TV Senado (Portuguese for ''Senate TV'') is a Brazilian television network responsible for broadcasting activity from the
Brazilian Senate. It was created in 1996 by the Brazilian Senate. The channel broadcasts 24h from the Senate.
TV Senado broadcasts on
YouTube
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, on its own channel started in December 2010.
During the
impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, the 36th president of Brazil, began on 2 December 2015 with a petition for her impeachment being accepted by Eduardo Cunha, then president of the Chamber of Deputies, and continued into late 2016. Dilma Rousse ...
and her subsequent removal from office in late 2016, the channel surpassed 100 thousand subscribers, for which they later received the
Silver Play Button.
The channel surpassed 500 thousand subscribers in March 2020.
Public interest for TV Senado went up again after the start of the
COVID-19 CPI, an investigation on omissions and irregularities in
federal government spending during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
As of May 2021, the channel has over 760 thousand subscribers.
References
External links
Official website of the Brazilian Senate
TV Senado
TV Senado
Portuguese-language television stations in Brazil
Television channels and stations established in 1996
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