RBS TV

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name = RBS TV

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available = Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina
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website = [http://www.rbstv.com.br]
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RBS TV (which stands for "Rede Brasil Sul de Televisão") is a Southern Brazilian television network, and one of the oldest affiliates to Rede Globo.

RBS TV owns 18 television stations spread over two Brazilian states: 12 in Rio Grande do Sul and 6 in Santa Catarina. It actually operates two distinct networks, one to each state. "RBS TV Porto Alegre" is the headquarters for the Rio Grande do Sul network, whereas the main station of the Santa Catarina network is located in Florianópolis.

RBS TV stations produce an average ammount of local and regional programming, composed mainly of news, but also drama series, documentaries, sports, variety and youth programming.

Although most of the programs are produced separately in each of the two state networks, some of them are produced by RBS TV Porto Alegre alone, and broadcast on both states.

History

"TV Gaúcha" was created in 1962 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, and would later become "RBS TV Porto Alegre". Rede Globo was launched in Rio de Janeiro three years later, but TV Gaúcha would only become its affiliate in 1967.

In 1979, it started to operate in Florianópolis, capital city of Santa Catarina. This new purchase obliged the network to change its name to something less Rio Grande do Sul-related (as the word "Gaúcha" was), and it was rebranded "RBS TV" that same year.