RFTV

RFTV (acronym for Rede Família de Televisão, literally "Family Television Network", previously named simply as Rede Família, "Family Network") is a Brazilian television network based in Campinas, São Paulo. It is one of the Record Group companies. It was created on August 1, 1998, and currently maintains a programming schedule with journalistic and variety programs, as well as reruns of programs produced by its sister company Record. Its terrestrial coverage covers, in addition to the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, some locations in the interior of São Paulo and scattered cities in the Southeast, North and Northeast regions of the country through relays, as well as national coverage via satellite in C band and Ku band.

History

First phase (1998-2011)

Rede Família emerged from TV Thathi in Campinas (being licensed in Limeira), until then affiliated with Rede Manchete, which belonged to businessman Chaim Zaher since 1993, and which was acquired by Grupo Record. The new network was inaugurated on August 1, 1998, and initially covered only regions in the interior of São Paulo where there were retransmitters installed by the old administrations. The station initially had 18 hours of programming per day, which was based on news, series, cartoons, independent programs and productions from the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.