Brazil offers EBC content to Portuguese-speaking countries

Brazilian President Michel Temer offered 30 hours’ worth of audiovisual content from Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) to public TV media in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). The announcement was made Tuesday (Jul. 17) at the opening ceremony of the CPLP Conference of Heads of State and Government, held in Cape Verde.

“I am happy to announce that Brazil is licensing thirty hours of audiovisual content from our Empresa Brasil de Comunicação to all of the CPLP nations,” Temer said.

The cooperation deal was signed today in Cape Verde by EBC President Alexandre Parola during a meeting scheduled to end tomorrow. CPLP is formed by nine member states: Brazil, Angola, Cape Verge, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and East Timor—which encompasses a total population of 270 million people.

President Michel Temer (far right) at the opening ceremony of the CPLP Conference of Heads of State and Government - Alan Santos/PR

The content to be shared by EBC includes episodes of the award-winning TV series Caminhos da Reportagem, talk shows, non-fiction series Bravos, and Antenize, a fun production that showcases Brazil’s cultural and artistic wealth off the mainstream.

A video produced by TV Brasil with excerpts from EBC programs was aired during the conference. The initiative deepens the already existing cooperation between the company and CPLP member countries, and includes DOCTV CPLP—the series of documentaries from Portuguese-speaking countries aired by TV Brasil.

The deal aims to further bolster the common historic and cultural ties based on language through shows that bring to the fore the quality of Brazilian productions.

TV Brasil

EBC-controlled TV Brasil broadcasts instructive, cultural, artistic, and scientific programs particularly directed at the interests of the population. It is the only non-cable, ad-free channel with a special focus on children and teenagers with award-winning attractions. Shows include programs relevant for disabled people, and a number of highly acclaimed artistic productions.

Today, the broadcaster also produces a diversified, four-hour news program. TV Brasil controls the National Public Media Network, which brings its shows to the four corners of the country through 39 affiliated broadcasters. The channel is included in all basic cable TV plans in Brazil.

*With information from TV NBR