On the first day of transmissions of private television station RCTV on cable TV, its Information and Opinion Vice-President Eduardo Sapene said they would continue to inform and entertain the Venezuelan public.

He stressed that migration to cable and satellite television, as well as television over the Internet allowed RCTV to reach 50 percent of Venezuelan households.

Also, he underscored that newly adopted international format allows the 53-year-old TV channel to reach some areas in the Caribbean, as well as other nine countries in the Americas, from Argentina to Canada.

"Despite bleak forecasts, we are very proud to be here again today with Venezuela, in order to report on the situation facing the country, to entertain the Venezuelan people just like they deserve."

RCTV hopes the same legal provisions in force for other international TV channels airing on cable are applied to this Caracas-based private television station.