From: Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM
Date: Thu May 26 2005 - 18:00:39 EDT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Venezuela News & Action" <newsandaction@veninfo.org> VENEZUELA LAUNCHES NEW REGIONWIDE TV NETWORK Venezuela began the testing phase of an innovative new continent-wide television network this week. Television del Sur, or Telesur, is a joint venture between the governments of Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, and Brazil, and is expected to become a public-interest alternative to the region's commercial media outlets. Telesur intends to be the first South American network produced and controlled by Latin Americans. Existing Spanish language networks, CNN Espaol, Univision, and Telemundo, are all subsidiaries of US corporations, and many viewers complain that these ownership structures influence content. South Americans often get more news from United States or Iraq than from their neighboring countries, or more subtly, that the networks inject US cultural biases into their coverage. People in the region have long pressed the need to "see Latin America through Latin American eyes." Headquartered in Caracas, Telesur will soon open regional bureaus in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, La Paz, Havana, Mexico City, Montevideo, and New York. Continent-wide broadcasts will begin this summer. Visit Telesur's new webpage at: http://www.telesurtv.net/ [In Spanish and Portuguese]
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