ISTV (acronym for Ilha do Sol TV) is a Brazilian television station based in Guarujá, in the state of São Paulo. It operates on digital UHF channel 36. With an educational purpose, it belongs to Sistema On de Comunicações LTDA.

Since the station began its activities[1] in 2004 until October 2015, it was affiliated with Canal Futura.[2] From October 17, 2015, to July 12, 2018, the station became affiliated with Rede Brasil de Televisão, and on March 25, 2019, it was renamed ISTV.

Currently, the station has terrestrial coverage in the state of São Paulo, in Baixada Santista, Litoral Norte, Vale do Ribeira, and Ribeirão Preto, as well as in the state of Minas Gerais, in Juiz de Fora and Uberaba.

The company is led by CEO Claudio Fernando de Aguiar, an administrator who has held the position for the past 10 years.[3]

Transmission via Ku band

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In early 2022, the station expressed to ANATEL its desire to be broadcast on satellite television and to enter the Ku-band range, the so-called new parabolic.[4]

On July 28 of the same year, the station's signal began to be captured nationally. The transmitting satellite is the Embratel StarOne D2.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "FUNDACAO FERNANDO EDUARDO LEE - CNPJ 52039435000143". empresasdobrasil.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  2. ^ Portal 4 (2015-10-19). "TV Ilha do Sol é a nova afiliada da Rede Brasil". Portal 4- O site de todas as emissoras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Mingarelli, Karina (2023-06-26). "Partido Novo lança pré-candidatura de Claudio Fernando Aguiar no Guarujá - Jornal A Estância de Guarujá". www.estanciadeguaruja.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  4. ^ Urupá, Marcos (2022-03-11). "5G: Anatel publica lista das 106 emissoras que migrarão da banda C para banda Ku". TELETIME News (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  5. ^ "PORTAL BSD - TVRO". www.portalbsd.com.br. Retrieved 2022-07-31.