Grupo RBS
The Grupo RBS (Rede Brasil Sul) is a regional media group which operates in southern Brazil, specifically in Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Santa Catarina (SC) and in some regions of Parana (PR). In these states RBS has eight newspapers, Internet portals, three local television stations, an operation for the rural market, a record label, 24 radio stations and a mobile marketing company, the pontomobi. It also has 18 television stations affiliated with brazilian television network Rede Globo, in addition to four new in deployment, making it the largest regional network in Latin America. Radio Gaucha Sat Network has 110 affiliated stations in nine states.
Inquiry on RBS Group oligopoly / monopoly practicing
The RBS Group is being investigated by the practice of oligopoly / monopoly. In 2008, the Federal Prosecutor of Santa Catarina has filed a public civil action (Case No.. 2008.72.00.014043-5) against the company oligopoly Rede Brasil Sul (RBS) in southern Brazil. The MPF requires the company, among other measures, to reducing its number of TV and radion stations in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, so that to be in according to the brazilian law; and the cancellation of the purchase of the newspaper A Notícia from Joinville, consummated in 2006 - which resulted in a virtual monopoly over the relevant newspapers in the state of Santa Catarina.[1]
In 2009, the Federal Prosecutor in Canoas (RS), Pedro Antonio Roso, asked the chairman of the RBS Group, Nelson Pacheco Sirotsky, among other informations, the number of TV and radio stations that the company owns in Rio Grande do Sul, "as well as its affiliates, stations and repeaters." The request is part of an administrative proceeding brought by federal prosecutors "to determine possible occurrence of monopolistic practices and irregularities in granting Radio and Television to the RBS Group in Rio Grande do Sul".[2]
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