Havana, October (RHC)-- Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero congratulated on Saturday national television on its 70th anniversary.

The head of government highlighted on Twitter the public, cultural, and educational nature of the medium.

Our television is Cuba, history, people, the Revolution. Congratulations to all its makers, and thank you for your dedication, effort, and creativity', he wrote.

On October 24, 1950, Unión Radio TV (Channel 4) was officially inaugurated and began broadcasting uninterrupted programming for more than eight hours a day throughout Havana.

A year later, CMQ Television's Channel 6 started its regular services, which places Cuba, together with Brazil and Mexico, as the founder of television stations in Latin America and the Caribbean...

With the triumph of the Revolution on January 1, 1959, Cuban television acquired a public and educational character under the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television guidance.

Several Cuban media and news organizations such as Prensa Latina have joined in the congratulations for the founding anniversary.

At present, Cuban television reaches audiences in other parts of the world through the Cubavisión Internacional channel founded in March 2003.

This channel has a 24-hour daily transmission of Spanish language programming for a potential audience of 18 million subscribers in Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Asian continent