TV Cultura

TV Cultura or simply Cultura, is a free Brazilian television network headquartered in São Paulo and a part of Fundação Padre Anchieta. It focuses on educational and cultural subjects but also has sports (and in the past, Japanese animated television series) as entertainment options.

According to research by the BBC and the British institute Populus, published in 2015, TV Cultura is the second highest quality channel in the world, behind only BBC One.

History
TV Cultura was founded in 1960 by Diários Associados and Rede de Emissoras Associadas, who also owned TV Tupi. In 1968, the São Paulo State Government bought TV Cultura from Associadas and subsequently donated the channel to Fundação Padre Anchieta ("Father Anchieta Foundation") in 1969. It is public TV Station with Educational and Cultural agenda and receives public investments by the government of São Paulo's state and it claims to have intellectual, political and administrative independence not only for TV Cultura, but also its two affiliated radio broadcasting channels, Rádio Cultura AM and Rádio Cultura FM.

Programming

 * News and current affairs
 * Jornal da Cultura
 * Jornal da Tarde
 * Matéria de Capa
 * Manhattan Connection
 * Opinião
 * Repórter Eco
 * Metrópolis


 * Sports
 * Revista do Esporte
 * Formula E
 * Novo Basquete Brasil
 * IndyCar Series


 * Talk
 * Roda Viva
 * Provoca


 * Music shows
 * Sr. Brasil
 * Cultura Livre
 * Ensaio
 * Manos e Minas
 * Inglês com Música


 * Children's programming
 * Quintal da Cultura
 * PJ Masks
 * Peppa Pig
 * Turma da Mônica
 * Sésamo
 * Thomas and Friends
 * Porto Papel


 * TV series
 * Alaina Gleen
 * SpongeBob SquarePants

Former programming

 * Children's programming
 * Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum
 * Rá-Tim-Bum
 * Ilha Rá-Tim-Bum
 * X-Tudo
 * Vila Sésamo
 * Um Menino Muito Maluquinho
 * Pinky Dinky Doo
 * Cyberchase
 * Pingu
 * Moomin
 * Arthur
 * Seven Little Monsters
 * Mona the Vampire
 * Zoboomafoo
 * Teletubbies
 * VeggieTales
 * Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
 * Timothy Goes to School
 * Viva Pitágoras
 * Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs


 * TV Series
 * I Dream of Jeannie
 * Bewitched
 * Father Knows Best
 * Mortified
 * Beakman's World
 * Flight 29 Down


 * Anime
 * Samurai 7
 * Gunslinger Girl
 * Hell Girl
 * Basilisk
 * Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
 * Kilari
 * Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
 * Daily Lives of High School Boys
 * Deltora Quest
 * Fruits Basket
 * Melody of Oblivion
 * Nerima Daikon Brothers
 * Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~
 * Shaman King
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
 * Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna

Broadcasters
Between 1980 and 2007, TV Cultura became a strong educational television network, and several educational broadcasters across the country joined the network. In 1998, TVE Brasil in Rio de Janeiro joined TV Cultura and together they formed the Public Television Network, today ABEPEC (translated from Portuguese, the Brazilian Association of Public and Educational Broadcasters). In 2007, with the creation of TV Brasil, the partnership with TV Cultura was dissolved, but the partnership was resumed two years later. From 2008 to 2012, more than half of TV Cultura's affiliates left it for TV Brasil, generating a rapid shrinkage of the network. However, the situation was reversed between 2016 and 2019. In 2013, the IBOPE index showcased that TV Cultura's had an audience growth in the daily average audience of Greater São Paulo, allowing it for its re-expansion. Currently, the station is present in 2,000 municipalities and 27 states, either through partner stations or network relays.