RBS TV

RBS TV is a Southern Brazilian television network owned by Grupo RBS, and one of the oldest Rede Globo affiliates. The acronym originally stood for Rede Brasil Sul de Televisão (English: "Brazil South Television Network"), but currently the network never uses its full name on-air.

RBS TV
TypeBroadcast television network
Country
Brazil
AvailabilityRio Grande do Sul
Founded29 December 1962
SloganBem pra ti. (Well for you)
Key people
Eduardo Sirotsky Melzer
(Chairman)
Launch date
29 December 1962
Former names
TV Gaúcha (1962-1983)
Callsign meaning
Rede Brasil Sul de Televisão
Affiliation(s)Rede Globo (1967-)
GroupGrupo RBS
Emissoras Unidas (1962-1963)
Rede Excelsior (1963-1967)
Official website

RBS TV owns 12 television stations in Rio Grande do Sul. RBS TV Porto Alegre is the headquarters for the network.

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

History
Plaque commemorating the launch of TV Gaúcha, March 2009.

TV Gaúcha was created in 1962 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, and would later become RBS TV Porto Alegre. The following year, TV Gaúcha affiliated itself with Rede Excelsior. Rede Globo was launched in Rio de Janeiro two years later, but TV Gaúcha would only become its affiliate in 1967.

In 1979, it started to operate in Florianópolis, the 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.

Broadcasters members
RBS TV Porto Alegre.

Rio Grande do Sul
StationAnalog channelDigital ChannelCity
RBS TV Porto AlegreN/A12 (34 UHF)Porto Alegre
RBS TV Bagé 6 VHF 34 UHF Bagé
RBS TV Caxias do Sul N/A 8 (33 UHF) Caxias do Sul
RBS TV Cruz Alta 3 VHF 33 UHF Cruz Alta
RBS TV Erechim 2 VHF 33 UHF Erechim
RBS TV Passo Fundo 7 VHF 34 UHF Passo Fundo
RBS TV Pelotas N/A 4 (34 UHF) Pelotas
RBS TV Rio Grande N/A 9 (33 UHF) Rio Grande
RBS TV Santa Cruz N/A 6 (33 UHF) Santa Cruz do Sul
RBS TV Santa Maria N/A 12 (33 UHF) Santa Maria
RBS TV Santa Rosa 6 VHF 34 UHF Santa Rosa
RBS TV Uruguaiana 13 VHF 34 UHF Uruguaiana
RBS TV Florianópolis.

Santa Catarina (formerly)

Corporate slogans (translated to English)
  • 1962-1963 Rio Grande's living image.
  • 1987-1992: A station serving the community.
  • 1996-2000: All for You.
  • 2000-2003: We show, you see.
  • 2003-2008: Your Life on TV.
  • 2008-2012: We do it for you.
  • 2012-2015: We do it with you.
  • 2015-2019: The TV connects us.
  • 2019-present: Well for you.

Inquiry on RBS Group oligopoly / monopoly practicing

The RBS Group is being investigated by the practice of oligopoly / monopoly. In 2008, the Federal Prosecutor of Santa Catarina has filed a public civil action (Case No.. 2008.72.00.014043-5) against the company oligopoly Rede Brasil Sul (RBS) in southern Brazil. The MPF requires the company, among other measures, to reducing its number of TV and radion stations in the states of Santa Catarina (SC) and Rio Grande do Sul (RS), so that to be in according to the Brazilian law; and the cancellation of the purchase of the newspaper A Notícia from Joinville, consummated in 2006 - which resulted in a virtual monopoly over the relevant newspapers in the state of Santa Catarina.[1]

In 2009, the Federal Prosecutor in Canoas (RS), Pedro Antonio Roso, asked the chairman of the RBS Group, Nelson Pacheco Sirotsky, among other informations, the number of TV and radio stations that the company owns in Rio Grande do Sul, "as well as its affiliates, stations and repeaters." The request is part of an administrative proceeding brought by federal prosecutors "to determine possible occurrence of monopolistic practices and irregularities in granting Radio and Television to the RBS Group in Rio Grande do Sul".[2]

Notes
  1. http://www.cartamaior.com.br/templates/materiaMostrar.cfm?materia_id=15439
  2. http://www.cartamaior.com.br/templates/materiaMostrar.cfm?materia_id=16264
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