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SIC K
SIC K is a Portuguese television channel aimed at children aged 7–14. Owned by Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (SIC), it was launched on 18 December 2009 on the MEO platform. The channel previously had an exclusivity contract with the provider for six months. It stopped being an MEO exclusive when it became available on Vodafone on 24 March 2016, Nowo on 19 December 2016 and NOS on 25 June 2019. History In July 2009, SIC and PT entered an agreement to carry a dedicated SIC Kids channel exclusively on the operator starting in 2010. In November, it was announced that the channel's launch was pushed ahead to 18 December 2009, coinciding with the last day of school before the Christmas break, as well as being a time where audience and advertisers would increase. The name SIC K, instead of SIC Kids (name of the programming block on the main channel), was chosen because the letter "K" alone represented the then-current generation, in order to be properly identified by kids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
576i
576i is a standard-definition television, standard-definition digital video mode, originally used for Digitization, digitizing 625 lines, 625 line Analog television, analogue television in most countries of the world where the utility frequency for electric power distribution is 50 Hz. Because of its close association with the legacy colour encoding systems, it is often referred to as PAL#PAL region, PAL, PAL/SECAM or SECAM when compared to its 60 Hz (typically, see PAL-M) NTSC-colour-encoded counterpart, 480i. The ''576'' identifies a vertical resolution of 576 lines, and the ''i'' identifies it as an Interlaced video, interlaced resolution. The Refresh rate, field rate, which is 50 Hertz, Hz, is sometimes included when identifying the video mode, i.e. 576i50; another notation, endorsed by both the International Telecommunication Union in Rec. 601, BT.601 and SMPTE in SMPTE 259M, includes the frame rate, as in 576i/25. Operation In analogue television, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
