RTP África is a Portuguese television channel owned and operated by state-owned

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Rádio e Televisão de Portugal Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) is the public service broadcasting organisation of Portugal. It operates four national television channels and three national radio stations, as well as several satellite and cable offerings. The current co ...

(RTP). It is available in the

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African countries, where it is available as a basic cable and satellite channel, with the exception of

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, where it is available as a

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channel, distributed by the country's

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network. RTP África is also available for free on RTP's platform RTP Play. Its programming comes from the Portuguese public and private television channels and African public networks, RTP África also airs its own news, food and music TV shows. The channel is especially developed for the African communities and the cultural interchange between them and Portugal and for the Portuguese populations of

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. Due to a protocol, the channel also transmits programs from the

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dubbed in Portuguese. The channels' primetime news program, ''Repórter África'', focus on independent daily news for the five African countries, often the only independent news source in these countries and it has been criticised by some regimes, namely São Tomé and Príncipe and the former regime of

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

, in the latter the channel was put off air for some weeks due to its "uncontrolled" news broadcasts although currently there are no problems. ''Fórum Africa'' is a weekly interview program produced between the five African delegations of RTP. ''Música d'África'' transmitting from

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is the channel's music show with African music videoclips and reports. Local music shows are also broadcast ''Massave'' from Mozambique and ''Top Crioulo'' from Cape Verde. ''Artes e Espéctáculos'' the arts show of the channel transmitting from Cape Verde and ''Latitudes'' is a cultural program issuing the African immigrant communities in Portugal. The channel also transmits Portuguese-language soap operas, films, series, documentaries and African entertainment shows. In Africa the channel is best known for the

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broadcasts, given the fact that in these countries most football fans are supporters of Benfica, Sporting or Porto. The channel also gained fame for its São Tomean (''Na Roça com os Tachos'', international title: ''The Cooking of the Enchanted Islands'') and Angolan (''Moamba'') cuisine shows.

External links

Official Site

RTP África Live Stream on RTP Play
Portuguese-language television stations Television networks in Portugal International broadcasters Television channels and stations established in 1998 Television stations in Angola Television stations in Cape Verde Television stations in Guinea-Bissau Television channels in Mozambique Television stations in Portugal Television stations in São Tomé and Príncipe 1998 establishments in Portugal Rádio e Televisão de Portugal {{Portugal-tv-stub