Television in Brazil

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Television in Brazil was introduced in 1956.

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[edit] Cable television

Cable television services in Brazil were allowed to start business in 1995, according to federal law 8977/95.

[edit] Digital television

The SBTVD standard (based on ISDB-T) was adopted and launched in 2 November 2007. In 2007, only greater São Paulo metropolitan area can receive the signal. Expansion to Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte is set for early 2008. Government estimated 7 years for complete signal expansion for all over the territory. The analog television is set to be shut down in 2016, but it can be delayed if needed.

The interactive platform called Ginga [1] consists entirely on free software and received highly publicity being considered the main appeal for the change. The government promissed WiMax as return channel for the system, set to be implanted in the next years. [2]

In Brazil all 5 major TV networks (Band, Rede Globo, Rede Record, RedeTV! and SBT) and the public television started to broadcast HDTV 1080i in December 2007. Brazil uses an upgraded version of the Japanese ISDB-T that uses H.264 AVC video compression and HE-AAC audio compression. 1seg broadcasts use the same standard as in Japan, including codec, modulation and interactive features. Hardware can be shared between Japan and Brazil, with only software changes to address the encoding difference.

[edit] Free television channels list

[edit] General networks

[edit] Public networks

[edit] Government channels

[edit] Music channels

[edit] News channels

[edit] Sports channels

[edit] Religious channels

  • Rede Gênesis
  • Rede Gospel
  • Rede Boas Novas
  • TV Aparecida
  • TV Canção Nova
  • TV Século 21
  • Rede Vida
  • RIT
  • Rede Super
  • TV Mundo Maior
  • TV Novo Tempo
  • Rede Familia

[edit] Commercial channels

[edit] Teenage channels

[edit] Internet channels list

  • AllTV
  • TV Terra
  • TV UOL
  • TV Canal Internet

[edit] Paid television

[edit] National channels

  • ESPN Brasil
  • GNT
  • Futura
  • Shoptime.com
  • Premiere
    • Premiere Futebol Clube
    • Premiere Shows
    • Premiere Combate
    • Cine Premiere
  • Canal Brasil
  • Canal Rural
  • SporTV
  • Globo News
  • Multishow
  • Telecine
    • Telecine Premium
    • Telecine Action
    • Telecine Emotion
    • Telecine Pipoca
    • Telecine Cult
  • TV Rá-Tim-Bum
  • BandNews
  • BandSports
  • Sexy Hot
  • For Man

[edit] Multinational channels

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Middleware Ginga - TV Interativa se faz com Ginga!
  2. ^ CPqD - WiMAX poderá ser o canal de retorno da TV digital. Testes começam em setembro


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