TV Norte Amazonas

TV Norte Amazonas
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsSBT
Ownership
Owner
  • Grupo Norte de Comunicação
  • (Sociedade de Televisão Manauara Ltda.)
Norte FM
History
First air date
April 9, 1992 (1992-04-09)
Former names
TV Manaus (1992-2008)
TV Em Tempo (2008-2020)
Former channel number(s)
  • Digital:
  • 10 (VHF, 1992–2018)
Record (1992-2007)
Technical information
Licensing authority
ANATEL
ERP1 kW
Transmitter coordinates3°5′39.3″S 59°59′30.8″W / 3.094250°S 59.991889°W / -3.094250; -59.991889
Links
Public license information
Profile
Websiteportalnortedenoticias.com.br

TV Norte Amazonas (channel 10) is an SBT-affiliated station licensed to Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas. The station is owned by locally based Grupo Norte de Comunicação, a regional media conglomerate, owned by businessman Sérgio Bringel as its flagship television unit. The group owns several television stations in northern Brazil and Paraíba, most of which are SBT affiliates.

History

TV Manaus was founded on April 9, 1992 by Sadie Hauache, six years after the sale of her previous TV asset, TV Ajuricaba (channel 8) to Grupo Simões. At launch, it was the first affiliate of Record after its conversion to a national network per the orders of Edir Macedo.[1]

In 2007, the station was acquired by local newspaper Amazonas em Tempo, being renamed TV Em Tempo.[2] The move coincided with a shift in affiliations happening in Manaus, where former SBT affiliate TV A Crítica decided to assume Record's affiliation, dissatisfied with SBT's volatile schedule, with constant changes. The switch took place in August.[3]

On February 18, 2012, due to transmission failures between the Manaus Sambódromo and the station's broadcasting complex at Aleixo, TV Em Tempo stopped airing part of its carnaval coverage, causing uproar from local viewers on social media; the station had to air SBT's networked coverage from Bahia. After the problem was solved, five out of the twelve hours of the event were broadcast. The station apologized and gave back R$1.3 million to the state government, which was the amount of money the station invested in the coverage.[4] The station lost the rights to the 2013 carnaval to TV Tiradentes as a side effect of the loss.[5]

At the end of 2019, Bringel had problems with Raman Neves regarding its control, claiming that the businessman had failed to comply with contractual clauses and claiming ownership of TV Em Tempo after the investments made.[6] in 2020, Grupo Norte de Comunicação, owned by Grupo Bringel and operating in the states of Acre, Federal District, Roraima e Tocantins, where it also has radio and TV stations, started claiming total control of the station. On June 1, TV Em Tempo was renamed TV Norte Amazonas.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Nossa História". TV Manaus. Archived from the original on January 18, 2004. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  2. ^ A inserção de audiovisuais em Manaus: análise dos portais D24AM e Em Tempo
  3. ^ Castro, Daniel (August 16, 2007). "Band estréia digital com jornal em HDTV". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "TV Em Tempo afirma que devolverá dinheiro ao governo". D24am.com. February 20, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  5. ^ "TV Tiradentes transmite hoje desfile das Escolas de Samba do Grupo Especial". Amazonas Notícias. February 9, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
  6. ^ Martins, Guilherme (November 19, 2019). "Bolsonaro quer Menezes comandando o Aliança". Único. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "TV Norte é o novo nome da afiliada do SBT no Amazonas". Amazonas em Tempo. June 1, 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020.