Owned by Impresa Owner Impresa Founded 1992 | Country Portugal Founder Francisco Pinto Balsemão | |
Launched 6 October 1992; 24 years ago (1992-10-06) Picture format 16:9 576i (SDTV)
16:9 1080i (HDTV) Audience share 19.1% (Week 10 '14, [1]) Slogan Estamos juntos!
(English: "We're together!") TV shows Laços de Sangue, Lua Vermelha, Dancin' Days, Rosa Fogo, Factor X Profiles | ||
SIC – Sociedade Independente de Comunicação ("Independent Communication Company") is a Portuguese television network and media company, which runs several television channels. Their flagship channel is the eponymous SIC, the third terrestrial television station in Portugal, launched on 6 October 1992. SIC is owned by Impresa, a Portuguese media conglomerate.
Contents
- History
- Shows
- Family entertainment
- Soap operas
- Sport
- News
- SIC Kids
- Live shows
- Exclusive broadcasting rights
- Co shared broadcasting rights
- New SIC Porto headquarters
- References
Other channels operated by SIC carried on satellite and cable TV in Portugal are:
History
SIC is the first private television channel to operate in Portugal. It was started in 1992. In its first years of existence, SIC was owned by a consortium led by Francisco Pinto Balsemão, and backed by Controljornal (now Impresa Jornais, a holding that contains Impresa's newspapers and magazines), TSF, Rádio Comercial, Universidade de Lisboa, Auchan, Impala Editores, BPI and Rede Globo. SIC was also the first TV channel to acquire huge audiences in just a few years of existence. The most watched programmes in Portugal belong to SIC, which reflect the creativity and sense of innovation of the channel.
SIC became widely known in Europe not only for achieving high viewing figures just two to three years after launching, but for also being the subject of an Arte documentary, "Cette Télévision est la Vôtre" (directed by Mariana Otero).
In 2005, the channel lost its reign in ratings to TVI.
Nowadays, SIC has a programming largely based on talk shows, Brazilian soap operas produced by Globo, Portuguese soaps, game shows and sketch shows. Like the other major broadcaster, TVI, SIC airs international TV series such as Criminal Minds, the various CSI series and Entourage always after 1 a.m. SIC also relies largely on Globo productions, due to an exclusivity contract which obligates SIC to broadcast every soap opera produced. In-house productions include occasional reality shows and comedy sketch shows, which include Malucos do Riso, a long-running series with focus on dramatized jokes, and Gato Fedorento.
Shows
Family entertainment
Soap operas
Sport
News
SIC Kids
In 2006, started to broadcast the block "SIC Kids", broadcasting a few hours later the block "Disney Kids" (the featured, and still features, only Disney programming).
Live shows
Exclusive broadcasting rights
Co-shared broadcasting rights
New SIC Porto headquarters
On the day of SIC's 19th anniversary, media group Impresa opened the new headquarters of SIC Porto. It is located in Matosinhos on the site of the old slaughterhouse. In addition to SIC Porto, it also holds newsrooms from other Imprensa publications like Expresso Journal, Visão and Caras magazines, the web portal AEIOU.pt and company of geolocation and digital content Infoportugal.