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| Type | Free-to-air Public broadcasting television network |
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| Picture format | 480iSDTV |
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| Owner | Rede Públicas de Televisão |
| History | |
| Launched | November 5, 1975 (1975-11-05) byMinistry of Education |
| Replaced | TV Brasil |
| Closed | December 2, 2007 (2007-12-02) |
| Former names | TVE(1975–1997; 2001–2005) |
TV Educativa do Rio de Janeiro (also called asTVE Brasil orTVE Rio de Janeiro) was a major Brazilian public TV network based inRio de Janeiro, now defunct. It was founded in November 5, 1975 and ended on December 2, 2007, being replaced byTV Brasil, the Brazilian federal government channel.
TVE Brazil coordinated withTV Cultura and other regional public stations a nationwide public television network. For many years, TVE Brazil was fairly well watched amongst Brazilians, with some 16 million viewers reported.[1] Until the beginning of the 1990, TVE Brazil was under the supervision of the BrazilianMinistry of Education. Until 2007, each medium was administered alone, there was no central body and every public station operated separately.
Without a well-defined communication policy, successive changes in the presidency and total lack offiscal responsibility by the directors, the Roquette Pinto Foundation went into bankruptcy with debts overR$ 34 million (equivalent toUS$ 6 million in 2021 amounts). The federal government radically changed the way they operated in 1998 and founded ACERP (Roquette Pinto Educational Communication Association), as a non-profit organization, taking its staff, assets and concessions. In 2007, it was replaced by theEmpresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), which was linked to the Ministry of Social Communication of the Brazilian Government and ceased operations. The channel was replaced byTV Brasil.
