SIC Comédia
CountryPortugal
Broadcast areaPortugal
Programming
Picture format4:3 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerImpresa
Sister channelsSIC
SIC Notícias
SIC Radical
SIC Mulher
SIC Internacional
History
Launched29 June 2000 (2000-06-29)
Closed31 December 2006 (2006-12-31)
Former namesSIC Gold (29 June 2000 – 29 April 2002)
SIC Sempre Gold (29 April 2002 – 18 October 2004)
Links
Websitesiccomedia.sapo.pt

SIC Comédia was a Portuguese TV channel, available on cable. It was part of the television network SIC (Sociedade Independente de Comunicação). It closed on 31 December 2006.

The channel aired shows such as Seinfeld, The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Cheers, The Benny Hill Show, M*A*S*H, Benson, Saturday Night Live, 'Allo 'Allo!, Comedy Inc., Mad About You, Everybody Loves Raymond, Frasier, My Hero, Alas Smith and Jones, The War Next Door. It also showed home-grown products (either reruns from the main channel or original commissions), such as Biqueirada, HermanSic and Prazer dos Diabos.

It is now defunct, because TVCabo, Portugal's main cable provider, decided to drop it despite a petition for it to continue. On TVCabo, Fox Life replaced it, and on TVTEL (another Portuguese cable provider), SIC Mulher got the spot.

History

The channel was announced by SIC in 2000 as SIC Gold as part of the channel's plans to enter the cable television market. The director of programs for the two channels (the other being SIC Radical), Francisco Penim, was appointed on April 14, 2000.[1] The initial purpose of the channel was to carry programming from SIC's archives, similar to what RTP Memória has done since 2004. The channel was set to begin operations on June 26, 2000 but the lack of action from the regulatory body delayed its launch.[2] The channel eventually started broadcasting on June 29, achieving good ratings, equiparable to the most-watched Portuguese-language basic cable channels of the time.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Director SIC Gold e Radical". Meios & Publicidade. 14 April 2000. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "SIC Gold sem data de início". Meios & Publicidade. 30 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "SIC Gold entra a ganhar". Meios & Publicidade. 21 July 2000. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.


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