RCTV broadcasts take off in Venezuela
Yesterday here at WorldTV we began re-broadcasting news bulletins from Venezuela's RCTV which was closed down last Sunday by the Venezuelan government in a dramatic affront to free speech.
The broadcasts are taking off with over 1000 people visiting them in the first few hours, and 946 of those visitors coming from Venezuela.
While these numbers may pale in comparison to RCTV's usual audience, it shows that you can't keep a good broadcaster down in an age of global communications and alternative communications channels.
We plan to keep the broadcasts going so long as RCTV continues to make them. Long may they last...
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No hay referencias visuales de las fechas de emision de El Observador en los videos por http://WorldTV.com/rctv ... Bueno yo no las vi, ni las escuche decir de los locutores. Sería conveniente que rotularan la fecha de emision de cada video.
ED - Hola Dianela, estamos trabajando en una solución para esto. Gracias por tu comentario.
Posted by: dianela Corrie | June 4, 2007 5:08 PM
Gracias WorldTv.com por permitir que la luz de RCTV siga brillando en el firmamento de la libertad. Soy Venezolano residente en Valencia, España, y en principio quería saber si sólo emiten El Observador, o también otros programas.
Muchisimas Gracias! Ignacio Salaverría Soto
Posted by: Ignacio Salaverría Soto | June 12, 2007 5:01 PM
Thanks for helping Venezuelan´s freedom of choice, giving us the option to select and see what we want to see. (RCTV)
Posted by: Jihan | June 13, 2007 9:33 AM
Gracias por permitir que Rctv. se pueda ver en el mundo entero.
Posted by: Angel Davila | June 13, 2007 9:34 AM