Original sentence: After Hugo Chavez was elected the President of Venezuela in 1998, the station became the loudest voice of the opposition to his Bolivarian Revolution, and in 2002 it supported the failed coup d'état against Chavez.The loss of license did not affect the station's right to broadcast over satellite or cable.Venezuelan government seized and started using RCTV's broadcast equipment, based on a ruling issued by the Chávez-controlled Supreme Court of Justice (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia  or TSJ), which allowed government sponsored TVes to broadcast throughout Venezuela.When the station's 20 year broadcasting license ran out in 2007, the Venezuelan government refused to renew of the license, and the station was consequently taken off air on May 27, 2007
Edited sentence: Chávez's government seized and started using RCTV's broadcast equipment, backed by a controversial ruling issued by the Chávez-controlled Supreme Court of Justice (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia  or TSJ).It was replaced by the state-sponsored channel, TVes.On May 27 2007, the Venezuelan government took the channel, which President Hugo Chávez said had tried to undermine his government, off the air by denying the renewal of its broadcasting license.The ruling allowed Chávez's TVes to broadcast throughout Venezuela