The Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão is a Brazilian free-to-air television network founded on Wednesday, 19 August 1981, by the businessman and television personality Silvio Santos. The company was established after a public tender by the Brazilian Federal Government to form two new networks, created from revoked concessions of the defunct Tupi and Excelsior networks. The SBT was founded on the same day that the concession agreement was signed, and that the act was broadcast live by the network, so that this was his first program aired. Before acquiring the concessions of the four stations that were to form the SBT, Grupo Silvio Santos had since 1976 the concession of Rio de Janeiro's channel 11, known as TVS Rio de Janeiro, which was a fundamental step to give life to the SBT.
Senor Abravanel, known professionally as Silvio Santos, was a Brazilian television presenter and businessman, widely regarded as the greatest personality in the history of telecommunications in Brazil. He is considered by many to be the "King of Brazilian Television" due to his charisma and his trajectory in the history of television in the country.
TV Xuxa was a children's program on display day-by-day from 2005 until 2007 in the same format as TV Colosso, on TV Globo. Xuxa ran a game show which lasted from 2008 to 2014 in the same format as Planeta Xuxa, another game show that was a hit in the 1990s.
Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, known mononymously as Eliana, is a Brazilian TV host, businesswoman, and former singer. 2009 2024, she has been the host of the TV show Eliana which is broadcast on the Brazilian TV network SBT on Sunday afternoons. Eliana is currently in TV Globo.
Domingão do Faustão was a Brazilian TV show aired every Sunday from 1989 to 2021. Produced by Rede Globo and hosted by Fausto Silva, it featured live music performances as well as special segments, such as the Dança dos Famosos and Dança no Gelo. It was one of the oldest and most famous of Globo's television shows since its first broadcast in 1989.
The Centro de Televisão da Anhanguera, popularly known as CDT da Anhanguera, is the second largest center of television production in Brazil and is the headquarters of the Brazilian TV company SBT. The complex is second only to the Estúdios Globo of TV Globo, located in Rio de Janeiro. The large complex was inaugurated in 1996 by Silvio Santos and it is located in the city of Osasco within the Greater São Paulo metro area. It concentrates all of the activity of SBT in a single facility.
Thiago André Barbosa better known as Thiaguinho, is a pagode singer, composer and presenter. He first gained notoriety for participating in the talent show Fama in 2002 and became famous for being a member of the musical group Exaltasamba from 2003 to 2012. In 2012, he released his first solo album and live album, "Ousadia & Alegria", selling more than 80,000 copies and earning him a Latin Grammy nomination in the Best Samba/Pagode Album category. He released his second solo album, "Outro Dia, Outra História", in 2014 which sold 40,000 copies and earned a gold record certificate. His third album, "Hey, Mundo!" was released in 2015, and was a commercial success, selling more than 160,000 copies and going double platinum. His second live video recording, "VamoQVamo" was released in 2016. In the same year, he released another album called "Tardezinha". His "Só Vem" album was released in 2017 which sold 40,000 copies and earned him another gold record. He released "Tardezinha 2" in 2017, followed by his third live recording called "Vibe" in 2020.
Planeta Xuxa was a Brazilian television program directed by Marlene Mattos and hosted by Xuxa Meneghel. It was aired by TV Globo from 5 April 1997 to 28 July 2002. Aimed to the family and to its original audience that had now grown-up, it was initially broadcasting on Saturday afternoons. In April 1998, the TV show was moved to Sunday afternoons due to the transmissions of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, remaining in this timeslot until its final broadcast in 2002. Was the first Sunday evening program of auditorium hosted by a woman on Brazilian television. This slot, which is considered one of the noblest and most disputed on Brazilian television, was previously occupied by television programs presented exclusively by men as Silvio Santos, Fausto Silva and Gugu Liberato had shows on that time. Later, Carla Perez, Márcia Goldschmidt and Eliana followed the Xuxa footsteps and also appeared on Sunday afternoons on Brazilian TV. The program was an absolute success with audience ratings, often surpassing Domingão do Faustão.During the six years of its production, the program achieved frightening audience averages that, according to the measurement of the time, made by IBOPE, reached almost 1/4 of the televisions turned on in the country at that time. Often was common that the audience numbers surpassing Domingão do Faustão.
Maisa da Silva Andrade is an actress, presenter and former Brazilian singer. She was discovered at the age of three, when she participated in a group of freshmen on the Programa Raul Gil, on RecordTV and Band. Two years later, she was hired by SBT to present the programs Sábado Animado, Domingo Animado and Bom Dia & Cia, gaining greater prominence when sharing the show Pergunte a Maisa with boss Silvio Santos. As an actress, she gained fame through her role as Valéria Ferreira in Carrossel. Other notable roles in the actress' career include Juju Almeida in Carinha de Anjo, Cíntia Dorella in Cinderela Pop, Gabi in Tudo por um Popstar and playing her first villain in the film Ela Disse, Ele Disse, as Júlia.
The first season of the Brazilian version of the music competition show X Factor premiered on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:30 p.m. (BRT/AMT) on Band, with reruns airing the following day at 8:30/7:30 p.m. (BRT/AMT) on TNT.
Carinha de Anjo is a Brazilian children's telenovela created by Leonor Corrêa and written by Íris Abravanel, originally broadcast by SBT from November 21, 2016 to June 6, 2018. It is a based on the 2000 Mexican telenovela Carita de ángel.
Carla Aparecida Perez Soares da Silva is a Brazilian singer, dancer, television presenter and former actress. She reached fame in the mid-1990s after performing as the blonde dancer with axé group É o Tchan!.
Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginação was a Brazilian children's television series hosted by Xuxa Meneghel at TV Globo, shown Monday through Friday between 28 October 2002 and 31 December 2004.
The fifth season of Bake Off Brasil premiered on August 10, 2019 at 10:30 p.m. on SBT.
The second season of The Four Brasil, hosted by Xuxa Meneghel and judged by Aline Wirley, João Marcello Bôscoli and new judge Paulo Miklos, premiered on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. / 5:00 p.m. on RecordTV. The season was previously slated to premiere on Friday, February 14, 2020, at 10:30 p.m. Starting on week 3, the show moved back to the first season's timeslot on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. due to low ratings.
Turma do Lambe-Lambe was a Brazilian media franchise created by comic book artist Daniel Azulay in 1975. The franchise follows a group of characters that consist of human kids and anthropomorphic animals. It was publicly recognized in 1976 when Daniel Azulay signed a contract with the channel TV Educativa to present a children's show, known as A Turma do Lambe-Lambe, from which he used these characters. The program, however, was more successful on Rede Bandeirantes, where it was broadcast until 1986 and marked a legacy as one of the most popular children's shows in Brazil during the 1980s. During this time, A Turma do Lambe-Lambe produced a series of comic books and several LP albums, which were subsequently re-released in CD format..
Faustão na Band is a Brazilian variety show that was broadcast by Rede Bandeirantes. Hosted by Fausto Silva, it premiered January 17, 2022, following Silva's departure of TV Globo and its long-running Domingão do Faustão.
Ney Gonçalves Dias is a Brazilian journalist.
