TVS (São Tomé and Príncipe)

TVS (abbreviation of Televisão Santomense, English: Santomean TV) is the public television broadcaster of São Tomé and Príncipe.[1]

TVS (Televisão Santomense)
TypePublic
IndustryTelevision
HeadquartersSão Tomé, São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe
OwnerGovernment of São Tomé and Príncipe
WebsiteOfficial website

About the station

The station and its offices are located in the neighborhood of Fruta just a kilometer south-southwest of the center of São Tomé.

For many years, it had been the only television network in the country.

The network is the broadcaster of its matches featuring each of the island's major football (soccer) clubs in the São Tomé First Division and rarely the Príncipe Island League as well as the regional cups of the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. It broadcasts all the coverage of the São Tomé and Príncipe Championship and the São Tomé e Príncipe Cup at the end of the year, at the start of the year, it broadcasts the São Tomé and Príncipe Super Cup match each year. The station also broadcast some other sports.

Recently, the network started broadcasting some FIFA World Cup matches.

See also
  • List of television stations in Africa
  • Media of São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Rádio Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe - country's radio station - first radio station, aired in the mid-20th century

References
  1. Juvenal Rodrigues (São Tomé)/LUSA (12 December 2012). "Novo Governo de STP já foi empossado". www.dw.de (in Portuguese). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 23 August 2014.


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