Minister of Communication and Information William Lara said private television station RCTV would be able to broadcast on cable or satellite following May 27, the date when its broadcast license to operate in open free radio frequency expires.

Lara reassured that as of May 27, RCTV "may continue transmission on satellite or cable. They have a right to do so and nobody will deny it."

Lara told the official television channel VTV that a "public service television station" is to replace RCTV as of May 28, and said the new channel would resume the path of "quality and left behind the philosophy that people need to be given sex, sports and violence, because that boosts sales."

He explained that the new TV stations would mostly broadcast independent productions.