EPTV Sul de Minas (channel 5) is a television station in Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil, affiliated with TV Globo, member of EPTV and owned by Grupo EP. EPTV Sul de Minas' studios and transmitter are located on Professora Helena Reis Street, in the downtown of the city.
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| Affiliations | TV Globo |
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| Founded | August 8, 1988 |
Former names | TV Sul de Minas (1988-1989) |
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Licensing authority | ANATEL |
| Transmitter coordinates | 21°33′37.4″S 45°26′24.3″W / 21.560389°S 45.440083°W |
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Public license information | Profile |
| Website | redeglobo |
History
editThe station started broadcasting on August 8, 1988. The first local program seen was the local edition of MGTV (which in 1999 was replaced by Jornal Regional, aligning itself with the EPTV stations in São Paulo) presented by Ronaldo Trombini. In an initial phase, the station covered about 100 cities, with an estimated reach of two million people.[1] When São Carlos joined the stations, the group was renamed EPTV.[2]
Digital television
edit| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 5.1 | 42 UHF | 1080i | Main EPTV Sul de Minas programming / TV Globo |
On February 25, 2010, the minister of the communications Hélio Costa was to Varginha to sign the permission to implantation of the digital signal in the city.[3] EPTV Sul de Minas was the last of the four stations of EPTV to start its digital transmissions, initially over UHF channel 31. Just before ending the test phase, the station migrated to UHF channel 42.
The official launching occurred in June 8, at 12:15 pm, during Jornal da EPTV, in a ceremony that had the presence of the directors of the station, of the mayor of Varginha, Eduardo Corujinha, and of a representant of the city hall of Poços de Caldas. The station passed to produce its programs in high-definition on April 2, 2012.[4] Among the stations of EPTV, it also was the last to receive this change.
Transition to digital signal
editThe station planned to shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, on December 31, 2023, following ANATEL's official schedule, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. However, the transition was later delayed indefinitely.
References
edit- ^ Primeiro MGTV da EPTV Sul de Minas - 08/08/1988
- ^ GRUPO EP - Empresas Pioneiras
- ^ Redation (February 25, 2010). "Ministro Hélio Costa estará em Varginha nesta quinta-feira" [Minister Hélio Costa will be in Varginha this Thursday]. Varginha Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
- ^ "Telejornais da EPTV Sul de Minas passam a ser transmitidos em HD" [Newscasts of EPTV Sul de Minas pass to be transmitted in HD]. Globo,tv. April 2, 2012. Retrieved October 6, 2024.