Companies established in 1953

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 84. Chapters: Taito Corporation, RCTV, Panavision, Subaru, FAW Group, International Speedway Corporation, Zastava, Burson-Marsteller, Greeves, Publishers Clearing House, Worldvision Enterprises, Denny's, Associated Artists Productions, Yulon Motor, Eni, Missoni, Ann & Hope, Playboy Enterprises, Precision Castparts Corp., Holiday Rambler, Bob Evans Restaurants, Billa, Umpqua Holdings Corporation, Body Glove, Goody's Family Clothing, Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises, Chico's Tacos, BAE Systems Australia, Claster Television, Spancrete, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, Ego Pharmaceuticals, Koss Corporation, Cruisers Yachts, Pearl & Dean, B+H Architects, Zastava Trucks, Delcan, Cycle-Scoot, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Altman Lighting Co., Great Western Arms Company, Gaddi's, Aerostar, Bess Eaton, Kaiser Jeep, Barclays Bank, CJ Corporation, Champion Homes, Edinburgh University Press, Hindustan Machine Tools, Computer Control Company, Inc., Park Ryan, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., Dorothy Lane Market, Alweg, Banquet Foods, Fabrika automobila Priboj, Grupo Cisneros, Clayburn Pottery, Springfield Television, Hamilton, Liberty Lines Transit, Weston Woods Studios, Tom Lee Music, Marmon Group, BBVA Banco Provincial, Coop Kaffe, Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Sekerbank, Encore Capital Group, Imlek, C-COR, Billings Studio Theater, Vittoria S.p.A., Kuwait Oxygen And Acetylene Company, PRO Group, Sponeta, Radio Caracas Televisión RCTV, C.A., Sherwood. Excerpt: Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional (RCTV Internacional) is a Venezuelan cable television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. It was sometimes referred to as the Canal de Bárcenas. Owned by Empresas 1BC, RCTV Internacional was inaugurated as Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) on 15 November 1953 by William H. Phelps, Jr.. Its radio counterpart was Radio Caracas Radio. On 27 May 2007, RCTV made headlines when the Government of Venezuela decided not to renew their radio broadcast license for what it said was the station's role in the 2002 coup which briefly overthrew Venezuela's democratically elected government. The Supreme Court of Justice (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia or TSJ) upheld the decision by the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL) not to renew RCTV's broadcast license. RCTV continued to broadcast via satellite and cable as RCTV International. In January 2010 RCTV was sanctioned with temporary closure for failing to respect Venezuelan media law. It rejected the Venezuelan media regulator's finding that it was a domestic media provider, and refused to broadcast speeches by Hugo Chávez. RCTV's logo from 1953 to 1979 RCTV Headquarters in CaracasRadio Caracas Televisión, C.A. was established on 18 August 1953 by the Corporación Radiofónica de Venezuela (more commonly known as Coraven, a subsidiary of the Grupo Phelps and RCA), whose mission was that of launching a television network. In the month of September, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV) began test broadcasts on channel seven using the call sign YVKS-TV, and on 15 November, the network was officially inaugurated at 7:30 pm. RCTV was the third television network to begin operations in Venezuela after Televisora Nacional and Televisa, seen on channels five and four, respectively, and the second commercial network after Televisa. On 8 October, during RCTV's testing phase, the inaugural game of the XIV World Cup of Baseball was broadcast. This game m...