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RTP3
RTP3 (''RTP três'') is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's all-news television channel, and is known for its 24-hour rolling news service and its live coverage of breaking news. It was launched on 15 October 2001. It received other names, such as "NTV", "RTPN", and "RTP Informação" until it adopted its current name "RTP3". It is available on basic cable, satellite and terrestrial television. History In August 2001, the channel was announced with its facilities located in a former RTP maintenance area in Porto, which was renovated in June to house presenting tests. The channel was launched on 15 October 2001 as NTV, a cable news channel headquartered in Porto. It was originally a joint-venture between PT Multimédia, Lusomundo and the television broadcaster Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (the old RTP). One month after launching, on 15 November 2001, it broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Legislative Election, 2015
The 2015 Portuguese legislative election was held on 4 October. All 230 seats of the Assembly of the Republic were in contention. The right-wing coalition Portugal Ahead (PàF), composed of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the People's Party (CDS-PP), won a plurality of the vote with 38.6 percent, securing almost 47 percent of the seats in the Assembly. Compared with 2011, this was a loss of 12 points in support (although the PSD and the CDS–PP did not contest the 2011 election in coalition). On the electoral map, the coalition won every district in the North and in the Centre except Castelo Branco. They also won in the big districts of Lisbon and Porto. The map shows a clear north–south divide, with the conservative coalition winning almost everything in the North and Centre and the Socialist Party (PS) winning in the South. The PS was the second most voted political force, winning 32.3 percent of the vote and 37 percent of the seats in the Parliament. The PS re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' (often abridged as ''Last Week Tonight'') is an American news satire late-night talk show hosted by comedian John Oliver. The half-hour-long show premiered in the end of April 2014 on HBO and currently has new episodes released simultaneously on the network and Max (streaming service), HBO Max. ''Last Week Tonight'' shares some similarities with Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show'' (where Oliver previously List of The Daily Show correspondents, served as a correspondent and fill-in host), as the show takes a satirical look at news, politics and current events, but on a weekly basis. The show has been repeatedly renewed, and is currently contracted for through the 2026 season. Production Oliver described his preparations for the show in an interview for ''The Atlantic#The Atlantic Wire, The Wire'': "... I basically have to watch everything. The only thing I kind of watch for pleasure is Fareed Zakaria GPS, Fareed Zakaria's show on Sundays .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTP1
RTP1 (''RTP um'') is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and generalist programming, including '' Telejornal'' news bulletins, prime time drama, cinema and entertainment, and major breaking news, sports and special events. It was launched on 7 March 1957 as the first regular television service in Portugal. It was the only one until 25 December 1968, when RTP launched a second channel. Two regional channels followed, RTP Madeira on 6 August 1972 and RTP Açores on 10 August 1975. As RTP held a monopoly on television broadcasting in the country, they were the only television channels until the first commercial television was launched on 6 October 1992, when SIC started broadcasting nationwide. The channel was initially simply referred to as "RTP". It received other names, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free-to-air
Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription, other ongoing cost, or one-off fee (e.g., pay-per-view). In the traditional sense, this is carried on terrestrial radio signals and received with an antenna. FTA also refers to channels and broadcasters providing content for which no subscription is expected, even though they may be delivered to the viewer/listener by another carrier for which a subscription is required, e.g., cable television, the Internet, or satellite. These carriers may be mandated (or OPT) in some geographies to deliver FTA channels even if a premium subscription is not present (providing the necessary equipment is still available), especially where FTA channels are expected to be used for emergency broadcasts, similar to the mandatory emergency phone num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTP2
RTP2 (''RTP dois'') is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's second television channel, and is known for broadcasting cultural, factual and children's programming without interruptions, including documentaries, concerts, theatre and independent, European and classic cinema. It was launched on 25 December 1968 as the second regular television service in Portugal right after RTP's first channel was launched on 7 March 1957. Two regional channels followed, RTP Madeira on 6 August 1972 and RTP Açores on 10 August 1975. As RTP held a monopoly on television broadcasting in the country, they were the only television channels until the first commercial television was launched on 6 October 1992, when SIC started broadcasting nationwide. Commonly referred as the "Second" (''O Segundo''), and for a time rebranded as ''"A Dois"'' (Portuguese for ''the (channel) two''), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTP Desporto
RTP Desporto is the sports division of the Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is controlled by News division of RTP. Its flagship programming is the National Football Team matches. The official website of RTP Desporto irtp.pt/desporto and one of the most visited of the News division of the RTP website. Radio coverage of RTP is mostly on RDP Antena 1. RTP also offers HDTV coverage. Streaming channels In 2019, RTP launched a number of pop-up channels dedicated to sports on its streaming service, RTP Play. The RTP Desporto channels opened with the coverage of the UEFA Women's Futsal Euro 2019 final four round in Gondomar. TV Rights Football Motor racing For several years, RTP was the home of motor racing broadcasts in Portugal but now the only motorsports competition on RTP is the Rally de Portugal. Olympics RTP holds exclusive rights to broadcast the Olympics on free-to-air terrestrial television. RTP broadcasts a major coverage during the Summer Olympics, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTP Memória
RTP Memória ( ''RTP Memory'') is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's heritage television channel, and is known for broadcasting classic RTP original and foreign programming. It was launched on 4 October 2004. Since 1 December 2016, the channel is available on DTT. Logos and identities 2004-2015 File:RTP Memória (2004–2015).svg, RTP Memória's first logo and former logo used from 4 October 2004 to 17 October 2015. 2015-present File:RtpMemoria positivo horiz RGB.png, RTP Memória's second and current logo since 18 October 2015. TV series *All in the Family (Uma Família às Direitas) *Charlie's Angels (Os Anjos de Charlie) *The High Chaparral *Hill Street Blues (Balada de Hill Street) *Poirot * ALF *MacGyver (On air, weekends since June 2011) *Carson's Law *The Persuaders! * Mission: Impossible (Missão Impossível) * The Saint (O Santo) *Bon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTP Açores
RTP Açores is a Portuguese free-to-air regional television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It began broadcasting on 10 August 1975 from its studios in Ponta Delgada. History Buildup In 1964, a television coverage project for the Azores appeared, under the hands of RTP engineer João Paz. However, due to supposed lack of money at RTP, the project was halted. In 1975, during the transformative phase of Portugal's transition from Estado Novo regime to Third Portuguese Republic, Ramalho Eanes, then president of the administrative council at RTP (and president of Portugal from 1976 to 1986) solicited a dossier already published by João Paz on the future of regional broadcasting, then referred to as RTP-Açores.Catarina Duff Burnay (March 2012), p.132 After studying the process, its implications and conditions, Ramalho Eanes informed António Borges Coutinho that this projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTP Madeira
RTP Madeira is a Portuguese free-to-air regional television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) in the Autonomous Region of Madeira. It began broadcasting on 6 August 1972. It is broadcast in the Madeira Islands and via cable and satellite in the Azores Islands and continental Portugal. RTP Madeira serves as a regional opt-out to the national public television channel, RTP1. History At a meeting of the RTP Board of Directors in 1962, it was approved, that a meeting should be held with the firm Ramos & Ramos, in order to better clarify its proposal on Television in Madeira." No development about this case is known, but what is known is that was a mere proposal that never went past the government. The same fate befell a project presented by filmmaker António da Cunha Telles (born in Madeira) which envisaged the creation of a company, Radiotelevisão Madeirense, to exploit TV in the archipelago, although in close coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTP África
RTP África is a Portuguese television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is available in the Portuguese-speaking African countries, where it is available as a basic cable and satellite channel, with the exception of Cabo Verde, where it is available as a free-to-air channel, distributed by the country's digital terrestrial television network. RTP África is also available for free on RTP's platform RTP Play. Its programming comes from the Portuguese public and private television channels and African public networks, RTP África also airs its own news, food and music TV shows. The channel is especially developed for the African communities and the cultural interchange between them and Portugal and for the Portuguese populations of Portuguese-speaking African countries, Lusophone Africa. Until 2016, due to a protocol, the channel also transmitted programs from the United Nations dubbed in Portuguese in some breaks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTP Internacional
RTP Internacional (RTPi) is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's international television service, and is known for broadcasting a mix of programming from other RTP's channels, as well as original productions made for the channel. The channel is available on several satellites in the clear, on a number of subscription television operators and terrestrially in Macao (relayed by Canal Macau) and East Timor (relayed by RTTL), by means of timeshares with other channels. History Before the appearance of the channel, RTP signed a contract with Intelsat to provide a program for the Portuguese diaspora in the United States, Canada and Bermuda, ''Portugal Magazine'', created in 1988 with assistance from RTP's facilities in Oporto. Outside of the intended target countries, the program was sent by video to other parts of the world. RTP Internacional was first planned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
