RCTV

Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was a Venezuelan free-to-air television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) was inaugurated on 15 November 1953 by William H. Phelps, Jr. Its radio counterpart was Radio Caracas Radio.

Why has it closed?

 * Government of Hugo Chávez: It would be the only reason why it has closed. On 27 May 2007, president Hugo Chávez decided to shut down the channel by refusing to renew their broadcast concession, accusing the channel of being involved in the 2002 coup d'état in Venezuela, which briefly overthrew his government. From there, the channel still existed as a subscription network, until 2010.

Probability of returning
Although the channel returned as an OTT streaming service in 2020, 10 years after its closure as a subscription network.

We do not know exactly when the channel will be relaunched as a terrestrial network and a subscription network. The probabilities of returning are very high now since Hugos Chávez is no longer president of Venezuela since he died in 2013.