SIC Internacional

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SIC Internacional
Country Portugal
Broadcast area Europe
North America
South America
Africa
Australia
Programming
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i/480p for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Impresa
Sister channels SIC
SIC Notícias
SIC Radical
SIC Mulher
SIC K
SIC Caras
SIC Novelas
SIC Internacional África
History
Launched17 September 1997;27 years ago (1997-09-17)
Links
Website SIC Internacional

SIC Internacional is SIC's international channel, which officially launched in September 1997 in France and expanded throughout the world. SIC Internacional is aimed at Portuguese viewers who live abroad and features programming from SIC and other channels. Programming includes news, entertainment, talk shows, and sports. It also features exclusive coverage of Portuguese Liga football matches.

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SIC Internacional is aimed at Portuguese migrant communities and is available via cable and satellite in Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Brazil, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) via Luso Vision. [1]

The channel started broadcasting to southern Africa in August 2000. [2] On August 2, 2004, it began broadcasting to Brazil on the NET and Sky platforms. [3] The two providers controversially replaced RTP Internacional. [4]

In North America, SIC Internacional is available via local Portuguese television channels.

In Canada it is relayed via FPTV and in the United States via SPT TV. These relays run alongside local productions aimed at the communities in the respective countries.

SIC Internacional: Worldwide coverage

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Portugal

SIC International

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SIC Internacional: Worldwide coverage
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Angola

On June 5, 2017, SIC Internacional and SIC Notícias had their broadcasts suspended in Angola and Mozambique on the DStv platform after Zap shut the signals of the channels in March. [5]

References

  1. SIC Internacional chega à Austrália e SIC Notícias a França, Briefing, 10 May 2013
  2. "MultiChoice expands in West Africa", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 27, November 2000-January 2001
  3. "SIC Internacional transmite para o Brasil a partir de 2 de Agosto". Jornal de Negócios . 29 July 2004.
  4. "SIC substitui estação publica no Brasil". Correio da Manhã . 27 October 2004.
  5. "Uma nova estratégia". Público. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2024.