FPTV (short for Festival Portuguese Television) is a
Canadian
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Category B Portuguese language
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specialty channel. The channel's licensee is 1395047 Ontario Inc., a company founded by Frank Alvarez, in 2001.
FPTV broadcasts a variety of foreign and locally produced programs aimed at the Portuguese speaking communities in Canada from Portugal, Brazil, and Portugal's former African Colonies. Programs include sports, news,
telenovelas
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, and more. The majority of foreign programs are sourced from
SIC Internacional
SIC Internacional is SIC's international channel, which officially launched in September 1997 in France and has since expanded throughout the world. SIC Internacional is aimed at Portuguese viewers who live abroad and features programming from SIC ...
, one of the most popular private networks in Portugal.
History
In November 2000, Frank Alvarez was granted approval from the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to launch Festival Portuguese Television, described at the time as ''"a national ethnic Category 2 specialty television service targeting the Portuguese community, of which a significant source of foreign programming will be SIC International."
The channel launched on September 7, 2001 on
Rogers Cable in parts of Ontario.
Rogers to launch 67 new digital channels; fibre network gives advantage
Mediacaster Magazine 2001-08-31
References
External links
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SIC Internacional
Brazilian Canadian
Digital cable television networks in Canada
Multicultural and ethnic television in Canada
Television channels and stations established in 2001
Portuguese-Canadian culture
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