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Mr. Eduardo Stigol, President of Intercable

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Mr. Eduardo Stigol,
President

Contact:
Av, Los Leones con Coroni,
Centro Empresarial Caracas,
Piso 7,Ofic: 7-2
Barquisimeto, Estado Lara
Tel: (051) 552055, 547980, 545611
Tel: USA-001- 954- 217 4056
Fax: (051) 547777, 548177
E-mail: stigol@intercable.com.ve
Web site: www.intercable.com.ve
INTERCABLE
Extreme television



Cable television in Latin America particularly in Venezuela is growing at a vertiginous rhythm and our company Intercable, is at the top of that development.

We were born more than three year ago in Barquisimeto and in that short period we have reached over 190,000 active subscribers in more than 30 cities throughout Venezuela. Based on our past experience of over 10 years in other countries, particularly the United Sates and Argentina, our technical management has adopted the latest technology in the construction of our "Super digital highway".

We reach our subscribers' homes through the most important fiber optic network installed in the country, which allow the transmission of our signal to have the best clarity, without interruptions.

Our accelerated growth has been made possible due to the excellent human resource we count on, made up of more than 1,000 employees in our 45 offices, a technical team of modern configuration and vanguard technology, we also have an entire universe of satisfied customers, who constitute without a doubt of best presentation card.

The Media of the Next Millennium

The extraordinary development of new medias, ways of making publicity and commercializing goods and services we have witnessed at the end of the century, have paved the way for the grand takeoff of the Multimedias, who may satisfied the connection needs among our customers and the products that they need: Internet, e-commerce, television, telephony, mailing, magazines, sampling and all the services, that will only be offer by companies such as Intercable, for we have prepared for this.

This is why we invite you to associate your product in our coverage - in kilometers and subscribers- and bring your message to the identified and strategic spectators; only with us you are able to identify the profile of who is on the other side of the screen.
Join the team of winning clients; for some of the most prestigious companies of the country have already associated with us: Aserca Airlines, Banco Caracas, Banco Mercantil, Master card, Procter & Gamble, Telcel, among others.

Now, the Multimedia era is at your reach Intercable, Extreme television.

In Intercable, we offer a thousand and one possibilities to help your carry out your message to the public who is most interested, not only across our screen, but by other medias that are available.

Intercable, The Magazine



In monthly program magazine, with the most detail information about every one of the channels we transmit; including remarks on the main events, tips, contests and many more. At the present moment with over 120,000 printed copies, free of charge in every single of one our offices in all the country.

Mailing

The envelope of every one of our receipts that are send on a monthly base are completely available to hold all type of information o make sampling. This medium is so precise, that you may choose to which zone you wish to send your message across and which you do not.



WEB Page

Internet users increase daily and our WEB page is every time more visited, You can have a banner with us and make a link to your own site in the net; you will be surprise of the amount of people who go referred by our site.

Offices

We have over 45 offices throughout the entire country and they are located in ideals spots for you to place your product or make any sort of test, including sample deliveries or the making of polls.

Gala Entertainment



Cable television is a world of entertainment and service, where the limit is only defined by your wishes, Intercable is the cable television company with the largest national coverage of services. Since our beginning in 1996 in the city of Barquisimeto, until the present moment, we have moved all around Venezuela with an optic fiber that reaches beyond 10,000 kilometers of cable, enough to cover the needs for more than 1,100,000 potential subscribers in more than 50 cities in the country. Our accelerated and decided growth allows us, starting from today, with a technological and integrated human team, aware of the responsibility, there is a configuration in our minds with a new mission, to satisfy thousand of new subscribers that like you are willing to connect and enjoy themselves to the menu of options in services that had never been done before.

Premium Channels
The best… without limits

DIGIPLEX



HBO Ole East, HBO Ole West, HBO plus, Cinemax East, Cinemax West.

Gives you the alternative to enjoy more and better brand new movies of the month, without censor and comfortably in your home.



Movie City East, Movie City West, Cine Canal East, Cine Canal West, Cine Canal.

Five channels that will offer you all the debut of the best movie studios: MGM. FOX, UNIVERSAL, PARAMOUNT, and Dream Works.

You want Privacy?

Playboy TV Latin America, Venus



The global leader in sensual adult entertainment. Offers programs of excellent quality for men, women and couples who wish to enjoy exotic fantasies.
It is more than you imagine, a truly erotic channel with explicit programs to let loose your mind. (These channels can be monitored through an access code)

Cartoon Network

It is the cartoon kingdom. It is the favorite channel among children and adults who carry the inner child within. Cartoon Network has the greatest animated drawings of all time, the most well-known and the public's favorites. Besides that it possess the largest video library of episodes (more than 8,500) of the most acknowledged animation studios in the world: Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros.
Casa Club

It is a signal dedicated exclusively to themes related with house and styles of life. It counts on a varied programs, divided in different segments dedicated to interior decorating, kitchen, home remodeling and manual crafts.

Since its launching in 1997, Casa Club has obtained a great " appeal" with the female public, specially for the house wives, with programs that one way or the other complement their daily activities; being the case of shows like El Chef Pepin, En Casa de Lucy, A las Brasas, a Botica de la Abuela, Hablemos de Sexo, among others.



CNN in Spanish

Global leader in news; a channel of obligatory visit if you want to keep up to day with what is going on in the world. CNN in Spanish is made up correspondents from all Latin America, and this is the reason why the information is first hand.

The programs in CNN are divided in blocks of half an hour, where you will find at the beginning of each of this segments the main events taking place and the rest is dedicated to the news of different areas: sports, culture, finance, shows, curiosities, etc.

DISCOVERY Channel

It I an impressive channel created with the objective of educating, informing and entertaining the viewers with programs designed to help explore the world and satisfy the natural human curiosity. Discovery Channel counts on programs for the entire family to enjoy, where science and technology are part of everything.

ESPN

It is the sport channel by excellency. ESPN transmits a complete variety of sports for all audiences, including the World Cup, NBA games, Major league Baseball, PGA Gulf tournament, ATO tennis tournament, all live.

On the other hand, ESPN has original productions that have won an innumerable amount of acknowledgements including Sport Emmy, as in the case of SportsCenter, Fitness and the hip sensational show for the juvenile public: The X Games.

Hollywood




It is the Hollywood channel, because it brings the best of the seventh art to your home. FOX channel brings the most popular faces of the moment, first looks at the premiere successful series, blockbuster films, big musical events and behind the camera specials.

In FOX you can enjoy award winning shows that have taken the EMMY; as in the case of Ally McBeal -best comedy series-, The Practice - best dramatic series- and other series of international fame: The X Files, Chicago Hope, Millenium, King of the Hill, The Simpsons, etc.

SONY Entertainment Television



The channel is synonym to the best series; with less than 5 years on the market, SONY has managed to win a great number of viewers who find themselves glued to the television every day following the adventures of their favorite characters.

SONY is characterized for debuting their series almost simultaneously to the United States, for which the screen is constantly refreshed. Among the most popular at the present moment are: Dawson's Creek, Everybody Loves Raymond, Third Rock from the Sun. In a very short period the public can see other very known and awarded shows: Frasier, The Drew Carrey Show, Saturday Night Live and many other.

WARNER Channel

It is the family channel, because its original programs are created to entertain the young and old. In the Warner Channel viewers can enjoy fabulous debut series (Veronica's Closet, Suddenly Susan, etc.), the best Warner movies and the classical series of the golden age of the American television. The young and the not so young can entertain themselves with the animation segment which include: Batman Beyond, Batman the Animated Series and the Adventures of Superman.

This season Warner will include in its Prime Time series without a doubt what will be of everyone's' liking such as: Wings, Crusade, Third Watch, to only name a few.

The Best Information and Programs

You will receive every month, an exemplary of the Intercable Magazine, a printed media that will arrive to your house with all the programs of the main channels and their respective schedules, besides bringing news, curiosities and all the information you need and contest that we constantly make to award you.

An additional service that the whole family can enjoy and allows us to be closer to all. Every sample of the magazine is completely free of charge.

Look Who's Talking!

You will no longer have to guess who is calling you at the door of your building or house, thanks to the new Security Camera System that Intercable can place for you- without charge*- in a permanent channel on your television.

With this service, you will only have to turn on the television and you will know who is soliciting you at the door. This is an exclusive advantage that only Intercable can offer and has been created thinking about the security and comfort you and your family deserve.

*Requirements:

· That 70% of the apartments or condominium houses are connected to the Intercable service.
· More than 20 apartments per building.
· In case of the contrary consult alternative plan

More Advantages that you think

The Intercable Mastercard Bancaracas credit card is another exclusive advantage we have for you, it is a useful financial instrument that offers and the benefits you already know of, but with a series of advantages, like the exclusive automatic refund that you will receive with every consumption you make, which accumulates and generates an amount with which you can partially or completely cover your monthly bill of Intercable.

Besides being a card of immediate acceptation, with international character thanks to the backup of the companies Bancaracas and Mastercard.

It is very easy to obtain, you only need to solicitate and send the same monthly payment to the service of Intercable.

Internet… at the velocity of light!

Faster

24 hours online and without a telephone

Intercable is also vanguard in the telecommunications of the world. Making use of the fiber optic and the highest technology, it offers more than an revolutionary service: Cnet, access to Internet under conditions never seen before.

Now you can have in your office or home a world of information, knowledge, solutions and diversions: surfing faster than ever, at the velocity of light_ without the use of the telephones and while staying online the 24 hours a day. This is an additional service of Intercable the broaden the possibilities of entertainment and allow an infinite communication with the present world.

Our service plans are one of the most efficient and will easily adapt to your needs and conveniences.

Cnet, Internet at the velocity of light!!!


Home Net installation

In Intercable even the smallest detail is taken care of; that is why before the installation process service takes place in your building, the technical team of the company and the condominium council make an evaluation to determine the ideal way to install the cables, through an exterior via, through ducts, elevators or basement.

This way Intercable will guarantee that the structure of your building and apartment will not be mistreated and that the cables will be installed in the most discreet form possible.

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© World INvestment NEws, 2002.
This is the electronic edition of the special country report on Venezuela published in Forbes Global Magazine.
April 2002 Issue.
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