La Tele was a regional

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. It could be seen on the

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and

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systems of

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(channel 113 in all of Venezuela), Supercable (channels 49, 48, 49, 49, 48, and 44 in Caracas,

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, and

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, respectively), Intercable (channel five in Caracas), and Net Uno (channel 68 in Caracas).

History

La Tele was created by a group of communication companies and began its testing phase under the name ''Canal 12'' on December 1, 2002 (which coincidentally happened to be the day before the beginning of the Venezuelan general strike against President

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). The channel 12 signal was previously used by the defunct Marte TV. La Tele was officially inaugurated on August 3, 2003 at 8pm. Originally, eighty percent of La Tele's programming were imports. La Tele's

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is ''Soy la Tele'' (''I am La Tele''), but it has also used the slogans ''Somos La Tele'' (''We Are La Tele'') and ''Señal de Cambio'' (''Signal of Change'').

References

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Detailed history of television in Venezuela
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