Telejornal (Portugal)
Telejornal is the flagship evening television news program aired each day at 20:00 on the Portuguese public television channel RTP1, the flagship channel of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). The first show aired on 19 October 1959 and has kept its name since. The title translates as tele-journal. The term 'Telejornal' in Portugal has become synonymous with television news. The show is one of the most viewed in the country and the oldest long-running of Portuguese television.
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| Country of origin | Portugal |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Running time | 60 minutes (with commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTP1 |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 19 October 1959 |
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| Website | |
Telejornal also simulcasts on other RTP channels such as RTP Internacional, RTP África and RTP Play.
On 2 March 2009, RTP launched the video-on-demand service "O Meu Telejornal" through its website. Now, viewers can make their own newscast along with the news reports they want to see in the website anytime.
On 14 January 2012, RTP decided to reduce the runtime of Telejornal to 45 minutes, in order to have a similar runtime and format of its European counterparts.
On 31 August 2014, Telejornal broadcast without permission almost 3 minutes of the Lisbon derby match whose rights were owned by Benfica TV.[1][2]
In 2015, RTP decided to return to the format of hour-long program.
Old title card of Telejornal, used until May 2008
Old title card of Telejornal, used until 19 September 2011
Old title card of Telejornal, used until 6 March 2016
References
- "RTP deu dérbi sem autorização" [RTP transmitted derby without permission] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- RTP transmitted derby without permission
