The channel was inaugurated on July 6, 2006 by then Caracas metropolitan mayor, Juan Barreto, with an investment of about 11 million bolívares fuertes ($5.1m United States dollars).

The channel was transferred to the Venezuelan Ministry of Communications and Information, MINCI, as established in the Gaceta Official Nº 39.083 date 18 December 2008, 11 days after opposition politician Antonio Ledezma assumed power as mayor of Caracas.

Controversial changes in management and dismissal of employees who volunteer much of their time has caused concern among some of the collective and its audience that the staff of the national government are trying to stifle the wide-ranging critical voice the station has presented.

[citation needed] In more recent years, the channel started airing more pirated TV series and movies, going against an anti-piracy campaign initiated by Conatel.

[2] Ávila TV has a very urban-oriented programming, mostly made by young producers that don't come from the traditional media and have not been formally educated as broadcasters.