Canal 15 (Nicaraguan TV channel) explained

Canal 15 (formerly known as 100% Noticias) was a Nicaraguan cable TV channel broadcasting from the city of Managua and founded by the local journalist Miguel Mora Barberena and his wife Verónica Chavez.^[1]

History

100% Noticias started in October 1995 as a news program on local channel 23. It later became a 24-hour news channel on the defunct Estesa cable TV system.

The channel was rebranded to Canal 15 in 2009.

On December 21, 2018, the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services revoked the operation license of Canal 15 and raided its offices. The director Miguel Mora and journalist Lucía Pineda Ubau were jailed and accused of inciting terrorism in the context of the 2018 Nicaragua protests.^[2] The government confiscated the channel's facilities and continues to occupy them.^[3]

In November 2019, Canal 6 started occupying the terrestrial signal with a secondary channel, Canal 15, carrying educational and cultural programming.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 100% Noticias - Archivo Noticias . Canal15.com.ni . 2014-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233826/http://www.canal15.com.ni/ver/quienes-somos . 2014-02-01 . dead .
2. Web site: Nicaraguan-Costa Rican journalist Lucía Pineda jailed and accused of inciting terrorism in Nicaragua. The Tico Times Costa Rica. 25 December 2018 . en-US. 2019-01-31.
3. Web site: 2021-06-21. Recapturan a Miguel Mora, el quinto precandidato encarcelado durante escalada represiva de Ortega. 2021-06-21. Confidencial. es.
4. Web site: Gobierno empieza a usar la señal de canal 15 que pertenecía a 100% Noticias (Government starts using channel 15's signal that belonged to 100% Noticias) . 10 December 2021 . 100% Noticias. 14 November 2019.