RTP 1
| RTP1 | |
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| Launched | March 7, 1957 |
| Owned by | Rádio e Televisão de Portugal |
| Picture format |
Resolution: 576i (SD) 1080i (HD) Aspect Ratio: 16:9 |
| Audience share | 16.5% (Week 10 '14, [1]) |
| Slogan |
Continua ("It carries on") |
| Country | Portugal |
| Broadcast area | Portugal |
| Headquarters |
Lisbon (main) Porto (secondary) |
| Formerly called | RTP (March 7, 1957 − December 24, 1968) I Programa (December 25, 1968 − October 1978) RTP Canal 1 (1989 − April 29, 1996) |
| Sister channel(s) |
RTP2 RTP3 RTP Memória |
| Website | www.rtp.pt/rtp1 |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| TDT | Channel 1 |
| Satellite | |
| NOS | Channel 1 |
| MEO | Channel 1 |
| Cable | |
| NOS | Channel 1 |
| Nowo | Channel 1 |
| IPTV | |
| MEO | Channel 1 |
| Vodafone | Channel 1 |
| Streaming media | |
| RTP Play | http://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp1 |
RTP1 is the main television channel of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, the Portuguese public broadcasting corporation. It is Portugal's first channel, and was launched in 1957 as RTP. For a brief period it was known and marketed as Canal 1 (Channel 1); it has long been commonly called this. It is one of the most watched television networks in the country. The channel became a 24-hour service in 2002, although it now leases its graveyard slot (3:56 am to 5:59 am) to the infomercial producer and direct-response marketer, A Loja Em Casa (in turn owned by El Corte Inglés). Until that point, RTP1 closed down with the national anthem, but this practice stopped not too long before infomercials filled the overnight slots.
RTP1 has a variety of programs, composed mainly of news and talk-shows, sports, current affairs, national and international fiction, such as films and TV series. Unlike sister channel RTP2, RTP1 broadcasts commercial advertising, which, along with the licence fee, finances the channel.
RTP was established in December 1955 with test broadcasts conducted in September 1956 at the now-defunct Feira Popular amusement park in Lisbon. Regular broadcasts commenced at 21:30 on March 7, 1957. Initially the channel broadcast from 21:30 to either 23:00 or 23:30, with an additional period on Sundays between 18:00 and 19:00. Initially, RTP had a very limited coverage area, encompassing the northern and central coastal areas of Portugal, before expanding to the whole of the mainland in the mid-1960s.
On October 19, 1959, Telejornal went on air for the first time, becoming the longest-running Portuguese TV show in existence.
It was the only TV channel available in Portugal until December 25, 1968, when RTP2 started broadcasting. Because of that, RTP had to identify both channels as I Programa and II Programa in order to distinguish them.
Daytime broadcasts commenced in 1970, with a two-hour period running at various times mostly between 12:30 and 14:30. Before then, Telescola (educational classes) were generally the first programmes of the day and the regular schedule started at 19:00, running until midnight.
In 1974, RTP's ratings grew with the expansion of the acquisition of television sets in the country. The first color broadcasts were conducted in 1976, with the legislative elections.
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