Futura (TV channel)

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Canal Futura
CountryBrazil
HeadquartersRio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Programming
Language(s)Portuguese
Picture format1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerFundação Roberto Marinho (Grupo Globo)
History
Launched1 March 1998; 26 years ago (1998-03-01)
Links
Websitewww.futura.org.br

Canal Futura (Futura Channel), also known as Futura, is a Brazilian paid educational television channel. It belongs to the

satellite dishes
.

History

The station was established in 1999 as a project of the Fundação Roberto Marinho (Roberto Marinho Foundation). It has since become a reference as a project of

Rede Globo, Brazilian Service to Support Micro and Small Enterprises (SEBRAE), CNN and Votorantim Group
.

Target Audience

Futura is mainly aimed at classes C and D, and is aimed at young people, workers, housewives and educators. Its goal is that all the productions exhibited can be seen and used by the widest range of people, the city and the countryside.[1]

By 2015 the channel was also heavily focused on children, broadcasting cartoons similar to TV Cultura, but they were removed in favor of Gloob.

References

  1. ^ "Identidade Brasil". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2019-07-11.

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