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Rádio E Televisão De Portugal
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) is the public service broadcasting organisation of Portugal. It operates four national television channels and three national radio stations, as well as several satellite and cable offerings. The current company dates from 2007, with the merger of two previously separate companies Radiodifusão Portuguesa (RDP; the radio broadcaster) and Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (television broadcaster), although they had been grouped under a single holding company and common branding since 2004. RTP is funded by the ''taxa de contribuição audiovisual'' (broadcasting contribution tax), which is incorporated in electricity bills, and television advertising revenues. History Radio The Emissora Nacional de Radiodifusão - usually referred to by its abbreviated designation Emissora Nacional (EN) - was established on 4 August 1935 as the public national radio broadcaster, inheriting the previous broadcasting operations of the Portuguese postal service (CT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commercial Broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship. It was the United States′ first model of radio (and later television) during the 1920s, in contrast with the public television model in Europe during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, which prevailed worldwide, except in the United States and Brazil, until the 1980s. Features Advertising Commercial broadcasting is primarily based on the practice of airing radio advertisements and television advertisements for profit. This is in contrast to public broadcasting, which receives government subsidies and usually does not have paid advertising interrupting the show. During pledge drives, some public broadcasters will interrupt shows to ask for donations. In the United States, non-commercial educational (NCE) television and radio exists in the form of community radio; however, premium cable servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTP2
RTP2 (''RTP dois'') is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's second television channel, and is known for broadcasting cultural, factual and children's programming without interruptions, including documentaries, concerts, theatre and independent, European and classic cinema. 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 was launched on 6 October 1992, when SIC started broadcasting nationwide. Commonly referred as the "Second" (''O Segundo''), and for a time rebranded as ''"Dois"'' (Portuguese for ''two''), it is nowadays refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expresso (newspaper)
''Expresso'' () is a flagship weekly publication of the Impresa Group for Portugal. History ''Expresso'' was first published on 6 January 1973. The founder was Francisco Pinto Balsemão. The paper is based in Lisbon and is published on a weekly basis. The newspaper is part of the Portuguese company Impresa, which also controls various magazines, including ''Caras'' and ''Visão'', among the others. ''Expresso'' was published in broadsheet format until September 2006 when it switched to Berliner format. It is the first Portuguese paper to be published in Berliner format. A weekly newspaper, it incorporates various supplements, covering general news, business, sports, international news, entertainment, society, a magazine, recruitment and real estate classified supplements, as well as having a site on the Internet. It is particularly known for its editorial independence and its probing political reporting. The Prémio Pessoa is a notable Portuguese award instituted in 1987 by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lusomundo
NOS Audiovisuais (formerly ZON Lusomundo) is a Portuguese integrated media corporation founded in 1953, which has major interests in movie distribution, cinema theaters and media assets. It was founded with the purpose of movie distribution, and had a very close relation with the biggest studios (it is currently the Portuguese licensee of United International Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Miramax Films and DreamWorks SKG). In the 1980s Lusomundo started acquiring newspapers, including ''Comércio do Porto'', ''Diário de Notícias'' and ''Jornal de Notícias''. In the early 1990s, it acquired TSF Rádio Notícias and minority stakes of TVI. In 2000, PT Multimédia made a successful takeover of Lusomundo. Since then, Lusomundo was split into two companies with different owners: *Lusomundo Audiovisuais, which controls the cinema and movie distribution assets *Lusomundo Media (now owned by Global Media Group), which controls other media asset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSF (radio Station)
TSF is a Portuguese radio station, founded in 1989 and broadcasting from Lisbon. TSF is one of the three main Portuguese radio news stations, alongside Antena 1 and Rádio Renascença. Its programs are focused on news. It was legally founded, though its first broadcast on 29 February 1988 was not legal, because at that time private radios were forbidden in Portugal. TSF is part of the Portuguese Global Media Group Global Media Group (formerly Controlinveste) is a Portuguese media holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does .... In February 2020, it had an audience share of 3.7% or 317,000 listeners Programs The station's programs include political commentary, debate and sports. Programs are published on the station website and are also available on podcast platforms. References External links Official site {{Authority control Former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impresa
Impresa (full name: IMPRESA Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA) () is a Portuguese media conglomerate, headquartered in Paço de Arcos, in Oeiras municipality. It is the owner of SIC TV channel, and ''Expresso'' newspaper, among other leading media, like several magazine publications. A third online business segment was launched under the name Impresa Digital. The company, which was founded by Francisco Pinto Balsemão, is listed on the Euronext Lisbon stock exchange. History The origins of Impresa goes back to 1972. In 1991 the company established a holding company, the Balsemão group. Next year it started the first private television channel, SIC, in Portugal. In 2011 the company established Media Rumo SA in Angola. Television * SIC * SIC Notícias * SIC Mulher * SIC Radical * SIC K * SIC Caras * SIC Internacional SPT Publications (Impresa Publishing) In 2018 Portuguese company Trust in News (TIN) acquired the magazines owned by Impresa, except Expresso and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIC (Portugal)
SIC (acronym of full name Sociedade Independente de Comunicação) ("Independent Communication Society") 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 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 the country. It too, is the most-watched channel in Portugal from 1995 to 2005, and again from 2019 to today. Other channels operated by SIC carried on satellite and cable TV in Portugal are: *SIC Notícias, news channel; * SIC Radical, general entertainment channel targeting a younger audience; *SIC Mulher, general entertainment channel targeting a female audience; *SIC K, general entertainment channel targeting kids; *SIC Internacional, an international channel which broadca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal Telecom
Altice Portugal (formerly known as Portugal Telecom or PT) is the largest telecommunications service provider in Portugal. Since June 2, 2015, the company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Altice Europe, a multinational cable and telecommunications company with a presence in France, Israel, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, French West Indies/Indian Ocean Area, the Dominican Republic, and Switzerland. The assets in Portugal were sold to Altice in 2015 per request of Oi SA to reduce debt. The African assets were mostly sold for the same reason. Portugal Telecom, SGPS SA was split in separate companies: PT Portugal (now Altice Portugal) and Pharol (formerly PT SGPS), which owns a 27,5% stake in Oi. History The first telephone experiments in Portugal connected Carcavelos to the Central do Cabo in Lisbon, in 1877. In 1882, the Edison Gower-Bell Telephone Company was established in both Lisbon and Porto, to develop the respective telephone service concessions. In 1887, the conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Portuguese Constituent Assembly Election
Constituent Assembly elections were carried out in Portugal on 25 April 1975, exactly one year after the Carnation Revolution. The election elected all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal), Portuguese Constituent Assembly. It was the first free election held in Portugal since 1925 Portuguese legislative election, 1925, and only the seventh free election in all of Portuguese history. Turnout was a record 91.66 percent, which remains (as of 2022) the highest ever in any Portuguese democratic elections (General, Regional, Local or European). The main aim of the election was the election of a Constituent Assembly, in order to write a Constitution of Portugal, new constitution to replace the Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo regime's authoritarian Constitution of Portugal#Constitution of 1933, Constitution of 1933 and so this freely-elected parliament had a single-year mandate and no government was based on Responsible government, parliamentary support; the country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Américo Thomaz
Domingo Jhonny Vega Urzúa (born December 24, 1977, in Arica, Chile), commonly known as Américo, is a Chilean singer. He became known as the lead artist of Américo y la Nueva Alegría. He is the son of a locally known boleros singer, Melvin "Corazón" Américo. Americo was a coach on the second season of La Voz Ecuador in 2016. Biography Beginnings Américo started his musical career at the 8 years old, when unexpectedly, he had to replace his brother Darwin, who had to sing in the ''Carnaval del Parque Lauca'', one of the most populated areas of Arica. After that, he started participating in local and regional festivals. When he was 9 years old, he recorded his debut album, ''Para mis padres'', and later released his second album, ''Mi colegiala'', while he was a teenager. When he released his album ''Tropicalmente Américo'', he was discovered by the bando Alegría, who at the time, were without a vocalist, and they invited him to join the band. With the band, Americo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module ''Eagle'' on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later, and they spent about two and a quarter hours together exploring the site they had named Tranquility Base upon landing. Armstrong and Aldrin collected of lunar material to bring back to Earth as pilot Michael Collins flew the Command Module ''Columbia'' in lunar orbit, and were on the Moon's surface for 21 hours, 36 minutes before lifting off to rejoin ''Columbia''. Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 at 13:32 UTC, and it was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program. The Apollo spacecraft had three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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