RTP Informação (TV channel)

For the news department itself, see RTP Informação.

RTP Informação
Launched	October 15, 2001
Owned by	Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
Picture format	4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Country	Portugal
Formerly called	NTV (2001-May 31, 2004) RTPN (May 31, 2004-September 19, 2011)
Website	www.rtp.pt/noticias/
Availability
Satellite
ZON TV	Channel 8
meo satélite	Channel 6
Cable
ZON TV	Channel 8
Cabovisão	Channel 6
IPTV
Optimus Clix TV	Channel 6
meo	Channel 6
Vodafone Casa TV	Channel 6

RTP Informação is a Portuguese 24-hour news channel operated by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal available on cable and satellite. The channel was launched in 2001 as NTV, a cable news channel headquartered in Porto. It was originally a joint-venture between PT Multimédia, Lusomundo and the Radiotelevisão Portuguesa. In 2003 it was completely acquired by RTP, and with the merger between RTP and Radiodifusão Portuguesa (RDP), forming Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, it became RTPN in 2004.

RTPN debuted a 24-hour schedule on September 29, 2008. Until then, RTPN simulcasted with Euronews during the early morning. Since mid-2009, RTPN became available outside Portugal, through cable TV providers in Angola and Mozambique. On September 19, 2011, RTPN was renamed to RTP Informação, beginning with a simulcast of Bom Dia Portugal which refreshed its graphics.

The channel produces news output and factual programmes for RTP1, RTP2 and RTP Internacional, and simulcasts most domestic news programmes aired on RTP1.

Unlike the other national RTP channels, the channel's continuity and playout is handled at the Monte da Virgem studios, near Oporto.

Programming

News programmes

• 10/12 (10 am to 12 pm)
• Jornal do Meio-Dia (12 pm)
• Tarde Informativa (3 pm to 6 pm)
• 18/20 (6 pm to 8 pm)
• Grande Jornal (9 pm)
• 24 Horas (12 pm, title previously used on the late bulletins on RTP1)

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  Logo of NTV before getting rebrand to RTPN

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  Logo of RTPN until 2011

External links

• RTP news website
• RTP Informação programming guide