Start emissions of television FANB ... - Reuters

CARACAS, 29 December (IRIN) –

signal chain Bolivarian National Television (TVFanb) Armed Forces was thrown into the air on Saturday from the National Institute of Meteorology in a ceremony headed by the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.

its first broadcast, the channel has opened with the national anthem and then has aired a special program with the president, who has shown the electronic equipment to be used for the production of content.

“We will continue to make the investments that are needed to strengthen our television system, even beyond the borders,” said Maduro, in statements to the chain Venezolana de Television.

“The goal is to make quality television with the public. should be make public television audience,” he highlighted, before detailing the government has invested 54 million bolivars (about 6.2 million) TVFanb in the draft.

So he added that the chain will be part of a system to “build a new television culture from Venezuela.” “You can not resign ourselves to be that it is only the bourgeoisie in the world to develop in society space communication, television,” he assessed.

“We will build a new television culture from Venezuela, Venezuela and to share with our brothers in the world. A television culture for life, for work, for productivity, for peace, for the good of being human, and in the case of TVFanb, we will show the power of what the fanbase, “he asserted.

Finally, Maduro announced that the February 2, 2014 will begin broadcasting on channel youth (TVSum), with the aim of providing a space for young people to express themselves and promote culture, as has collected Venezuela’s state news agency AVN.

Meanwhile, President TVFanb, Pedro Luis Alvarez Bellorín, has indicated that the network programming will include an informative program and several programs broadcast by Venezolana de Television.