| National Communications Network | |
| Launch Date: | January 1, 1988 |
| Picture Format: | 480i (NTSC and ATSC) |
| Language: | English |
| Owner: | National Communications Network, Guyana |
| Country: | Guyana |
| Area: | National |
| Headquarters: | Georgetown |
| Former Names: | Guyana Television (1988-2004) GTV 10 (1988-1996) GTV 11 (1996-2004) |
| Terr Serv 1: | UHF |
| Terr Chan 1: | Channel 11 |
NCN Television is the television service of the National Communications Network, Guyana. Created in 1988 as an independent government outlet, it was merged with GBC in 2004 and became a part of the current NCN.
NCN TV's predecessor, Guyana Television Company, was licensed in October 1987,[1] going on air on January 1, 1988, broadcasting an experimental service for an hour a week on Sundays using a 400-watt transmitter donated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on VHF channel 10.[2] A merger of the three government media units was set for late March 1992.[3]
An assessment taken by the National Frequency Management Unit in 1992 said that GTV was the only television station in Guyana to comply with technical and programming requirements.[4] In 1996, with the release of an official VHF frequency plan for Georgetown by the NFMU, GTV planned to move to channel 11, a decision pending approval of the Broadcast Authority Bill. The station's executive chairman Earl Bousquet said that the move in frequencies was to prevent co-channel interference, as Neil Blackman's NBTV occupied channel 9.[5]
On March 1, 2004, GTV and GBC merged to become NCN.[6] In 2006, it took over the lottery broadcasts that formerly aired on VCT Network, strengthening its position in the market.[7]