Canal Futura (''Futura Channel''), also known as Futura, is a Brazilian paid educational television channel. It belongs to the

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operators, and satellite dishes.

History

The station was established in 1999 as a project of the Fundação Roberto Marinho (''Roberto Marinho Foundation''). It has since become a reference as a project of

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and relevant experience of social investment. The Canal Futura was created to bring the entire Brazilian population, especially the lower classes, knowledge that can be applied to everyday life, generating and proposing changes to a better integration in the labor market, family life, school and social.
The station is financially supported by the following partners maintainers: National Confederation of Industry of Brazil (CNI), Federation of Industries of the State of

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Target Audience

Futura is mainly aimed at classes C and D, and is aimed at young people, workers, housewives and educators. Its goal is that all the productions exhibited can be seen and used by the widest range of people, the city and the countryside. By 2015 the channel was also heavily focused on children, broadcasting cartoons similar to TV Cultura, but they were removed in favor of

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* {{Authority control Mass media in Rio de Janeiro (city) Television channels and stations established in 1999 Globosat Grupo Globo subsidiaries Portuguese-language television stations in Brazil 1999 establishments in Brazil