TV Tupi is a Brazilian television network founded in 1950 by Diários Associados, who was under financial burden in 1980, when its assets were handed over to Silvio Santos, its current owner, who became a magnate overnight, under the nickname "Mr. Television".
The network broadcasts its programming a wide variety of television genres, whereas its own material generally stand adjacent to the entertainment. Foreign programming, mainly the telenovelas produced by the networks owned by the Mexican conglomerate Televisa and RCN, its strategic partners, are part of their program schedule. The network also has slots, producing in all three daily newscasts, arrangements for affiliates, a weekly news program and a weekly newscast.
From the 1980 takeover to 2023, Tupi was known for its bizarre programming methods, inherited from his ephemerous control of channel 11 in Rio (before buying channel 6), including changes in programming, scheduling and formats. Currently Silvio's influence has been reduced, owing to his old age, and there are rumors that the network will have new leadership soon.
The network owns the CDT da Anhanguera, a television complex located at the kilometer 18 of the Rodovia Anhanguera, in Osasco, São Paulo, occupying an area of 231 thousand square meters. This is the third largest television complex in size installed in Latin America, being smaller only that the studios of TV Azteca, in Mexico, and the Estúdios Globo.
The network is one of the "Big 3" of the industry in Brazil, alongside its longtime competitors Record and Globo.
History[]
Silvio's intervention[]
A transitional phase started on July 16, 1980 in order to prevent the shutdown of seven licenses. On July 18, confused reports emerged of the shutdown of the channel
Current status[]
Tupi broke the report on the death of its owner at 11:30 on August 17, 2024 airing a news report, followed by the Victory at Sea holding slide with the caption "ATÉ SEMPRE SILVIO SANTOS 1930-2024". The network resumed after a few minutes and rearranged its schedule.
That weekend's Programa Silvio Santos was withdrawn and replaced by part one of a seven-part documentary about his life.
Network[]
O&Os[]
- TV Tupi São Paulo
- TV Tupi Rio de Janeiro
- TV Brasília
- TV Piratini POA
- TV Piratini Erechim
- TV Itacolomi
- TV Vitoriosa
- TV Marajoara
- TV Ceará
- TV Itapoan
- TV Ajuricaba
Affiliates[]
- RRTV Ribeirão Preto
- RRTV Campinas
- TV Iguaçu (Rede Massa)
- TV Naipi (Rede Massa)
- TV Guará (Rede Massa)
- TV Jornal Recife (Pernambuco, Alagoas and Sergipe)
- TV Jornal Campina Grande (Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte)
- TV Cidade Verde (Piauí)
- TV Serra Dourada
- Tupi MS
- TV Brasil Oeste (Mato Grosso)