Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão

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The Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (Brazilian Portuguese: [sisˈtẽmɐ bɾaziˈlejɾu dʒi televiˈzɐ̃w̃], lit. Brazilian Television System; SBT, Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɛsi ˈbe ˈte]) is a Brazilian free-to-air television network founded on 19 August 1981, by the businessman and television personality Silvio Santos. The company was established after a public tender by the Brazilian Federal Government to form two new networks (the other was Manchete), created from revoked concessions of the defunct Tupi and Excelsior networks. The network was founded on the same day that the concession agreement was signed, and that the act was broadcast live by the network, becoming its first program to be aired. Before acquiring the concessions of the four stations that were to form the SBT, Grupo Silvio Santos had since 1976 the concession of Rio de Janeiro's channel 11, known as TVS Rio de Janeiro (now SBT Rio), which was a fundamental step to give life to the SBT. In April 2018, the SBT was the second-most...

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