Viva (Brazilian TV channel)

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Viva
CountryBrazil
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro (RJ)
Programming
Language(s)Portuguese
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downgraded to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerCanais Globo (Grupo Globo)
History
LaunchedMay 18, 2010
Links
WebsiteOfficial page
Availability
Streaming media
Globosat PlayViva Play
(Requires login from Brazil)

Viva is a Globosat channel. It was inaugurated on May 18, 2010, and belongs to the lineup of pay TV operators NET, SKY and Via Embratel. The channel features programs from TV Globo and the pay channel GNT on alternative schedules.

The focus of the station is the feminine and family. It exhibits miniseries, dubbed films, telenovelas, television series and variety programs. It also reruns Estrelas, Caldeirão do Huck, Mais Você and Malhação, all in alternative schedules. Presented is also going to repeat Laços de Família, O Dono do Mundo, Por Amor, Quatro por Quatro, O Rei do Gado, Mulheres de Areia, Riacho Doce, Mulher, A Casa das Sete Mulheres, Sai de Baixo, Toma Lá, Dá Cá, Chico Total and other Globo's programs. Previously available on GNT, Viva displays, also in alternative schedule, the program The Oprah Winfrey Show and Happy Hour, among other TV shows.[citation needed] Viva Televisao as it is also known bought the programme Sai De Baixo (meaning leave me alone) which stopped broadcasting in 2009.