Brazil’s public broadcasting network sees major expansion
Brazil’s National Public Broadcasting Network (RNCP), coordinated by Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), will now include stations from 11 state and municipal universities. The agreements were signed on Wednesday (Mar. 6) at an event at the Planalto presidential palace.The partnership should integrate 15 more TV and 20 radio channels into the network, which will now have a total of 117 TV and 155 radio stations. Creating regional content, guaranteeing access to information, and strengthening public broadcasting will be the top benefits of the agreements signed today, said EBC President Jean Lima. He stressed the role of the political support of the president’s Secretariat for Social Communication (Secom) in strengthening the public broadcasting system.“This is our plan to reach ou...