Meridiano Televisión

Meridiano Televisión is a 24-hour sports network in Venezuela.

Meridiano Televisión

Type	Broadcast Television Network
Country	Venezuela
Availability	National
Owner	Bloque De Armas
Key people	Martin De Armas, President Bloque De Armas Dr. Andres De Armas, Vice-president Bloque De Armas Armando De Armas, Vice-president Bloque De Armas Juan Andres Daza, General Manager Meridiano Televisión Armando Rafael De Armas, General Director Meridiano Televisión
Launch date	1996
Analogue channel(s)	37 and 39
Official website	www.meridiano.com.ve

History

Meridiano Televisión was launched in 1997^[1] as a privately owned television network in Venezuela, exclusively dedicated to national and international sports. It is owned by Bloque De Armas, which also owns the sports newspaper Diario Meridiano.

With many similarities to the sport network ESPN, Meridiano Televisión transmits almost all sporting events, mainly baseball (the Major League of Baseball and the Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball) because it is considered to be the Venezuelan national sport. Also, sporting events that are popular in Venezuela and that are widely seen on Meridiano Televisión are Venezuela First Division games, the Spanish La Liga, the AFF Cup, the AFC Cup and the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Euro 2012 among others.^{[citation needed]}

Programming

The most watched programs on Meridiano Televisión are:

• Noticiero Meridiano (3 broadcasts a day)
• Solo Basket