NGT São Paulo is a Brazilian television station based in

Osasco Osasco () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo area and ranking fifth in population among São Paulo municipalities. According to the IBGE 2015, Osasco currently has the ninth highest gross do ...

, a city in the

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metropolitan area. It operates on virtual channel 48 (UHF channel 16) and is one of two main stations in the

Nova Geração de Televisão NGT ( - English language, English New Generation of Television) is a Brazilian television network. The station came about through the acquisition of two educational television concessions by businessman Marco Antônio Bernardes Costa; one in t ...

("New Generation of Television") network. It was founded on 8 October 2003 and transmits its signal from the Cásper Líbero Tower.

History

In the early 2000s, Manoel Antônio Bernardes Costa acquired educational television concessions from two foundations, one in Osasco and the other in

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. These stations were launched in 2003 as the Nova Geração de Televisão network, with a studio facility known as Espaço 48 ("Space 48", after the analog channel number) also being fitted out. A range of alternative programming was promised. In 2020, it was reported that the network had put itself up for sale.

Digital signal

Based on the federal decree of transition of Brazilian TV broadcasters from analogue to digital, NGT São Paulo, as well as the other broadcasters of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, ceased broadcasting on channel 48 UHF on March 29, 2017, following the official schedule of ANATEL.

References

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