Television in Nicaragua has a history of more than fifty years.
Canal 8, the first terrestrial television channel in the country, started broadcasting on July 15, 1956.
[1] Currently there are more than 15 national terrestrial and cable TV channels.
The first television channel in Nicaragua opened on VHF channel 8 on July 15, 1956[2] as Televisión de Nicaragua, S.A., owned by the Novedades newspaper.
In 1962, the government merged channels 6 and 8, with the latter becoming a relayer of the former.