2007 Venezuelan RCTV protests

The RCTV protests were a series of protests in Venezuela that began in the middle of May 2007. The cause of the protests was the decision by the government to shut down Venezuela's oldest private television network, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), refusing to renew its broadcasting license and instead creating a new public service channel called TVes, which began operations on 28 May, the same day RCTV's license expired. RCTV had Venezuela's largest viewing audience, with 10 million of the country's 26 million people viewing its shows and soap operas.

For those caused by the constitutional referendum, see 2007 Venezuelan referendum protests.

2007 RCTV protests
Part of Protests against Hugo Chávez
Venezuelans rally in support of RCTV.
Date19 May – June 2007
Location
 Venezuela
Caused byVenezuelan government's shutdown of the RCTV television channel
Resulted inRCTV ceased operations on 27 May 2007 at 23:59:59 (UTC-4) and was replaced by TVes, which launched at 00:20:00 on 28 May
Parties
  • Venezuelan opposition
Number
  • Tens of thousands
    • Hundreds of journalists
  • Tens of thousands
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