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81-450: It was launched on 25 December 1968 as the second regular television service in Portugal right after RTP's first channel was launched on 7 March 1957. Two regional channels followed, RTP Madeira on 6 August 1972 and RTP Açores on 10 August 1975. As RTP held a monopoly on television broadcasting in the country, they were the only television channels until the first commercial television

162-478: A 10% increase and reached 72.5% of homes in 2012. Outside of the internet, there are no regional or local television channels - with the exception of the autonomous state TV channels, RTP Açores and RTP Madeira -, although a couple of pay TV channels are partly or wholly dedicated to regional matters. Portuguese television is regulated by the Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social (ERC). In 1953,

243-455: A dois (the two). As a result, the channel was now forced to focus on children's programming, cultural interests and the civil society. By the time of the start of RTP2's broadcast, it didn't use any logo but has used the same logo as its sister channel RTP1. RTP2 began a 12-year period of changing logos alongside its sister channel RTP1, and that's why these two channels were changing their logos as well as their on-air identities at overall for

324-415: A group on behalf of Emissora Nacional de Radiodifusão (later RDP) was set up examining the feasibility of a television service in Portugal. The group started preliminary work for a network of television signals, with a budget on the order of 500,000 escudos. A foreign company had a proposal for the setup of the television network, including the possibility by a foreign company, with high foreign capital, making

405-411: A later stage. On April 30, it premiered Caça ao Tesouro , which was hosted by Catarina Furtado, who did the same for Chuva de Estrelas . By then, more programs reached the weekly top tens, including the primetime Globo telenovela, Ora Bolas Marina and Perdoa-me . June 1994 saw a breakthrough deal with TV Globo to gain exclusive rights to its telenovelas for a period of five years. On September 19,

486-771: A leading position, with the record-breaker being Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , as well as Bravo Bravissimo and A Viagem . An agreement in February brought the exclusive rights to the documentary series People's Century , co-produced by the BBC and WGBH . New programs by spring such as Globo's Irmãos Coragem and the local formats Assuntos de Família and Máquina da Verdade bought in high viewing figures. In April 1995, Jornal da Noite moved its weekend starting time to 21:00. The following month, it aired its first Venezuelan telenovela, Por amarte tanto . The positive results of

567-509: A lot of various times. Obviously, RTP2 were adopting a new logo as a separate entity in October 1977, and it were consisting of a stylish-lowercased rtp wordmark alongside the 2-numeral that is formed out of the letter t , because this logo is so famous for appearing on Zé Gato , that had been aired on RTP2. Sometimes when RTP's two TV channels commenced a 5-year period of sharing their same logo format with some different colors, RTP2 began to use

648-583: A new building in Paço de Arcos . Francisco Pinto Balsemão left SIC's supervision post in January 2017; from March 6, there were two directors of programming, Gabriela Sobral and Luís Proença. SIC renewed the rights to air the UEFA Europa League for the fourth consecutive cycle (2018-2014) for the annual price of €1,6 million. On June 21, 2020, SIC announced the premiere of Domingão , the first pimba program since

729-460: A new logo by adopting some new idents that continues to become computer-generated CGIs with a lot of vertical stripes in their various forms as the main theme. On 10 May 2016 at 21:00, RTP2 launched its current logo along with a new on-screen look, as well as new idents that use yellow, RTP2's signature color. Television in Portugal TV viewing share in 2023: Television in Portugal

810-511: A new logo on 14 June 1979, and eventually, its new logo were the same than RTP1's new logo, but the RTP1 wordmark are instead replaced with the RTP2 wordmark, because this logo is colored with yellow, so that's why yellow will be RTP2's favorite color. In February 1981, RTP2 got a new logo again and it were the same than RTP1's logo, but the 1-numeral are instead replaced with a red 2-numeral, especially that

891-431: A new look that is designed by Thomas Sabel at Novocom, and it will especially give an predominance to the actual people by adding the green color into its color scheme, and besides, from 2000, they were later changed into simply-looking graphics that are designed by BBC Broadcast , but these graphics were only used for promos and the 1998 idents continued to be used. The 2000 graphics were short-lived because they are lasting

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972-406: A period of six to nine months to build the channel, with an initial investment of one million contos. Foreign entities also showed interest, such as TV Globo and Silvio Berlusconi . The company was first registered in 1987, with Granada Television initially holding a 20% interest, with the rest being owned by Impala, Expresso and Projornal. Robert Maxwell's BPCC signed an agreement with one of

1053-464: A political view of the past week), and O Senhor que se Segue . For the second anniversary on October 6, the channel had a 24-hour programming marathon with feature films, music specials and the centerpiece, As Nossas Estrelas , a version of Chuva de Estrelas with the channel's presenters. By this time, there were serious chances for the channel to overtake Canal 1, but was weak in rights to football and production of game shows. Teresa Guilherme presented

1134-549: A programming largely based on talk shows, Brazilian soap operas produced by Globo , Portuguese soaps, game shows and sketch shows. Like the other major broadcaster, TVI , SIC airs international TV series such as Criminal Minds , the various CSI series and Entourage always after 1 a.m. SIC also relies largely on Globo productions, due to an exclusivity contract which obligates SIC to broadcast every soap opera produced. In-house productions include occasional reality shows and comedy sketch shows, which include Malucos do Riso ,

1215-481: A proposal for the building of the network and having the exclusive rights of the selling of television sets in the country for a determined period of time In July 1954, their report A Televisão em Portugal (Television in Portugal) was published and was built upon the following pillars: On March 7, 1957 public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) began broadcasting on RTP1 , the first television channel in

1296-424: A rock concert, two made-for-TV movies and a debate about Maastricht at Associação Comercial de Lisboa. Balsemão justified the schedule by criticizing RTP's practices of dumping imports at later timeslots. The channel employed a staff of 270 employees Regular transmissions began on 6 October 1992, becoming the first Portuguese private television channel. The channel opened at 16:30 with a news bulletin, followed by

1377-467: A short use until 2002 when RTP2 updates a new logo. On 28 January 2002, RTP2 were again upgrading a new logo alongside its sister channel RTP1, but this identity are only using one single ident that is used during the lifetime of this logo, and it consists of a representation of RTP2's logo in a white flash, with a dark orange background. On 5 January 2004 at 21:00, RTP2 dropped its RTP2 brand changed its name to "2:", also changing its identity, aiming for

1458-513: A strict cultural and educational programming (comparable to Arte ). RTP2 is the only broadcaster from Portugal that broadcasts programming without interruptions, ad breaks or in line messaging. Together with sister channel RTP1 , it became a 24-hour service in 2005. RTP2's line-up is devoted to worldwide recognized quality television content, institutional EU /national programming or advertising, television series, cinematography, documentary films, theatre and classical music. As of 2007, its share of

1539-416: A substantial amount of its programming to news, "not only political news, but also more general and active news, privileging live", according to Pinto Balsemão. The initial line-up had a prospective starting time of 18:30 on weekdays and 15:30 on weekends, ending every night at midnight. The channel would provider counter-programming to the remaining channels, with a wide variety of content. The months prior to

1620-509: A total of 1,065 hours In February 1980, it was announced that RTP was going to abolish the autonomous two-channel system, with RTP2 falling under RTP1's control again. Informação/2 was on track for liquidation as an autonomous unit. Informação/2 was replaced by Jornal da Noite in 1982, partly produced in the Porto studios. RTP2 started broadcasting from the Porto facilities on 27 June 1981, initially on weekends, before expanding to other days of

1701-478: A younger, yet general audience. All of its bumpers were genereted with CGI , and the sound consisted of a lot of electronic and classical sounding music, with prominent piano arrangements. On 19 March 2007, 2: retired its "2:" brand, and by that, it were reverting its channel name back to the original name as RTP2, thus reviving the "RTP2" brand, but at the same time for resurrecting the RTP2's original name, it implemented

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1782-430: Is a Portuguese television network and media company, which runs several television channels. Their flagship channel is the eponymous SIC, the third terrestrial television station in Portugal, launched on 6 October 1992. SIC is owned by Grupo Impresa , a Portuguese media conglomerate. It is one of the two private free-to-air channels in Portugal, among the seven terrestrial free-to-air channels broadcasting from

1863-566: Is focusing on the Portuguese discoveries, and that's how it were used as RTP2's anthem film during its on-air identity. Later, on 14 September 1992, RTP2 became rebranded as RTP TV2 , and by that, it introduced a new logo which is based on a stylized yellow-colored stripe that is forming a "2"-numeral, while it is beside to two pieces of quartz that is forming the word "TV", and however, this logo came up with some various idents that are featuring at that time some prominently yellow stripes. The logo

1944-527: Is formed up of three lines that is colored red, green, and purple, although they are forming a larger 2-numeral which will contain a picture that can be seen from the transitory phase which will lead into RTP2's next on-air identity. On 17 September 1990, RTP2 introduced a new logo which consists of a 2-numeral that is supposed to be an permanent, white and opaque DOG , although it depicts a handwritten " 2 "-numeral, and it were eventually coming up with some idents that consists of mainly on several fruit chopped in

2025-504: Is similar to RTP1's new logo, but eventually, the 1-numeral are still again replaced by the 2-numeral while it is beside to the "RTP" wordmark, although it is using the Sinaloa typeface while appearing inside a rectangle. From December 1985, RTP2 got a new logo that consists of a red 2-numeral that is drawn out of three lines while the RTP wordmark are colored with royal blue although it is underneath

2106-454: The 1991 Portuguese legislative election led to a delay in the private television process, which meant that the channel would start broadcasting by 1993; unless a decision was made from the media regulator AACS, SIC was confident in starting its broadcasts by May 1992. The channel initially (until January 2019) broadcast from converted studios in Carnaxide , which belonged to TYE. In 1992, SIC

2187-524: The European Audiovisual Observatory it occupies the last place out of the 34 European countries with the weakest offer on digital terrestrial television. Due to this, most Portuguese are subscribers of cable (HFC) or IPTV (DSL or FTTH) platforms, in percentages higher than in the rest of Europe and these platforms are well developed with many channels. During the transition from analog to DTT, subscription-based television services experienced

2268-485: The Guinness Book of Records , among them the longest period subject to hypnotism (75 hours), the longest dance (101 hours) and the longest kiss, with SIC stretching for 75 hours (the previous record held by an Israeli couple in 1999 was of 31 hours). In 2005, TVI , after recovering from a financial crisis, overtook SIC in the ratings. In September that year, Manuel Fonseca left the post of director of programming after

2349-423: The RTP wordmark are appearing under the 2-numeral although it is also colored with red. Later, on 21 March 1983, RTP2 adopted another new logo which is same than RTP1's new logo, and by that, this new logo came up with an ident that contains some music which is a crescendoing synthesizer tune that is sounding very similar to THX's Deep Note . In the spring of 1984, RTP2 were launching yet another new logo that

2430-427: The 15% of its shares on SIC. Around that time, SIC was facing a crisis and had to cut €5 million from its budget for 2003. The channel's finances fell €90.29 million in the first nine months of 2002 alone. On 6 November, SIC's staff made a plenary session regarding the financial situation of the channel, and announced that they would convene again on 20 November. SIC in this period was in charge of several entries for

2511-1077: The 2010s, high definition gained more traction as the standard quality for TV broadcasts with by the end of the decade most television channels having an HD feed. However, high definition is still only available through pay TV services since, as of 2023, it has yet to be implemented for Portuguese Terrestrial Digital Television. Optimus Clix has launched in 2006 a service called SmarTV (rebranded as Optimus Clix TV), provided on Amino and Motorola STBs, with VoD provided by Kasenna MediaBase video servers. The service would be merged into ZON in 2014 to create NOS. PT Comunicações / Portugal Telecom , now Altice Portugal, has also launched its own IPTV service called MEO , after spuning off its subsidiary PT Multimédia (now NOS) in 2007. Vodafone also launched an IPTV service called Vodafone Casa TV, now just simply known as Vodafone TV. All cable providers in Portugal, NOS and Nowo , introduced digital television (DVB-C). However, some providers still offer analog cable. Digital satellite services have existed since 1998. Currently,

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2592-542: The Dutch format Labyrinth and the return of Roque Santeiro to Portuguese television. It also aired highlights of the 1993 Giro d'Italia . In June, it had swapped the airtimes of Globo's Renascer and Jornal da Noite due to the Brazilian series' unsatisfactory results. SIC celebrated its first anniversary with new programs, Chuva de Estrelas (adaptation of Soundmixshow ) with Catarina Furtado , E o Resto é Conversa ,

2673-476: The Portuguese government issued a decree in Diário da República to limit government influence in the media industry, while opening the television sector to the private initiative. Among the companies interested for the license were SOJORNAL (owner of Expresso) among other publishing companies. In the wake of these events, Francisco Pinto Balsemão created SIC, in a consortium of more than ten companies, led by Sojornal,

2754-413: The cancellation of Portugal em Festa four years earlier. Created to support pimba artists in the wake of the pandemic, the program replaced the regular Sunday afternoon movie slot. SIC has not returned to regular Sunday afternoon movies since and has been criticized in 2021 by Vicente Alves do Ó for being an "unending hell", refusing to support artists of other genres. SIC lost its ratings to TVI for

2835-405: The channel as TV2 and reface it completely were in response to the launch of SIC on 6 October, with a controversial campaign featuring a woman pregnant of a television set. As TV2, the channel's slogan was A Outra TV . In 1994, TV2 was forced to focus entirely on minorities, causing major changes to the channel's schedule. High-profile football matches and telenovelas were transferred from TV2 to

2916-594: The channel caused projections in June to suggest that, out of the four terrestrial channels, only SIC would bring in profits in 1995. In July, Irmãos Coragem was replaced by A Próxima Vítima . The channel also controversially broadcast two programs from the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God 's Portuguese division outside regular broadcast hours; the sect was being investigated at the time. In 1996, Joe Berardo became

2997-456: The channel premiered Insónias , a late night current slot for current affairs programming, and the new Globo series A Viagem . It also broadcast the 1994 Emmy Awards . The strand consisted of five programs, Tostões and Milhões (which had existed before, economics); A Noite da Má Língua , Internacional SIC (international in-depth reports); Flashback (TV version of the TSF format of the same name,

3078-525: The channel were also lowered. In order to attract a wider male audience, SIC started airing Playboy Late Night on 5 February 1993, on Friday nights. To counter RTP's rights to air Formula 1 , SIC secured the rights to the Indycar Series in March 1993, at a time where Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet competed. In May the channel premiered the hidden camera show Minas e Armadilhas , Labirinto , adapted from

3159-660: The controller of the newly-separate channel, being nicknamed as " Canal Lopes " (the Lopes channel). RTP2 also gained a separate news team for Informação/2 , at 22:00, which employed 25 journalists compared to RTP1's 40. Competition between the two channels was touted as "qualitative but not absurd". Under Fernando Lopes, RTP2 gave prominence to programming outside of traditional concepts seen on RTP1, with topics ranging from analysis of societal issues to science and culture. Imported programming in this phase included I, Claudius , Spider-Man and Flash Gordon . That year alone, RTP2 broadcast

3240-441: The country. A second RTP channel, RTP2 , started broadcasting on December 25, 1968. By the mid-1980s, satellite television with foreign channels started to become an alternative to the existing monopoly, while the government was opening the bidding process to the private sector. By August 1987, no less than 60,000 satellite dishes were installed. By 1988, with the ongoing discussions for the creation of private television stations,

3321-448: The country. It was the most-watched channel in Portugal from 1995 to 2005, and again from 2019 to today. Plans for a third television channel were enacted as far back as January 1983, where it was initially suggested that the channel would be a cultural and educational service to fill in the gaps in the country's deficient educational system. By April, it was revealed that the channel was scheduled to launch by 1986. On October 27, 1986,

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3402-498: The early hours of October 7, with a special gala scheduled for October 6. To fill in the overnight schedules, the channel aired themed movie nights. After the celebrations, SIC reprogrammed People's Century with additional commentary from former president Mário Soares . In its initial years, it acquired a large audience, eventually overtaking RTP1 by 1995. SIC became widely known across Europe for achieving high viewing figures just two to three years after launching, as well as being

3483-442: The failures of Esquadrão G and Senhora Dona Lady . His replacement was Francisco Penim, who was previously in charge of the cable channels. In the first semester of 2005 alone, SIC was behind TVI. Aside from RTP1 taking over second place in 2007, 2009 and 2010, for the next fourteen years, SIC would be in second place until overtaking TVI in 2019. Penim left SIC in January 2008 after resigning from his post by mutual agreement. He

3564-709: The first MTV program, the American series Guys Next Door , the game show Responder à Letra (adapted from Catchphrase), the telenovela Plumas e Paetês , Praça Pública at 19:30, Jornal da Noite at 20:00 followed by the Globo miniseries Tereza Batista ; in Noite de Estreia the channel presented its first film, War of the Roses ; the schedule ended with The Benny Hill Show and the late news. The channel's initial strategy depended mainly on Canal 1 's programming which started minutes later due to

3645-448: The first daytime talk show on a private channel, with Teresa Guilherme , Conversas Curtas with Carneiro Jacinto, comedy series Ora Bolas Marina with actress Marina Mota , new episodes of The Raven and the premieres of Melrose Place , Highlander: The Series and Love & War . The channel's share was now averaging 15%, thanks to the increase of national productions. Melrose Place aired in its Brazilian Portuguese dub, at

3726-516: The first hour. The MTV programs moved to the noon slot, after almost a year airing before closedown. Jornal da Noite reverted to the 8pm timeslot. On weekends, the channel premiered Home Improvement . Later, in February, with the premiere of O Mapa da Mina , the MTV programs disappeared. On 14 March, the channel premiered O Juiz Decide , the first court case program on Portuguese television. The trials were initially recorded, aiming to make them live at

3807-671: The first time in early November, with a match between Sporting and Porto airing at 16:00, the same time as Benfica-Boavista on TV2 . In an act of desperation, Canal 1 programmed Who Framed Roger Rabbit at the last minute. The ratings miracle was limited to the match on SIC, with most of the audience moving to Canal 1 after the match ended. First impressions for the channel's first month turned out to be "satisfying" for Balsemão due to its "high level" programming and ratings that were higher than counterparts in other European countries. To counter Canal 1's premiere of Pedra Sobre Pedra , SIC premiered De Corpo e Alma , prompting Canal 1 to move

3888-425: The first time in five years in February 2024. In return, the channel sent a plane to TVI's facilities with the phrase "Thank you for giving us (the) fight". In July it became the first over-the-air channel to air a Turkish series, after the success of such productions on its cable channels, with a dubbed version of Kızım that had previously aired on SIC K. SIC Mulher aired the subtitled version. Nowadays, SIC has

3969-495: The first two months on air alone; the signal had already reached 71% of Portuguese households, up from 54% on launch day. SIC reshuffled its programming in January 1993, weeks ahead of the launch of TVI. Among the highlights was the Lorimar soap Knots Landing , which had never been aired before in Portugal. Its premiere caused its afternoon programming for children to move to weekends, starting earlier at 12:00. Advertising rates for

4050-607: The impending legalization of commercial television in Portugal, RTP2 was the center of discussions regarding the potential scenario where the Portuguese Catholic Church would either license part of the channel's schedule in a "prime slot". The scenario was proven unviable and the Church opted for a private television license. On 17 September 1990, RTP 2 was renamed Canal 2 , promoted as "a valid and agressive alternative", then to TV2 on 14 September 1992. The decision to rename

4131-448: The implementing of RTP's new corporate logo, RTP TV2 decided to revive its original name, and so, it were reverting its name back to its original brand as RTP2 , thus getting a new logo which consists of a white "2"-numeral that is inside a light-orange-colored background along with the "RTP" wordmark which is underneath in white color, although it is overlaid in a dark blue background, as RTP2's new-looking idents are consisting of mainly on

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4212-564: The largest individual shareholder of the channel, holding 19% of the shares. In early 1997, the channel claimed an audience share of 50%. In March, SIC shot scenes in the Super Buéréré studio for the upcoming anniversary of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. At the time, it was recurrent for the program to talk about foreign cultures. The channel celebrated its fifth anniversary with an uninterrupted marathon of programming between October 3 and

4293-509: The logo that is flashed on several themes such as typewriters , stripes (a reference to the previous identity), and some dancing people, although these idents are getting accompanied by RTP2's orchestral tune with some prominent arrangements of a harp , violin and cello , but these idents along with the channel's overall imagery are continuing to be, by far, one of the most original and creative ever made on Portuguese television, so later, on 12 October 1998, RTP2 redesigned its 1996 identity with

4374-429: The main service. Regular broadcasts started on 21 November 1970. In 1971, the channel added an extra hour to its daily schedule, now starting at 20:30. As the 1970s progressed, the channel slowly started to add (predominantly European) shows on the schedule that RTP1 did not air. On 16 October 1978, RTP decided to separate RTP-1 and RTP/2 , giving each channel their own teams and news operations. Fernando Lopes became

4455-399: The middle by the logo, though it gets accompanied by synthesized pieces of music, and besides, there is also a startup ident which consists of something for what it should look like a chalkboard that is drawing of a line which will enter into a TV set until it later forms the logo, but there is also a closedown ident which consist of an animation with the same style that has been used for why it

4536-428: The middle of the year. 25 to 30 percent of the initial schedule would be given to news, while the entertainment programming was given to independent production companies, under the status of "associated producers". During the three-month period from January 2 to April 2, 1991, Balsemão's SIC was among the contenders for the license. In 1991, the licenses were granted to SIC and TVI. In an initial phase, SIC would devote

4617-421: The more mainstream channel, Canal 1 and the channel's ratings started to vertiginously decrease. On 29 April 1996, the channel's name reverted to RTP2, carrying the same scheduling format as TV2. The channel started to relay Euronews in Portuguese at certain times. Commercial advertising was now prohibited towards the new millennium. On 5 January 2004, the channel renamed once again, becoming 2: , pronounced

4698-510: The national audience was 5%-7%. RTP studied the hypothesis of launching a second channel in 1967, these plans went into fruition in 1968. The service (going under the unofficial name of II Programa ) began broadcasting on 25 December 1968 on the UHF band, broadcasting to large urban centres, simply relaying programming from the first network over the course of two hours every night. In 1969, the channel had 1012 hours of operation, living upon repeats from

4779-421: The new game show Destino X , which was filmed in locations around the world. Ahead of Christmas, the channel premiered Pátria Minha , retitled as Vidas Cruzadas . January 1995 saw the premiere of Walker, Texas Ranger . The channel had doubled its viewing figures in 1994 alone alongside those of TVI; the channel was on track to surpass Canal 1 that year. On New Year's Day, several programs brought SIC to

4860-406: The number of satellite television users arose to 1 million. A number of pirate television stations existed at this time, with rudimentary equipment and limited programming. These stations were shut down by CTT officials. Private commercial channels were launched in the early 1990s, with SIC on October 6, 1992, and TVI on February 20, 1993. In 2021, the 24-hour television news channel TVI 24

4941-490: The parent company of Expresso. Balsemão stressed the need for a private channel at a time where the Portuguese cultural identity was facing a crisis, due to the emergence of satellite television, relays of Spanish channels, the ill-fated Europa TV and video stores. By then it alongside the Catholic Church (what would become TVI ) were the contenders for the private television licenses. Balsemão announced that it would take

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5022-670: The potential contenders, Emaudio SA, on September 23, 1987. For this end, Canal 3 was created, with João Tito de Morais and Raul Junqueiro as presidents. In the summer of 1988, Emaudio planned to start the channel by November that year. In its experimental phase, in a period of five months, the channel would broadcast for six hours a day. The broadcast of the channel was set to be done from London or Luxembourg . Satellite issues delayed Canal 3's launch to 1989. The companies that held shares in SIC in 1990 said that private television would only start in 1992, with SIC intending to start broadcasting in

5103-473: The premiere two days in advance. By mid-November, its signal had reached the Algarve region and coastal Alentejo , two weeks ahead of schedule. To intensify the war, SIC promised that it would start airing De Corpo e Alma seven minutes before Pedra Sobre Pedra on Canal 1 and would provide call-in competitions with cars and trips to Brazil as prizes. By December it had billings in excess of 1.2 million contos in

5184-555: The providers are NOS and MEO operating in Hispasat . All operators had mobile TV under UMTS platforms. It was abandoned in favor of web-TV applications for mobile devices. Yearly average viewing shares of the five main television channels in Portugal since 1992: Monthly viewing shares in October 2024: Sociedade Independente de Comunica%C3%A7%C3%A3o SIC (acronym of full name Sociedade Independente de Comunicação ) ("Independent Communication Society")

5265-668: The public service broadcaster RTP (with 2 being regional channels that broadcast FTA only in the Madeira and Azores Autonomous Regions), two are from private broadcasters (SIC and TVI) and one is owned by the Assembly of the Republic and broadcasts parliamentary sessions (like BBC Parliament ). See Digital terrestrial television in Portugal HD broadcasts in Portugal began around the late 2000s mostly for sports events through temporary channels. During

5346-452: The reformulation of lottery draws due to the launch of SIC. As an example, the channel programmed sitcoms at the timeslot where it was scheduled to air on Canal 1, in an attempt to lure viewers. More than one week after launch, it aired the derby between Sporting and Benfica. The first football match broadcast by a private television channel in Portugal had a more complex camera setup than RTP and had not been employed by Portuguese television at

5427-611: The same time as TVI started airing The A-Team in the same format. The airing of dubbed versions raised concerns from the Portuguese Association for Deaf People. For the Christmas season of 1993, SIC started broadcasting at 11:00 on weekdays. On December 22 it screened the Timewatch documentary about Mao Zedong , which was followed by a debate. In late January 1994, SIC started broadcasting at 12:00 on weekdays, airing repeats in

5508-577: The subject of an Arte documentary known as Cette Télévision est la Vôtre (This Television is Yours), directed by Mariana Otero . Emídio Rangel quit SIC in August 2001, moving to RTP in the process, as the channel was starting to face a fall in ratings due to the rise of TVI, as well as the fall in Impresa's stocks. In September, the post of director of programming was occupied by Manuel Fonseca. Globo, in order to solve its debt issues in 2002, proceeded to sell

5589-405: The symbol, but the RTP wordmark were soon adopted on RTP's logo within the following year. On 13 October 1986, RTP2 were again getting another new logo that gets changed into a rounded rectangle which has the RTP wordmark appearing to the left of the side of the 2-numeral. On 2 December 1988, RTP2 were yet again relaunching its on-air identity with a new logo that consists of a 2-numeral which

5670-506: The time. A breakthrough agreement was signed with MCA- Universal Television in late October providing the channel access to series that have never aired on Portuguese television to date, as well as a package of 100 feature films. The channel also aired the Italian "sexy game" Colpo Grosso which was heavily criticized for its topless women. Colpo Grosso was the channel's most popular show in its early months on air. SIC surpassed Canal 1 for

5751-577: The week. In February 1982, RTP2's coverage extended to the Algarve region following reconstruction work of the Fóia transmitter. On 5 May 1986, the channel started relaying the Europa TV experiment, airing the channel's programming between 16:30 and 20:00. RTP had joined the project on 24 June 1985. The launch of Europa TV on RTP2 was delayed several times, in 1986 it was the first time a pan-European television network

5832-484: Was also keen on providing sponsorship agreements for the clubs involved. An agreement with Sporting CP was signed to sponsor the team's shirts. In September, architect Tomás Taveira was appointed for the design of the studios. On October 1, 1992 (mere days after starting its signal at least in Lisbon), SIC held its first experimental broadcast. During a five day period, the channel broadcast an international soccer match,

5913-419: Was designed by Monika Cabral, a Brazilian working for the Portuguese arm of Young & Rubicam , and was the result of a competition at with sixty entries, which were shortlisted to the three best. The designer took three weeks to conceive it. In 1994, the graphics were slightly changing to a yellow background with some various stripes, but the logo were remaining the same. On 29 April 1996, to coincide with

5994-457: Was initially scheduled to be the head of the network's news division, announced that he would continue working on RTP; his post on SIC was filled by Emídio Rangel . In May 1992, it had signed a three-year contract with MTV to carry its content for five hours a week on the upcoming channel. That same month, it confirmed October as its launch month and had spent 4.5 million contos in installation and equipment. Its relationship with Lusomundo, which

6075-496: Was introduced in 1956 (test broadcasts) by Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (now named Rádio e Televisão de Portugal ), which held the nationwide television monopoly until late 1992. Regular broadcasting was introduced on March 7, 1957. Colour transmissions were introduced on March 10, 1980. Digital terrestrial television (DTT) was introduced at a very late stage when compared to other countries in Europe and with limited channels. According to

6156-418: Was launched on 6 October 1992, when SIC started broadcasting nationwide. Commonly referred as the "Second" ( O Segundo ), and for a time rebranded as "A Dois" (Portuguese for the (channel) two ), it is nowadays referred to as RTP2. Similar to BBC Two , RTP2 aims at less mainstream and more intellectual content. RTP2 is the only of several Portuguese and European national/international channels that has

6237-676: Was owned by a consortium led by Francisco Pinto Balsemão , backed by Controljornal , TSF , Rádio Comercial , Lusomundo , Expresso , Impala Editores and Globo. The government granted licenses to SIC and TVI on February 6, 1992, giving a period of one year before starting broadcasts. SIC was initially set to start broadcasting at 17:30 on weekdays and 15:30 on weekends, closing down after midnight. The channel planned four news bulletins and "different, intelligent and popular" entertainment offerings, such as TV series, movies, talk shows and game shows. By March, SIC announced that it would tentatively start broadcasts on October 1. José Eduardo Moniz , who

6318-411: Was part of SIC's launch consortium, was severed. By July, it had secured rights to four matches of the three largest football teams of the Portuguese league. Agreements with CNN, Visnews and WTN were also made, in order to supply news footage for the channel. Ahead of launch and thanks to the football agreement, a rights war between RTP and SIC had started before the latter started its transmissions. SIC

6399-481: Was relayed live on terrestrial television. As soon as Europa TV closed, some Music Box shows were relayed on the channel. Agora Escolha premiered in the same year, a phone-in show which allowed the viewer to choose from two different TV shows. It got cancelled in the mid-90s, apart from a brief (and web-centric) revival in 2011 on RTP Memória. The channel increased its broadcasting hours in October 1986, which included an in-depth news service at 9pm, Jornal das 9 . With

6480-647: Was replaced by Nuno Santos. The previous administration put its ratings in third place, behind RTP1. Nuno Santos left SIC in August 2011, moving to RTP's news division. In 2011, Impresa opened SIC's new Porto studios in Matosinhos, on the site of a former slaughterhouse. The studios also holds the newsrooms of Expresso, Visão, the Caras magazine, the web portal AEIOU.pt and Infoportugal. In 2019, SIC, along with its parent company Impresa , relocated from its studios in Carnaxide to

6561-445: Was revamped and started to broadcast as CNN Portugal . In December 2021, Lisbon -headquartered investment management firm Alpac Capital signed an agreement to buy a controlling stake in the pan-European television news network Euronews from Egyptian telecoms magnate Naguib Sawiris . Analog broadcasts in Portugal were discontinued on April 26, 2012. There are eight free-to-air channels on Portuguese terrestrial TV: 6 are owned by

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