Sociedade Independente de Comunicação

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SIC
Launched	6 October 1992
Owned by	Impresa
Audience share	25,5% (January 2008, [1])
Slogan	"Mais do que uma televisão." (English: More than a TV)
Country	Portugal
Website	sic.pt/
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	Normally tuned to 3
Satellite
TV Cabo	Channel 3
TVTEL	Channel 3
Cable
TVCabo	Channel 3
TVTEL	Channel 3
Cabovisão	Channel 3
IPTV over ADSL
Meo	Channel 3
Clix SmarTV	Channel 3

SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação is a Portuguese television network and a media company, which runs several television channels. Their flagship channel is the eponymous SIC, the third terrestrial television station in Portugal, launched on October 6, 1992. SIC is owned by Impresa, a Portuguese media conglomerate.

Other channels operated by SIC carried on satellite and cable TV in Portugal are:

• SIC Notícias, news channel;
• SIC Radical, general entertainment channel targeting a younger audience;
• SIC Mulher, general entertainment channel targeting a female audience;
• SIC Comédia, comedy channel (discontinued);
• SIC Internacional, an international channel which broadcasts in Europe, Africa, South America, North America, and Australia.

The first logotype of SIC, used until 1997.

[edit] History

SIC was the first private television channel to operate in Portugal. In its first years of existence, SIC was owned by a consortium led by Francisco Pinto Balsemão, and backed by Controljornal, Impala Editores, BPI and Rede Globo. SIC was also a pioneer of television sensationalism in Portugal with programs such as "Praça Pública" and "Big Show SIC", a mouthpiece of the Pimba subculture.

[edit] Programs

[edit] Regular aka horizontal lineup

[edit] Shows

• Fátima
• Hora H
• Contacto

[edit] Brazilian Soap Operas

• O Profeta
• Pé na Jaca
• Bang Bang
• Paraíso Tropical

[edit] Portuguese Soap Operas

• Floribella
• Vingança
• O Olhar da Serpente
• Chiquititas(Versão Portuguesa)

[edit] TV Series

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Crime Sob Investigação)
• CSI: Miami
• CSI: NY
• Desperate Housewives (Donas de Casa Desesperadas)
• Rescue Me (Socorro)
• Ghost Whisperer (Entre Vidas)
• Ugly Betty (Betty Feia)
• Shark (A Lei do Mais Forte)
• Kommissar Rex
• Entourage (A Vedeta)

[edit] Cartoon series

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• W.I.T.C.H.
• Sonic X
• Gravion
• One Piece
• Kim Possible - Disney Kids
• Lilo and Stitch - Disney Kids
• Brandy and Mr. Whiskers - Disney Kids
• Action Man
• Bratz
• Pokémon
• Dragon Ball
• Sigma
• South Park
• Yu-Gi-Oh
• Sailor Moon
• Pucca
• Monster Warriors

[edit] News

• Jornal Da Noite
• Primeiro Jornal

[edit] Trivia

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• The station's acronym is often a source of amusement by English speaking celebrities interviewed by SIC. Danny DeVito once jokingly stated that he liked the acronym because he was "in the same line of work"^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Official Site (Portuguese)
• Live webcast
• SIC's remarkable opening ident, used since 1992

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