RTP Internacional (RTPi) is a Portuguese

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television channel owned and operated by state-owned

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Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's

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television service, and is known for broadcasting a mix of programming from other RTP's channels, together with special ''Contacto'' programmes aimed at Portuguese communities in Europe, Africa, the Americas, as well as Macao and East Timor.

History

It first started broadcasting via

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in Europe on 10 June 1992 (

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). It soon expanded into Africa, where it reached audiences in

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countries, as well as Canada, United States, Brazil and into Asia. It is also available on the Internet, via a subscription to the service JumpTV or with Octoshape. On 7 January 1998, RTPi ceased terrestrial broadcasting to Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa, and was replaced by a new separate service, called RTP África, which was available as a terrestrial TV service in some countries, as well as being available via satellite, but RTPi continues to broadcast in Angola and Mozambique. RTPi is carried by satellite television services across Africa in various countries such as South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. RTPi programming is also retransmitted by

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(TdM) in Macao, and by Televisão Timor Leste (TVTL) in East Timor, together with local broadcasts. In March 2005 it began 'time-shifting' its programming, with three separate schedules for the Americas, Europe, and Asia, so that viewers in different time zones could watch programmes at more convenient times. In 2017, the TV and radio service – RTP Internacional and RDP, respectively – of RTP, as well as the Portuguese news agency Lusa, were suspended from operating in Guinea-Bissau. The measure was announced by Bissau-Guinean minister for the media, Vítor Pereira. He justified the decision with end of the contracts with RTP and Lusa. The Portuguese government considered the decision to be "unacceptable" and an "attack on freedom of expression, while Reporters Without Borders condemned that same decision. Lusa was eventually allowed to operate in the country, but RTP Internacional and RDP were not.

Distribution

RTP Internacional is available across all of North America for free via

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and Intelsat 805. It is also available as a pay service via Dish Network in the United States and Rogers Cable and NexTV (IPTV Platform) in Canada. For years, the channel was carried in Australia and New Zealand via

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. In 2013, RTP Internacional returned to these countries via Luso Vision, which focuses on Portuguese, Brazilian and Chilean programming.

References

External links

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RTP Internacional Live Stream on RTP Play
{{Authority control Cable television in the United States International broadcasters Television channels in Angola Television channels in Mozambique Television stations in China Television stations in Spain Television stations in East Timor Television stations in Portugal Portuguese-language television stations Mass media in Macau Television channels and stations established in 1992 Rádio e Televisão de Portugal