Correio da Manhã TV (CMTV) is a private
Portuguese generalist channel, with a strong focus on news - specially crime and
sensationalist
In journalism and mass media, sensationalism is a type of editorial tactic. Events and topics in news stories are selected and worded to excite the greatest number of readers and viewers. This style of news reporting encourages biased or emotiona ...
subjects - and football. It is operated by
Medialivre
Medialivre S.A. (formerly Cofina Media) is a Portuguese media conglomerate. The company was established in 1995. It has its headquarters in Porto.
Group brands
Medialivre publishes four newspapers: '' Correio da Manhã'', '' Record'', ''Jor ...
, owner of
Correio da Manhã, a notable Portuguese
tabloid and the most read newspaper in Portugal. It is available in
basic fiber and satellite. The channel launched in March 2013 as an exclusive in Portugal to
MEO.
CMTV aims to expand to other platforms as the exclusivity contract expires. Despite this, it reached the top 30 channels in Portugal and expanded to Angola and Mozambique in 2014.
In late 2015 CMTV reached an agreement with
NOS to be available in this subscription TV provider from 14 January 2016. With this agreement CMTV reached over 80% of the paid TV subscribers in Portugal.
The channel is the 5th most watched in Portugal.
The channel has been available in Canada since late June 2017 (Bell Fibe TV/Bell).
At the end of April 2022, the CMTV journalist Marta Louro, 27 years old, died during a motorcycle accident while on the way to report the news live.
References
24-hour television news channels in Portugal
Television channels and stations established in 2013
Portuguese-language television stations
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