''Telejornal'' is the

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television

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produced by state-owned

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(RTP). It is the longest running program in the history of

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as it has been broadcast daily since 18 October 1959. It aires every day at 20:00 WET/

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and is simulcast live on

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and RTP Play. The title translates as ''tele-journal'' and is one of the most viewed in the country. The term 'Telejornal' in Portugal has become synonymous with television news.

History

The predecessor to Telejornal, ''Jornal de Actualidades'', started on 15 February 1957. On 18 October 1959, ''Jornal de Actualidades'' was replaced by ''Telejornal'' with two editions, the main one at 20:30 with half an hour, and a late edition before sign-off, that rarely happened after 23:30. The first presenters were Mário Pires and Alberto Lopes, but the choice made by RTP was seen as flawed. The newscast suffered constant cuts from the censors, as well as technical problems Starting 1 November 1961, the weather reports were now seen in-vision from meteorologists, this time after the main news, as opposed to the late news, like it was before. The most famous weatherman, Anthímio de Azevedo, didn't join RTP until 1964. On 2 March 2009, RTP launched the video-on-demand service "O Meu Telejornal" through its website. Now, viewers can make their own newscast along with the news reports they want to see in the website anytime. On 14 January 2012, RTP decided to reduce the runtime of Telejornal to 45 minutes, in order to have a similar runtime and format of its European counterparts. On 31 August 2014, Telejornal broadcast without permission almost 3 minutes of the Lisbon derby match whose rights were owned by

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.RTP transmitted derby without permission
/ref> In 2015, RTP decided to return to the format of hour-long program.

Title cards

File:Telejornal.PNG, Old title card of ''Telejornal'', used until May 2008 File:Telejornalnew.PNG, Old title card of ''Telejornal'', used until 19 September 2011 Image:Logo Telejornal RTP 2011.jpg, Old title card of ''Telejornal'', used until 6 March 2016 File:Telejornal (RTP-2020).png, Old title card of ''Telejornal'', used until 24 October 2021

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