List of television stations in Portugal

Last updated June 04, 2024

Terrestrial channels

Name	Description	FTA	Format
RTP1	National Public broadcaster	yes	16:9 SD
RTP2	National Public broadcaster	yes	16:9 SD
SIC	First private television station	yes	16:9 SD
TVI	Second private television station	yes	16:9 SD
RTP Açores	Regional Public broadcaster (only in Azores)	yes	16:9 SD
RTP Madeira	Regional Public broadcaster (only in Madeira)	yes	16:9 SD
ARtv	Public broadcaster parliament channel	yes	16:9 SD
RTP3	Public broadcaster news channel	yes	16:9 SD
RTP Memória	Public broadcaster Entertainment channel	yes	16:9 SD

Since 2012, all channels are digital. All national, regional and local Spanish television channels are available to Portuguese households along the national border, subject to restrictions due to distance or local topography. Regional Spanish channels (like TV Galicia or Extremadura TV) usually acknowledge this and cover local events of the border communities on their programs.

Subscription-based channels

All terrestrial channels are available in these platforms and services. Most of the subscription-based channels broadcast from Portugal or have a specific version with independent programs for that market. Most of these channels are widely available across platforms and services: Basic cable and fiber, digital services in cable, fiber, landlines and satellite across the nation.

Name	Description	Services	Format
RTP1	Public broadcaster HD channel	Digital	16:9 SD/HD
RTP África	Public broadcaster African channel	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD
SIC Notícias	News	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SIC Mulher	Entertainment	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SIC Radical	Entertainment	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SIC K	Children	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SIC Caras	Entertainment	Digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
TVI Ficção	Entertainment / Telenovelas	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
TVI Reality	Reality shows	Digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
CNN Portugal	News	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Canal 11	Sports	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
CMTV	News/ Entertainment	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Canal Hollywood	Movies	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
AXN	TV series / Movies	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
AXN Black	TV series / Movies	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
AXN White	TV series / Movies	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Fox Portugal	TV series / Movies	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Fox Life	TV Series / Entertainment	Basic cabler/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
FOX Crime	TV series	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Canal Panda 2	Entertainment	Digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
FOX Movies	Movies	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Cinemundo	Movies	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Biggs 2	TV Series / Movies	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Syfy	TV Series / Movies	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Disney Channel Portugal	Children	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Disney Junior Portugal	Children	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Canal Panda	Children	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Biggs	Children	Basic cable, digital, satellite	16:9 SD
Cartoon Network	Children	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD
Nickelodeon	Children	Digital, satellite	16:9 SD
JimJam	Children	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	4:3 SD
TVCine TOP	Movies	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
TVCine EDITION	Movies	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
TVCine EMOTION	Movies	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
TVCine ACTION	Movies	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SportTV 1	Sports	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SportTV 2	Sports	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SportTV 3	Sports	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SportTV 4	Sports	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SportTV 5	Sports	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SportTV+	Sports News	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
BTV 1	Sports	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Sporting TV	Sports	Digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Eurosport 1	Sports	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Eurosport 2	Sports	Digital, satellite	16:9 SD
Fuel TV	Action sports	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
PFC	Sports	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD
Porto Canal	Regional	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
MVM	Entertainment / Music	Digital	4:3 SD
Canal Q	Entertainment / Comedy	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD
24 Kitchen	Cooking	Digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Canal Odisseia	Documentaries	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Canal História	Documentaries / Reality	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
National Geographic Channel	Documentaries	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Discovery Channel	Documentaries / Reality	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
SKY7	Reality / Entertainment	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD
MTV Portugal	Reality / Music	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Afro Music	Music	Basic fiber, digital, satellite	4:3 SD
Caçavision	Hunting	Premium, digital, satellite	4:3 SD
HOT TV	Pornography	Premium, digital, satellite	16:9 SD/HD
Playboy TV LA	Pornography	Premium, digital, satellite	SD
Venus	Pornography	Premium, digital, satellite	SD
Globo	Entertainment / Telenovelas	Basic cable, digital, satellite	4:3 SD/HD
Globo Premium	Generalist channel / Brazil	Premium, digital, satellite	4:3 SD
TV Record Europa	Generalist channel / Brazil	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	4:3 SD / 16:9 HD
Record News	News / Brazil	Digital, satellite	4:3 SD
STV Notícias	News / Mozambique	Digital	SD
TPA Internacional	Generalist channel / Angola	Digital	4:3 SD
TCV	Generalist channel / Cape Verde	Premium, digital	16:9 SD
Euronews	News / Europe	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite	16:9 SD
Eurochannel	Entertainment / Movies / Brazil/LA	Digital	16:9 SD
Woohoo	Action sports / Brazil	Digital, satellite	SD
Discovery Science	Documentaries / Latin America	Digital	4:3 SD
Discovery Civilization	Documentaries / Latin America	Digital	4:3 SD

International Portuguese channels

International services of the main Portuguese networks, which are unavailable in Portugal. In addition to these, most of the Portuguese subscription-based channels are also available internationally, mostly in Africa.

Name	Description	FTA	Format
RTP Internacional	Public broadcaster International channel	yes	16:9 SD
SIC Internacional	International channel	no	16:9 SD
TVI Internacional	International channel	no	16:9 SD
TVI África	TVI African channel	no	16:9 SD

International thematic channels

International channels including thematic channels in foreign languages, subtitled in Portuguese. Most of these channels are available in digital cable and satellite services.

Channel	Description	Country	Language	Services
E!	Entertainment	UK	English, Portuguese subs	Digital, satellite
TLC	Entertainment	UK	English, Portuguese subs	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite
Discovery Showcase HD	Documentaries	UK	English, Portuguese subs	Digital, satellite
Nat Geo Wild	Documentaries	UK	English, Portuguese subs	Digital, satellite
CBS Reality	Reality	UK	English, Portuguese subs	Digital, satelitte
Travel Channel	Entertainment / Travel	UK	English, Portuguese subs	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Food Network	Entertainment / Cooking	UK	English, Portuguese subs	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Fine Living	Entertainment / Women	UK	English, Portuguese subs	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Motorvision TV	Cars & Motor sports	Germany	English, Portuguese subs	Digital, satellite
Caza y Pesca	Hunting	Spain	Spanish, Portuguese subs	Premium, digital, satellite

International channels

International channels in foreign languages: News and national promotion, thematic channels and those targeted at minority communities in Portugal. Most of these channels are available in digital cable services only, thematic channels may also be available in satellite.

Channel	Country	Language	Services
TV Galicia	Spain	Galician	Digital, satellite
TVE Internacional	Spain	Spanish	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Canal Sur Andalucía	Spain	Spanish	Digital
24 Horas	Spain	Spanish	Digital, satellite
Real Madrid TV	Spain	Spanish	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Barça TV	Spain	Spanish	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Toros TV	Spain	Spanish	Premium, digital, satellite
Cubavisión	Cuba	Spanish	Digital, satellite
Venezolana de Televisión	Venezuela	Spanish	Digital
Globovisión	Venezuela	Spanish	Digital
TeleSur	Latin America	Spanish	Digital
M6	France	French	Digital
France 24	France	French	Digital
France 24	France	English	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
MCM TOP	France	French	Basic fiber, digital
MCM POP	France	French	Digital, satellite
TiJi	France	French	Digital package
myzen.tv	France	English, Spanish, German	Digital
FashionTV	France	English	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Trace Urban	France	English	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Mezzo	France	French	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite
Mezzo Live HD	France	English, French	Digital, satellite
Motors TV	France	English	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Arte	France, Germany	French	Digital
TV5Monde	France, Belgium, Canada & Switzerland	French	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
RAI 1	Italy	Italian	Digital
RAI 2	Italy	Italian	Digital
RAI News24	Italy	Italian	Digital
CNN	United States	English	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite
Fox News	United States	English	Digital, satellite
Bloomberg	United States	English	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
NBA TV	United States	English	Digital, satellite
VH1	United States	English	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite
VH1 Classic	United States	English	Digital, satellite
CNBC	United States	English	Digital, satellite
Outdoor Channel	United States	English	Premium, digital
Playboy TV HD	United States	English	Premium, digital, satellite
BBC Entertainment	United Kingdom	English	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite
BBC World News	United Kingdom	English	Basic cable/fiber, digital, satellite
Sky News	United Kingdom	English	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
Chelsea TV	United Kingdom	English	Basic fiber, digital, satellite
MUTV	United Kingdom	English	Digital, satellite
MTV Music	United Kingdom	English	Digital package
Ginx	United Kingdom	English	Digital
MTV Dance	United Kingdom	English	Digital package
MTV Rocks	United Kingdom	English	Digital package
C Music TV	United Kingdom	English	Digital, satellite
Fight Network	Canada	English	digital
DW	Germany	English, German	Digital, satellite
RTL	Germany	German	Digital
VOX	Germany	German	Digital
Sat.1	Germany	German	Digital
ARD 1	Germany	German	Digital
ProSieben	Germany	German	Digital
ZDF	Germany	German	Digital
Viva Plus	Germany	German	Digital
Super RTL	Germany	German	Digital package
BVN	Netherlands	Dutch	Digital
iConcerts HD	Switzerland	English	Digital~
Luxe TV	Luxembourg	English	Digital
Channel 1	Russia	Russian	Digital
RTR-Planeta	Russia	Russian	Digital
RT	Russia	English	Digital
1+1 International	Ukraine	Ukrainian	Digital
INTER+	Ukraine	Ukrainian	Digital
TVR International	Romania	Romanian	Digital
PRO TV International	Romania	Romanian	Digital
BNT World	Bulgaria	Bulgarian	Digital
Al Jazeera	Qatar	English	Basic fiber, Digital, satellite
NHK World	Japan	English	Digital
KBS World	South Korea	Korean, English subs	Digital
CCTV News	China	English	Digital
CCTV-4	China	Chinese, English subs	Digital
Phoenix InfoNews	Hong Kong	Chinese	Digital
Phoenix CNE	Hong Kong	Chinese	Digital
Zee TV	India	Hindi, English	Premium, digital
Zee Cinema	India	Hindi, English	Premium, digital
SET Asia	India	Hindi	Premium, digital
Sony MAX	India	Hindi, English	Premium, digital
i24news	Israel	English	Digital
i24news	Israel	French	Digital
Trace Africa	France	English	Digital

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v t e Television in Portugal
RTP	RTP1 ^TDT RTP2 ^TDT RTP3 ^TDT RTP Memória ^TDT RTP Madeira ^AC/MA RTP Açores ^AC/MA RTP Internacional RTP África
Grupo Impresa	SIC ^TDT SIC Notícias SIC Mulher SIC Radical SIC K SIC Caras SIC Internacional
Media Capital	TVI ^TDT CNN Portugal TVI Ficção TVI Reality TVI Internacional
Medialivre	CMTV News Now
AMC+A+E	Odisseia História AMC AMC Crime Canal Hollywood Canal Panda Biggs Panda Kids
Disney Portugal	24Kitchen BabyTV Disney Channel Disney Junior National Geographic National Geographic Wild Star Channel Star Comedy Star Crime Star Life Star Movies
Globo Portugal	Globo Globo News PFC
Record Europa	Record Record News UniFé TV
Sport TV	SportTV 1 SportTV 2 SportTV 3 SportTV 4 SportTV 5 SportTV 6 SportTV + NBA TV
Eleven Sports	Eleven Sports 1 Eleven Sports 2 Eleven Sports 3 Eleven Sports 4 Eleven Sports 5 Eleven Sports 6
Paramount Global	MTV MTV 00s MTV Live Nickelodeon Nick Jr.
NOS	TVCine Top TVCine Action TVCine Edition TVCine Emotion
Sony	AXN AXN White AXN Movies
Warner Bros. Discovery	Cartoon Network Cartoonito CNN Portugal Discovery Channel Eurosport 1 Eurosport 2 Food Network Investigation Discovery TLC Travel Channel
NBCUniversal	E! Syfy
Stingray Group	Stingray Classica Stingray Djazz Stingray iConcerts Stingray Loud Stingray Retro Stingray Brava Stingray Qello
Other channels	A Bola TV Afro Music ARtv ^TDT Benfica TV Canal 11 Canal 180 Caça e Pesca Canção Nova Cinemundo Fuel TV HOT Kuriakos TV Localvisão TV Mezzo Mezzo Live HD Playboy TV Porto Canal Sporting TV STV Notícias TPA Venus
Services and platforms	TDT ^DTT NOS ^{CATV, SAT} MEO ^{IPTV, SAT} Vodafone ^IPTV Nowo ^{CATV, IPTV} LigaT ^OTT
Defunct	A&E Animax Woohoo TV Brasil Clubbing TV AXN Black Euronews Discovery Showcase HD Disney Cinemagic Fine Living KidsCo MOV MTV Dance MTV Music 24 MTV Rocks MTV 80s MVM SIC Comédia RTV +TVI TVSéries VH1 VH1 Classic TVI24 JimJam SundanceTV TVI África RTP HD
^TDT: free-to-air on DTT – ^AC/MA: free-to-air on regional DTT