Económico TV
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| Country | Portugal |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Portugal Angola Mozambique |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9 576i (SDTV) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ongoing Strategy Investments |
| History | |
| Launched | May 6, 2010 |
| Closed | October 20, 2016 |
| Links | |
| Website | Económico TV |
ETV (Económico TV) was a private Portuguese digital cable business news television channel that is owned by the same group of the Portuguese newspaper Diário Económico and Brazilian Brasil Econômico (from the Ongoing Strategy Investment group). It is available on cable, satellite and Internet streaming. The channel was launched in 2010 as an exclusive in Portugal to NOS, one year later it became available on MEO platform.
History
[edit]The channel was announced in July 2009 with a cost of €2,5 million to €3 million, according to its director and future prime minister António Costa. The format was defined to be a midway between Bloomberg TV and SIC Notícias.[1] In August, a tentative October launch date was announced, with its license being greenlighted.[2] The launch of the channel was delayed several times, first to late November[3] then finally on 6 May 2010.[4]
On 16 February 2011, broadcasts began on MEO, in SD on channel 200 and in HD on channel 16.[5]
The channel ended its broadcasts on 20 October 2016, due to the suspension of the online newspaper broadcast.[6]
References
[edit] | This article needs additional citations for verification. (April 2025) |
- ^ Economico TV vai custar 2,5 a 3 ME por ano
- ^ Económico TV arranca emissões em Outubro
- ^ Económico TV começa a emitir até final de Novembro
- ^ Televisão: Económico TV arranca quinta-feira à tarde com sessão da Euronext
- ^ Económico TV chega ao Meo
- ^ "Dona do Económico entrou com processo de insolvência". JN. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
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