Seventeen days before he left the presidency of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro (PL) Renewed the first television franchise granted by the federal government Silvio Santos🇧🇷 The state representative signed on Monday (12), The day the presenter turned 92 years old🇧🇷 The mission for another 15 years for Channel 11 in Rio de Janeiro – launched five years before SBT🇧🇷
The Official Gazette published, on Tuesday (13), the renewal of the concessionbut it was signed on Monday (12), as he found it the news.
“Concession granted to TVSBT Canal 11 do Rio de Janeiro Ltda.” As stated in the extract from the document. In addition to Bolsonaro, The document was signed by Communications Minister Fabio Faria. He is the brother-in-law of Silvio Santos and the husband of Patricia Abravanel.
Channel 11 was the embryo of what would become SBT from 1981 onwards. In 1975, after a major battle to convince the military dictatorship (1964-1985) that he was a serious businessman, Silvio won the TVS Rio franchise, which premiered on May 14, 1976. At the time, the broadcaster was independent, and had no connection to any national network at the time.
At first, in addition to attractions led by Silvio Santos himself and other presenters, the station’s programming, broadcast daily from 6 pm to midnight, consisted of series, cartoons and films. Production was comprehensively restarted throughout the day to fill out schedules.
It wasn’t until June 1, 1977, that the network began diversifying with TV show, small news programs, and other attractions. All programming was conducted at the Silvio Santos Group’s facilities in São Paulo, which has generated the title of “Most São Paulo TV in Rio de Janeiro”.
The advent of SBT
In 1981, Silvio Santos won competition for other franchises, such as Channel 4 in São Paulo. TVS Rio joined SBT and changed its name to SBT Rio. Currently, the local broadcaster has an average rating of 4 and fight for vice command with Record.
Franchise Renewal by Silvio Santos It takes place when Globo is trying to renew Channel 4 in Rio de Janeiro, the head of its national network, the largest in Brazil.
The process is still in the National Congress. Due to the delay in the procedures, the situation should fall into the hands of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party), the elected president who takes office on January 1, 2023.
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