SIC Notícias

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SIC Notícias
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Launched September 15, 1999 as CNL
January 8, 2001 relaunch as SIC Notícias
Owned by SIC
Picture format 4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Audience share 1.9% (Week 10 '14, [1])
Country Portugal
Sister channel(s) SIC
SIC Mulher
SIC Radical
ZON TVCabo Channel 5
MEO Satélite Channel 5
Dish Network (USA) Channel 9813
ZON TVCabo Channel 5
Cabovisão Channel 5
MEO Channel 5
Optimus Clix TV Channel 5
Vodafone Tv Net Voz Channel 5
Bell Fibe TV (Canada) Channel 878



Beside the news blocks, it also offers special editions and thematic programs on economy, health, interviews, show business, automobile industry, publicity and sports.

The channels' primetime news program, Jornal das Nove, airing from 9-10 p.m., is hosted by Mário Crespo. Other news programs are: Jornal das Duas (2-3 p.m.), Jornal das 7 (7-8 p.m.), Edição da Manhã (7-10 a.m.), Edição do Meio-Dia (10 a.m.). Sport news is updated at Jornal de Desporto (12:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.). Viewers are invited to participate in the day's top story or current nationwide issues at the daily's morning and afternoon editions of Opinião Pública. SIC Notícias has prominent opinion making program such as Quadratura do Círculo, Expresso da Meia-Noite and Eixo do Mal. International affairs are explored in the program Sociedade das Nações, hosted by Martim Cabral and Nuno Rogeiro.

SIC Notícias was a joint-venture between Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (60%) and TV Cabo (40%) until 2009. In February, 2009, SIC bought ZON's shares.

In the United States, SIC Noticias is available on Dish Network.

In March 2013, SIC Noticias officially launched in Canada on Bell Fibe TV.

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