Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
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Its subsidiaries are:
- RTP - Radiotelevisão Portuguesa ("Portuguese RadioTelevision"), the television broadcaster.
- RDP - Radiodifusão Portuguesa ("Portuguese Radio Broadcasting"), the radio broadcaster.
- RTP Meios de Produção, the television production company.
History
RTP—Radiotelevisão Portuguesa was originally established in December 15, 1955. Experimental broadcasts began in 1956 from the Feira Popular studios in Lisbon. Regular broadcasting, however, did not start until March 7, 1957, and reached roughly 65% of the Portuguese population at the time. By the mid-1960s, RTP was broadcasting all over the country.
December 25, 1968 saw the creation of a second television channel, RTP2 (currently called a dois: or simply 2:). In the 1970s, two new regional channels were created for the Portuguese archipelagos of Madeira (on August 6, 1972) and Azores (on August 10, 1972).
Before the Carnation Revolution, RTP was essentially the mouthpiece of the regime, and famously opened the newscast of 20 July 1969 - the day of the first moon landing - with a segment showing president Américo Thomaz opening a concrete factory.
RTP television channels
- RTP1: general programming;
- - a dois: ("two:" in Portuguese): formerly known as RTP2, it is mostly devoted to cultural programming;
- RTPN or RTP Notícias (RTP News): cable news channel, formerly NTV, a private cable TV station based in Oporto in northern Portugal (hence the "N");
- RTP Internacional or RTPi: a cable and satellite channel that broadcasts worldwide. In Macau and East Timor, it is retransmitted locally, together with local programming;
- RTP África: cable and satellite channel broadcast in several African countries as well as in Portugal;
- RTP Açores: broadcast in the Azores Islands and via cable/satellite in Madeira;
- RTP Madeira: broadcast in the Madeira Islands and via cable and satellite in the Azores;
- RTP Memória ("RTP Memory"): broadcasts classic RTP shows.
RDP radio stations
- RDP Antena 1
- RDP Antena 2
- RDP Antena 3
- RDP Internacional
- RDP África
- RDP Açores
- RDP Madeira
External links
- () [Rádio e Televisão de Portugal Website]
- () [RDP Antena 1]
- ()
- () & () JumpTV: Offical webcast of RTPi's live feed [www.jumptv.com]
- [Gooya (UK) directory of world TV channels]
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