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Rede de Emissoras Independentes

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Rede de Emissoras Independentes
TypeFree-to-air television network
Country
Brazil
First air date
1969
TV stations
List
  • TV Rio
  • TV Record
  • TVS Rio de Janeiro
  • TV Alvorada
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo, São Paulo
OwnerJoão B. do Amaral, Paulo Machado de Carvalho and Silvio Santos
Dissolved1975
Picture format
480i (PAL-M)
LanguagePortuguese

Rede de Emissoras Independentes (in English: Network of Independent Broadcasters) or REI, was a Brazilian television network founded in 1969, as successor to the "Emissoras Unidas". Inaugurated on September 14, 1969, it was a network initially led by TV Record (São Paulo), TV Rio (Rio de Janeiro) and TV Alvorada (Brasília); in 1975, the network was dissolved.

History

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The Rede de Emissoras Independentes (Network of Independent Broadcasters) was inaugurated around September 1969 to guarantee the transmission to ten states of the programs of TV Record in São Paulo, which at the time had inaugurated a new transmission tower with great power and reach, and to compete with Rede Globo and the Rede de Emissoras Associadas for leadership in the national audience.

One of the first events broadcast by REI was the 5th Brazilian Popular Music Festival, with TV Record using a signal from the EMBRATEL. In 1970 it formed the pool that broadcast the first World Cup live in Brazil. In the same year, a reader of Intervalo magazine wrote a letter to the publication complaining that TV Ajuricaba, in Manaus, one of REI's affiliated stations, only received the videotape of the Moacyr Franco Show, and even then with a two-month gap.[1] On March 29, 1971, Jornal da REI debuted, a newscast produced, in addition to the reporting teams of the affiliates, with the support of United Press International and Eurovision.[2] In the same year, TV Record inaugurated the REI Teletheater Center, directed by Carlos Manga, for the production of telenovelas. In 1972, TV Difusora, an affiliate of REI in Porto Alegre, broadcast the Caxias do Sul Grape Festival for Brazil, the first color show on national television.

In May 1974, a new group acquired control of TV Rio, dismantling REI, at the same time as its name fell into disuse. The station even formed a new network called Sistema Brasileiro de Comunicação with the stations that were part of the old chain. It was then momentarily reassembled to show the fights of boxer Cassius Clay, whose rights belonged to TV Rio. The REI brand was used again in 1975 for the fight between Clay and Joe Frazier, according to an ad published in Manchete magazine.[3] In 1976 it became common to use the Rede Record brand. At the time, television presenter Silvio Santos had taken a controlling stake in the São Paulo station.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gomes, Francisco de Assis Azize (1970). "Um apêlo de Manaus". Intervalo (in Brazilian Portuguese). No. 407. p. 42.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "anúncio do Jornal da REI". Diario de Noticias (in Brazilian Portuguese). March 28, 1971. p. 23.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Cassius Clay vs Joe Frazier". Revista Manchete (in Brazilian Portuguese). No. Nº 1224. 1975.


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