing news team as its newscast (Telediario 10) was replaced by Acción 10, and its presenters didn't match the new newscast's profile.[7]

On October 6, 2005, subscribers of the Estesa cable system (now Claro) got access to a 24/7 feed of the channel, with better image quality and 24/7 programming, after an agreement was signed between Estesa and Ratensa.[8] A new agreement was signed in December with local cable operators, aiming to extend the signal to the entire country, including areas with no signal of the national channel of border areas where Costa Rican channels were dominant.[9]

In August 2018, the channel's manager Carlos Pastora said that a boss from TN8 had forced him to regulate its newscasts and editorial decisions.[10]

References
  1. "Canal 2 negocia venta con Ángel González". El Nuevo Diario. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. "Ortega media enrich his family, entrench his hold on Nicaragua". Reuters. 23 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. "Canal 2 negocia venta con Ángel González". El Nuevo Diario. 28 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. "¿Ángel o demonio?". Confidencial. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. "Canal 10". Travel Guide Nicaragua. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  6. "TV, radio y..." El Nuevo Diario. 11 August 2001. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. "Cierran Telediario 10 y despiden periodistas (Telediario 10 ends and journalists are fired)". La Prensa. 8 January 2005. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  8. "¡Cero y van DOS!: Estesa y Ratensa se unen". El Nuevo Diario. 6 October 2005. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  9. "Canales 10 y 4 a todos los rincones de Nicaragua". El Nuevo Diario. 14 December 2005. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  10. "Nicaragua names police chief sanctioned by US over crackdown". AP NEWS. 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
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