SIC Notícias

SIC Notícias
Launched September 15, 1999 (as CNL)
January 8, 2001 (relaunch as SIC Notícias)
Owned by SIC
Picture format 16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Audience share 1.9% (Week 10 '14, )
Slogan Os seus olhos no mundo
(Your eyes in the world)
Country Portugal
Broadcast area Portugal
Angola
Mozambique
Cape Verde
Canada
USA
Headquarters Carnaxide, Oeiras
Sister channel(s) SIC
SIC Mulher
SIC Radical
SIC K
SIC Caras
SIC Internacional
Website noticias.sic.sapo.pt
Availability
Satellite
NOS 5
MEO 5
Dish Network (USA) 9813
ZAP(Angola) 17
ZAP(Mozambique) 17
DStv ao 613
Cable
NOS 5
Cabovisão 5
TV Cabo (Mozambique) 17
TV Cabo (Angola) 17
IPTV
MEO 5
Vodafone 5
ZAP (Cape Verde) 6
Bell Fibe TV (Canada) 878

SIC Notícias (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsik nuˈtisiɐʃ]) is the cable news channel of the Portuguese television network SIC (Sociedade Independente de Comunicação) and the second thematic channel of the station. It is available on basic cable and satellite. It replaced CNL (Canal de Notícias de Lisboa), a Lisbon region independent cable news channel owned by TV Cabo, on January 8, 2001. Since the end of 2003, SIC Notícias is also available in Angola and Mozambique via satellite or cable.

The channel is especially developed for cable, and its programming is almost totally constituted by information and news programs. SIC notícias rates as Portugal's top cable channels. As a response, the public television network RTP bought NTV, the Northern Portugal's news channel and transformed it into RTPN in 2004, directly competing with SIC Notícias.

Beside the news blocks, it also offers special editions and thematic programs on economy, health, interviews, show business, automobile industry, publicity and sports.

The channels' primetime news program, Jornal das Nove, airing from 9-10 p.m., is hosted by Mário Crespo. Other news programs are: Jornal das Duas (2-3 p.m.), Jornal das 7 (7-8 p.m.), Edição da Manhã (7-10 a.m.), Edição do Meio-Dia (10 a.m.). Sport news is updated at Jornal de Desporto (12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.). Viewers are invited to participate in the day's top story or current nationwide issues at the daily's morning and afternoon editions of Opinião Pública. SIC Notícias has prominent opinion making program such as Quadratura do Círculo, Expresso da Meia-Noite and Eixo do Mal. International affairs are explored in the program Sociedade das Nações, hosted by Martim Cabral and Nuno Rogeiro.

SIC Notícias was a joint-venture between Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (60%) and TV Cabo (40%) until 2009. In February, 2009, SIC bought ZON's shares.

In the United States, SIC Noticias is available on Dish Network.

In March 2013, SIC Noticias officially launched in Canada on Bell Fibe TV.

Associated channels

The following channels are associated to SIC Notícias and provide footage for the channel:

External links

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