TV Cultura
TV Cultura (or simply Cultura), is a free Brazilian television network headquartered in São Paulo and a part of Fundação Padre Anchieta. It focuses on educational and cultural subjects but also has sports as entertainment options.
Country | Brazil |
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Broadcast area | São Paulo as TV Cultura, and Brazil, through its affiliate stations and broadcast relay stations and Worldwide |
Slogan | Fazendo a sua vida, veja o que iluminar (Making your life, see who afterlight) |
Headquarters | Sao Paulo, (SP) |
Programming | |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Diários Associados (1960–1969) Fundação Padre Anchieta (1969–present) |
History | |
Launched | 20 September 1960 (original) 15 June 1969 (relaunch) |
Former names | C2 Cultura (1960-1969) TV2 Cultura (1969-1979) Rádio e Televisão Cultura (RTC) (1979-1987) Rede Cultura (1993-2002) |
Links | |
Website | www.tvcultura.com.br |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital | List
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Cable | |
NET | Channel 1 (SD)/Channel 501 (HD) (Santos) Channel 2 (SD)/Channel 502 (HD) (São Paulo) Channel 22 (SD)/Channel 522 (HD) (Campinas) |
Vivo TV | Channel 2 |
TV Nordeste | Channel 29 (Canoas) Channel 32 (São Luís) |
Satellite | |
SKY Brasil | Channel 160 |
Vivo TV | Channel 251 |
Claro TV | Channel 26 |
Oi TV | Channel 2 Channel 134 |
CTBC TV | Channel 221 |
Star One C2 | 4130 MHz (1020 MHz L-Band), Vertical (SD, Analogue) |
Star One B4 | 3710 MHz @ 14580 ksps, Vertical (HD) |
According to research by the BBC and the British institute Populus, published in 2015, TV Cultura is the second highest quality channel in the world, behind only BBC One.[1][2]
History
TV Cultura was founded in 1960 by Diários Associados and Rede de Emissoras Associadas, who also owned TV Tupi. In 1968, the São Paulo State Government bought TV Cultura from Associadas and subsequently donated the channel to Fundação Padre Anchieta ("Father Anchieta Foundation") in 1969. It is public TV Station with Educational and Cultural agenda and receives public investments by the government of São Paulo's state and it claims to have intellectual, political and administrative independence not only for TV Cultura, but also its two affiliated radio broadcasting channels, Rádio Cultura AM and Rádio Cultura FM.
Shows
- News and current affairs
- Jornal da Cultura
- Matéria de Capa
- Talk
- Kids and family
- Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum
- Rev & Roll
See also
References
- https://exame.abril.com.br/estilo-de-vida/tv-cultura-tem-2a-melhor-programacao-do-mundo-diz-pesquisa/
- "International Perceptions of TV Quality" (PDF). BBC. Retrieved 20 August 2019.