Televisão Independente
| Televisão Independente | |
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| Launched | 20 February 1993 |
| Owned by | Media Capital ( PRISA ) |
| Picture format | Resolution: 576i (PAL) Aspect Ratio: 4:3 |
| Audience share | 26.5% (Dec '11, [1]) |
| Slogan | "Uma televisão feita por si" ("A television made by you") |
| Country | Portugal |
| Broadcast area | Portugal |
| Headquarters | Queluz de Baixo (Oeiras) |
| Formerly called | 4 (1993-1995) |
| Sister channel(s) | TVI 24, Caça e Pesca |
| Website | www.tvi.pt |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | Channel 4 (Until 2012) |
| Digital | Channel 4 |
| Satellite | |
| ZON TV | Channel 4 |
| meo Satélite | Channel 4 |
| Cable | |
| ZON TV | Channel 4 |
| Cabovisão | Channel 4 |
| IPTV | |
| meo | Channel 4 |
| Optimus Clix TV | Channel 4 |
| Vodafone Casa TV | Channel 4 |
Televisão Independente (TVI) ("Independent Television") is Portugal's fourth terrestrial television channel, launched in 1993. It has been leading audience ratings since 2005.[1] It competes directly with SIC and RTP1.
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[edit] History
TVI was the second private Portuguese TV channel to be launched, SIC having being launched five months before, and the fourth channel in all. Already under the name TVI, but marketed as 4, in which the '4' was the sole element in its logo, TVI was initially owned by some prominent Catholic Church institutions, including Rádio Renascença, Universidade Católica Portuguesa and União das Misericórdias; Antena 3 Televisión, Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Télédiffusion, Sonae, SBS Broadcasting, Yorkshire Television and many other media enterprises were minor stakeholders of TVI. This majority-Catholic ownership pushed TVI's programming in the direction of Christian values. In the first years of its existence, TVI assumed the role of an 'alternative' television broadcaster, dedicating segments of its airtime to distinct target audiences, with part of the morning dedicated to housewives and the elderly and part of the afternoon to the young.
During this period, TVI was known for its American series and movies, including X-Files and Baywatch, and the Spanish show El gran juego de la oca (translated as O Jogo do Ganso) imported from Antena 3. TVI also brought in some prominent names in Portuguese television, including Manuel Luís Goucha and Artur Albarran, but the viewing figures had were always lower than expected and it entered into deep financial crisis.
TVI's recovery happened when it was totally acquired by Media Capital in 1999, one of the most important media conglomerates in Portugal, whereupon it started broadcasting more Portuguese-produced programmes, including soap operas. This helped to increase its audience significantly, but it was in September 2000, when Big Brother started, that the channel gained a boost in popularity.
Now the most watched station in the country, TVI is known for having a large number of national reality shows and soap operas. It broadcasts a mix of local productions, such as soap operas, family series and reality shows, news programs and international movies and series (mostly American). It is currently owned by Media Capital, which is owned by Grupo Prisa. Until February 2007, Media Capital was co-owned by RTL Group and Grupo Prisa. The station works with Media Capital-owned production company Plural Entertainment to produce its national fictional content.
Unlike state broadcaster RTP and commercial rival SIC, which have always shown foreign programmes in the original language with subtitles, TVI tried, unsuccessfully, to dub foreign programmes into Portuguese after achieving marginal success with Latin American Spanish-language soap operas dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese. Experiments of dubbing included the US series Dawson's Creek and other shows directed at younger audiences.
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TVI's first logo, used until February 1995
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TVI's second logo, used from 1995 to 1996
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TVI's third logo, used from 1996 to 2001
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TVI's fourth and current logo, introduced in 2001
[edit] Criticism
TVI is much criticized as it broadcasts US television series such as House, The 4400, Nip/Tuck, NUMB3RS, The Shield and The Office after midnight. TVI's prime time is reserved for in-house programming, mainly soap operas, viewer-participation quizzes and reality shows.
In July 2010, TVI censored a kiss between two male characters on the youth TV series Morangos com Açúcar, due to pressure by a fundamentalist far-right organization, "National Resistance".[2] This cut has led to a major outcry, and has been widely perceived as an occurrence of homophobia. At least 10 civil society organizations called for the reinstatement of the cut scene.[3]
TVI still broadcasts in 4:3 as of November 2011.
[edit] Programmes
[edit] Regular
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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| 04.06 | Os Batanetes - comedy sketch show (reruns) | ||||
| 05.00 | TV Shop - infomercials | ||||
| 06.30 | Diário da Manhã - breakfast news show | ||||
| 10.15 | Você na TV - talk show | ||||
| 13.00 | Jornal da Uma - afternoon newscast | ||||
| 14.00 | Ilha dos Amores - Portuguese telenovela (soap opera) | ||||
| 15.30 | A Tarde é Sua - talk show | ||||
| 18.00 | Dá Cá Mais 5 - game show | ||||
| 19.00 | Morangos com Açúcar - Portuguese Series for Teens | ||||
| 20.00 | Jornal das 8 - TVI's flagship newscast | ||||
| 21.30 | Secret Story - Casa dos Segredos 2 Diário - Reality-show | ||||
| 22.30 | Remédio Santo - Portuguese telenovela (soap opera) | ||||
| 00.00 | Anjo Meu - Portuguese telenovela (soap opera) | ||||
| 00.45 | Secret Story - Casa dos Segredos 2 Extra - Reality show | ||||
[edit] National
[edit] Soap operas
[edit] International
- Eureka
- Glee
- Heroes (Heróis)
- House (Dr. House)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Castle
- Lie to Me (Rosto da Mentira)
[edit] News
- Diário da Manhã (Morning Daily)
- Jornal da Uma (News at One)
- Jornal das 8 (News at Eight)
[edit] Game Shows
- Agora é que Conta
[edit] Reality Shows
- Casa dos Segredos (Secret Story)
- Perdidos na Tribo (Lost in the tribe)
[edit] Talk Shows
- A Tarde é Sua (The Afternoon is Yours)
- Você na TV (You, on TV)
[edit] Sports
- Liga ZON Sagres
- UEFA Euro 2012
- UEFA Champions League (From 2012-2013 to 2014-2015)
[edit] Kids
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
- Animated Three Musketeers
- Beetle Bailey
- Blondie and Dagwood
- Camp Candy
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Final Yamato
- G.I. Joe
- The Legend of Zelda (TV Series)
- The Real Ghost Busters
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- The Transformers (TV series)
- Video Senshi Laserion
- Where's Wally?: The Animated Series
[edit] Other
- Sunday Eucharist and 8° Dia (8th Day) - Sunday Christian Catholic mass and religious show broadcasted on Sundays, before the lunchtime news block.
- Cartaz das Artes (Arts' Poster) - weekly cultural agenda show, displayed in the first hours of Friday, hosted by João Paulo Sacadura.
- deLUXe - weekly gossip and glamour magazine, exhibited Sunday morning at more and less 11:30 a. m., hosted by Rita Seguro.
- Euromilhões - the draw of the lottery that gives the name to the show, broadcasted on Fridays after the 8:00 p. m. news, presented by Marisa Cruz.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.mediacapital.pt/contentBusinessT1.aspx?hMenuID=25&id=1
- ^ "TVI cuts gay kiss". Jornal de Notícias. http://jn.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Media/Interior.aspx?content_id=1621105.
- ^ "TVI enquired for cutting gay kiss scenes". Jornal de Notícias. http://jn.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Media/Interior.aspx?content_id=1629930.
[edit] External links
- (Portuguese) Official Site
- TVI's first moments and the first news service
- Media Capital
- Rádio Renascença
- Grupo PRISA
- Genérico TVI
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