Telejornal (Portuguese TV program)
Telejornal is the flagship television newscast produced by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the longest running program in the history of television in Portugal as it has been broadcast daily since 18 October 1959.
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| Country of origin | Portugal |
| Original language | Portuguese |
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| Production locations | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Running time | 60 minutes (with commercials) |
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| Original network | RTP1 |
| Original release | 18 October 1959 |
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It aires every day at 20:00 WET/WEST and is simulcast live on RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África and RTP Play. The title translates as tele-journal and is one of the most viewed in the country. The term 'Telejornal' in Portugal has become synonymous with television news.
History
The predecessor to Telejornal, Jornal de Actualidades, started on 15 February 1957.[1]
On 18 October 1959, Jornal de Actualidades was replaced by Telejornal with two editions, the main one at 20:30 with half an hour, and a late edition before sign-off, that rarely happened after 23:30. The first presenters were Mário Pires and Alberto Lopes, but the choice made by RTP was seen as flawed. The newscast suffered constant cuts from the censors, as well as technical problems[2]
Starting 1 November 1961, the weather reports were now seen in-vision from meteorologists, this time after the main news, as opposed to the late news, like it was before. The most famous weatherman, Anthímio de Azevedo, didn't join RTP until 1964.[3]
On 2 March 2009, RTP launched the video-on-demand service "O Meu Telejornal" through its website. Now, viewers can make their own newscast along with the news reports they want to see in the website anytime.
On 14 January 2012, RTP decided to reduce the runtime of Telejornal to 45 minutes, in order to have a similar runtime and format of its European counterparts.
On 31 August 2014, Telejornal broadcast without permission almost 3 minutes of the Lisbon derby match whose rights were owned by Benfica TV.[4][5]
In 2015, RTP decided to return to the format of hour-long program.
Title cards
Old title card of Telejornal, used until May 2008
Old title card of Telejornal, used until 19 September 2011
Old title card of Telejornal, used until 6 March 2016.png.webp)
Old title card of Telejornal, used until 24 October 2021
References
- "RTP/Lumiar: as experiências continuam". RTP. 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- "No Reino do "Directo"". RTP. 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- "RTP aos 10 Anos". RTP. 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- "RTP deu dérbi sem autorização" [RTP transmitted derby without permission] (in Portuguese). Record. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- RTP transmitted derby without permission
