Impresa Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA () is a Portuguese
media
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conglomerate, headquartered in
Paço de Arcos, in
Oeiras municipality. It is the owner of
SIC
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TV channel, and ''
Expresso'' newspaper, among other leading media, like several magazine publications. A third online business segment was launched under the name Impresa Digital.
The company, which was founded by
Francisco Pinto Balsemão,
is listed on the
Euronext Lisbon
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stock exchange.
History
The origins of Impresa goes back to 1972.
[ In 1991 the company established a holding company, the Balsemão group.][ Next year it started the first private television channel, ]SIC
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, in Portugal.[
In 2011 the company established Media Rumo SA in Angola.
]
Television
* SIC
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* SIC Notícias
SIC Notícias () is the cable news channel of the Portuguese television network SIC (''Sociedade Independente de Comunicação'') and the second thematic channel of the station. It is available on basic cable and satellite. It replaced CNL (''C ...
* SIC Mulher
* SIC Radical
SIC Radical is a Portuguese basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Sociedade Independente de Comunicação.
SIC Radical is an entertainment channel targeted at teens and young adults. SIC Radical programing has shifted through i ...
* 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 th ...
* SIC Caras
* SIC Novelas
* SIC Internacional
SPT
Publications (Impresa Publishing)
In 2018 Portuguese company Trust in News (TIN) acquired the magazines owned by Impresa, except Expresso and Blitz.
* ''Activa''
* ''Arquitectura & Construção''
* '' Caras''Telenovelas
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* ''Visão
''Visão'' is a Portuguese news magazine published weekly in Lisbon, Portugal.
History and profile
''Visão'' was first published on 25 March 1993. The magazine is the successor to the weekly newspaper ''O Jornal'' which was published between 197 ...
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Digital (Impresa Digital)
* Escape
* Info Portugal
* Aeiou
* Olhares
* Mygames (now a magazine)
References
External links
ImpresaImpresa Publishing
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Mass media companies established in 1972
Companies listed on Euronext Lisbon
Portuguese companies established in 1972
Mass media companies of Portugal
2000 initial public offerings