Fundación Audiovisual Nacional de Televisión ANTV is a television channel airing from Caracas. It is the official channel of the National Assembly, Venezuela’s parliament. It was launched in 2005 as Asamblea Nacional Televisión (ANTV). As of 2016, it has been operated under the current name.


Media assets

Television: ANTV

State Media Matrix Typology: State-Controlled (SC)


Ownership and governance

Fundación Audiovisual Nacional de Televisión ANTV is a television channel airing from Caracas. It is fully owned by Fundación ANTV, which is an entity owned by the Venezuelan government.

Source of funding and budget

ANTV has been fully funded by the state, but in recent years it has been faced with financial problems as the government’s resources dwindled. It remains an outlet fully financed by the government, according to local journalists.

Editorial independence

The channel is practically a parliament channel in charge of disseminating information about parliament’s activity.

No statute and no independent assessment/oversight mechanism to validate the editorial independence of ANTV have been identified.

August 2023