Record Cabo Verde
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Record Cabo Verde is a channel of Record in Cape Verde.[1][2][3][4] It is the first Brazilian based channel to have its own version in Cape Verde. The network was launched on 31 March 2007.[5][6]
Company type | Private |
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Industry | television |
Founded | 31 March 2007 (2007-03-31) |
Headquarters | Praia, Cape Verde |
Key people | Luiz Claudio Costa (president) |
Owner | Grupo Record |
Website | recordcaboverde |
The channel was created as part of a government project to end the local terrestrial television monopoly in Cape Verde (excluding RTP África) in January 2007. The station was the highest-ranked of the three national bids, receiving a 70% rate, ahead of TIVER (57%) and RTI (54%).[7]
Its station is in the west of the city in the northern part of Cidadela in Praia and located off the road linking with Ribeira Grande and Porto Mosquito and the Circular Road. Nearly a kilometer west is the Jean Piaget University of Cape Verde.
The network may have now recently broadcasting sports programs from Cape Verde apart from football (soccer).
The network first broadcast the 2011 federal elections, the parliamentary and the presidential.