DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader used the platform of his weekly press conference, La Semanal on Monday, 18 August 2025, to present the achievements of the modernization of public television, RTVD under Ivan Ruiz, with Ellis Perez on the board. RTVD, Channel 4 in Santo Domingo, has been rebranded as a public TV station. RTVD is in its 73rd year.

President Abinader spoke of the sweeping modernization initiative at Radio Televisión Dominicana (RTVD), highlighting significant upgrades to infrastructure, studio equipment, and content production as part of a national effort to strengthen public broadcasting.

President Abinader said when he named TV producer Ivan Ruiz (El Show del Mediodia) to direct the transformation at RTVD, he had requested Ruiz adapt the Spanish public TV station model. He agreed to political independence in programming. Abinader is proud, he said...